Plymouth Hoe, England
I will be in the US/Netherlands/UK January 10-22
My first attempt at an audio blog.
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A person suggested in regard to the problem of evil questionnaire that I should not exclude persons that do not attend Christian churches, and that it would be useful to sample those who have different views other than Christian. My reply was that my University requires that I sample a certain group. My advisors have concluded that since I am writing within a Christian tradition I am to sample people that attend Christian churches. These churches would be defined as conservative and liberal, including Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Protestant. I do not doubt that if non-Christians are included that the survey results will be beneficial in a general sense. If I include for example those of other religions in my sample, along with atheists, agnostics, and deists, I will be sampling persons presumed to be outside of the influence of concepts reviewed within the theoretical work which covers theodicy (the problem of evil) from conservative and liberal Christian traditions. Therefore if I include sampled data from people that do not attend Christian churches, I cannot test my theoretical theodicy in regard to Christian practical theology and my dissertation will fail.
An assumption being made is that people within Christian churches are being taught at least minimal aspects concerning concepts within theodicy I write about, and therefore I can test the philosophical, theological theory with the practical findings from the questionnaire. The same assumption cannot be made if I include persons that do not attend Christian churches, as it cannot be assumed that they are at least being taught minimal Christian theology by attending church.
Alan Bryman in his text Social Research Methods explains that a sample is a segment of the population that is selected for research. It is a subset of the population. Bryman (2004: 543). My subset for this PhD will be those that attend Christian churches.
BRYMAN, ALAN (2004) Social Research Methods, Oxford, University Press.
Plymouth Hoe, England
More audio!
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Well done Russ...I actually enjoyed hearing you blog as many a nite when I am on & after my girl goes to bed I am too tired to read...but being able to hear you blog is awesome...maybe one day we can watch you blog as well!! I was impressed at your speed of talk as well...not to fast but just right for one to hear & grasp what you are saying!! P.S. who was coughing in the background?? :()
ReplyDeleteThanks very much, Sherry.
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your comments.
Happy New Year. The cough overheard was from a female.:)
Russ
Russ,
ReplyDeleteYou have a very pleasant voice, by the way.
I always believed the essence of education should be teaching us to know how to think and come to conclusions from the evidence of our studies. What I found when I was going through the education system people telling me not to think unless I thought their way. One should be judged on the understanding of the basics, the materials examined and the logic on one's conclusions, not on whether everybody agrees or it is a popular view.
Certainly there are standards and conventions that need to be understood and there are practical purposes to being taught these. A surgeon certainly needs to agree with the anatomy professor that the spleen is not the liver, but if only one possible cure is insisted upon for liver disease or any other malfunction, then we would still be back bleeding patients.
The only absolute of authority is that of God. We, who study his Word sometimes disagree on some points, but we mustn't begin to confuse the liver and the spleen; we must not confuse our limits as the creature with the unlimited power of the Creator.
It is so nice to hear someone who will stick to their conviction even in the face of possible loss.
Don't be concerned, I'm sure you won't fail. Actually, you have already passed.
Larry E.
Thanks, Larry.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year.
I appreciate your comments which are wise. I am wondering why the audio post on satire and theology does not look identical to this one, but thankfully they both work.
Russ:)
LOL! Cool to hear your voice for the first time, Russ! You have a very professional-sounding voice. The Canadian accent was obvious, of course. For some reason, I was expecting to also hear some hint of a British accent, though I'm not sure why.
ReplyDeleteLOL at your emphasis on "FAIL!" A little corny, but it made me laugh!
I assume that was your mom coughing and sneezing in the background.
Very cool idea. I'm not sure if I would suggest that you include audio on every single blog post from now on, but you should probably see what others think regarding that.
In the future, maybe you could add music or special effects? Hey, maybe even try some dramatized reading with different voices! LOL!
From Larry's (Nitewrit) comment:
ReplyDeleteI found when I was going through the education system people telling me not to think unless I thought their way. One should be judged on the understanding of the basics, the materials examined and the logic on one's conclusions, not on whether everybody agrees or it is a popular view.
I have experienced something akin to that myself, and I have to give a hearty AMEN!! to that comment.
A surgeon certainly needs to agree with the anatomy professor that the spleen is not the liver, but if only one possible cure is insisted upon for liver disease or any other malfunction, then we would still be back bleeding patients.
The only absolute of authority is that of God. We, who study his Word sometimes disagree on some points, but we mustn't begin to confuse the liver and the spleen; we must not confuse our limits as the creature with the unlimited power of the Creator.
Very nicely and wisely said! Two thumbs up!
OK, I'll sit down and shut up now...
Professionalism is what I am aiming for with my recordings. Please listen to the more humourous three man recording on satire and theology.
ReplyDeleteIt is too much work to do an audio recording with each written article.
Thanks very much, Jeff.
Russ
Another step in your blog career!
ReplyDelete...Audio, well done, and well said, its nice to hear your voice teaching and reading your blog articles to your listeners.
-All Ears-
Dear Ears,
ReplyDeleteThanks for hearing and listening.
If you continue with these audio recordings for a while, maybe you could eventually put them on CDs and sell them! Begin by advertising your "teaching CDs" on your blog site, and then maybe advertise them elsewhere! Just a thought...
ReplyDeleteJust PLEASE don't become a televangelist! They're almost as bad as telemarketers! LOL! (In order to become a televangelist, one pre-requisite is that you have to teach at least SOME false doctrine! LOL!)
Thank$, Jeff.
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Actually there are a couple of contemporary "televangelists" that I think are pretty good. Joyce Meyers has a unique style, and what I have heard from her teaching appears to be both biblical and practical. And I regard Charles Price (Living Truth) as an excellent speaker, also well-grounded in Scriptures.
ReplyDeleteI do not claim to be familiar with Meyers or Price. I know I have heard Hank Hanegraaff of CRI criticize her many times and a quick Google search verified such. I have viewed Price on the television and I think he has his critics as well.
ReplyDeleteBut, on the other hand I would have critics too if I was that well-known.
Thanks, Chucky.
Russ:)
OK, Chucky, time to throw a monkey wrench in the works and see what kind of sparks we can get.
ReplyDeleteCheck this out:
Listen to the audio on this website
Did Jesus really cease to be God when He was on the cross as Joyce teaches?
Joyce Meyer teaches that Jesus did not pay for sin upon the cross, but actually went to the torments of hell and made atonement there. The following quote is from Joyce Meyer's 1991 booklet on being born again which is worded differently in the 1996-updated edition.
"During that time He entered hell, where you and I deserved to go (legally) because of our sin...He paid the price there.…no plan was too extreme...Jesus paid on the cross and in hell….God rose up from His throne and said to demon powers tormenting the sinless Son of God,“Let Him go.” Then the resurrection power of Almighty God went through hell and filled Jesus...He was resurrected from the dead ¾ the first born-again man" (The Most Important Decision You Will Ever Make: A Complete And Thorough Understanding Of What It Means To Be Born Again, 1991, pages 35-36, Joyce Meyer)
A comment on that site reflects my own thoughts:
"Anyone who boasts that "I am preaching good, am a preachin' good right now!" reveals a sign of ARROGANCE. This woman is so full of herself I do not ever hear Christ when she speaks. I hear JOYCE. ... The Higgins, the Benny Hinns, the Copelands, the Cleflo's the Joel Olstens the T.D. Jakes...it is all sad. They NEVER preach about salvation, righteousness, holiness, the blood, repentance, sin, hell, or Math 28:18 (spreading the gospel). These are not concerns of theirs; they seem to believe God came to earth to make us rich and comfortable, spare us of worldly pain, and to use gifts to have and have. Did some one rip 2 Timothy 3:12 out of their Bibles? I am also concerned that Ms. Meyers is in violation of Scripture: a woman must not be the head over men in CHURCH---not to be confused with sharing the gospel with everyone---we are not to usurp authority. It is so clear, see for yourself: 1 Cor 14:33-37. And God was not [only] writing to the Corinthian church back then---God wrote this to us ALL See Titus 2:11-12---it all applies in this present age, all of it according to 2 Tim 3:16. Be careful not to follow these televangelist superstars. In John 12:48, God makes HIMself clear, the verse before and below it also speaks volumes."
This comment from the same website, from a different person, is a bit strong, but it also reflects a valid warning:
"As a Christian Man, like John MacArthur I am blown away at the complete lack of discernment in Christian women these days.It seems that so many will swallow ANYTHING popular,especially from a TV celebrity. Where are the women who will rely on Scripture alone for doctrinal truth? The TBN hucksters like Joyce Meyer are fleecing the female flock with a phony man-centered false gospel. Oh, to hear the cries of the Reformation again! Christ Alone, Grace Alone, Faith Alone, Scripture Alone, to the Glory of God Alone! Postmodernism has so poisoned the Church, it doesn't even know it's history . It is lost to Emotions, Feelings, Experiences and the Desire for Worldly Success. I wish we could force every woman in America that Confesses Christ as Her Lord & Saviour to sit down and watch the 2003 Movie " LUTHER " Maybe they would regain some kind of balance."
Yet someone else left the following comment:
"While it is biblical to expose error and bring it to the light, the basic problem with Joyce Meyer is not what she is teaching---the problem is that she IS teaching. This is clearly forbiden in the Bible (1Ti 2:12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence). So, any women teaching a gathering of believers is in sin and should be rebuked even before we get to what is being taught. But, based on the millions of books she sells, most people will simply interpret 1 Timothy 2:12 in a manner that suits them. God help us all."
1 Timothy 2:9 in like manner also, that the women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with propriety and moderation, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or costly clothing, 10 but, which is proper for women professing godliness, with good works. 11 Let a woman learn in silence with all submission. 12 And I do not permit a woman to teach or to have authority over a man, but to be in silence.
1Co 14:33 For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.
1Co 14:34 Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
1Co 14:35 And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church.
From another website:
"God's Word commands us to expose false Apostles, Prophets and Teachers. I am aware that this subject will be uncomfortable to many, as it was to me when I became aware of it.
We live one hour south of St. Louis, Missouri. Joyce Meyer Ministries is located in St. Louis, and there is a repulsion and disgust for her extravagant lifestyle here.
Joyce Meyer has been in trouble for violating federal tax exempt status laws. For any non for profit business or ministry to be classified as tax exempt, they must meet certain standards. There is a cap on the salaries of employees or ministers. There is also a limit to the amount of possession's the ministry can own. Joyce Meyer ministries as also been investigated for income tax evasion. They have battled with Jefferson County over this for quite some time.
Joyce Meyer's attorneys advised her to sell some of their homes and reduce her salary in order to avoid prosecution. She shifted her money around in order to accomplish this.
Below is an excerpt from the St. Louis Post Dispatch newspaper.
The ministry's board of trustees, which is headed by Joyce Meyer, agreed to pay her a $900,000 annual salary in 2002 and 2003.
The board agreed to give her husband, Dave Meyer, the board's vice president, an annual salary of $450,000 in each of those same two years.
The board agreed to provide the couple with free personal use of a corporate jet and luxury cars, a $2 million home where all bills are paid by the ministry and a separate $50,000-a-year housing allowance.
The ministry paid $1.475 million to buy three houses for the three Meyer children.
The board authorized Joyce and Dave Meyer to control a $790,000 fund to be used at their discretion for bonuses to "executive management."
The job duties of seven employees of the ministry include sorting gifts "personally received" for Joyce and David Meyer, including cash and jewelry."
http://www.topix.com/forum/religion/christian/T6ORK85K9SDIEED17
Micah 3:11 Her heads judge for a bribe, Her priests teach for pay, And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on the LORD, and say, "Is not the LORD among us? No harm can come upon us."
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'Joyce Meyer teaches that Jesus did not pay for sin upon the cross, but actually went to the torments of hell and made atonement there.'
ReplyDeleteHank Hanegraaff from CRI has discussed Meyers and such doctrines often.
Obviously there is nothing in the New Testament that teaches that Christ went to hell to make atonement.
Thanks, Jeff.
Obviously the 3 or 4 broadcasts that I watched did not address the topic of atonement, or I would have been aware of her heresy. I was not making any blanket endorsement, just expressing an opinion based on watching a few broadcasts in which she spoke on such subjects as God's grace, conviction, humility(!), without showing any sense of arrogance, or making any wacky extra-biblical claims.
ReplyDeleteI agree "Luther" was an excellent movie, although there are things about Luther with which I disagree. :)
ReplyDelete'Obviously the 3 or 4 broadcasts that I watched did not address the topic of atonement, or I would have been aware of her heresy. I was not making any blanket endorsement, just expressing an opinion based on watching a few broadcasts in which she spoke on such subjects as God's grace, conviction, humility(!), without showing any sense of arrogance, or making any wacky extra-biblical claims.'
ReplyDeleteTrue, I have watched some teachers and agreed with some of what was taught, and then looked them up on-line and found heresy.
Watching someone teach a few times is simply that and does not necessarily lead to a thorough understanding of the teacher's doctrines.
Thanks, Chuckles.
Russ:)
Very nice Russ,
ReplyDeleteTo put your voice to your writings was very good. BTW you have a nice voice. You will do well in whatever the Lord has for you. Good Job!
Thanks, Tamela.
ReplyDeleteThere is a message on the satire blog as well.
Russ:)
Alright, Russ, here we go. Your voice was exactly as I expected it to sound. I think I could have selected your voice out from a dozen others.
ReplyDeleteSince I have a degree in voice, which not only includes singing, but placement, articulation, and quality of sound. Yes, you have a pleasant sound. One small criticism: Get rid of the "ah"s. This is small, really small. If you don't or can't, don't worry about it.
I have had the joy of belonging to many different denominations over the years, and understand the differences of doctrines.
Doctrine should be the expression after the experience, not the other way around.
I believe that we are making decisions and that freedom of choice makes God more sovereign. If we are not actually making decisions and not free agents, we truly don't know it. We think we are choosing.
Also, I am unsure if there can be true love if there is no choice. Perhaps that is why there is evil, so we can choose purity, goodness, and the love that God offers.
I know that God called to me as a child and continues to call me. I am not sinless, nor am I perfect in love. I am striving towards the Kingdom of God.
Blessings, Russ.
Vicki
Thanks, Vicki.
ReplyDelete'One small criticism: Get rid of the "ah"s. This is small, really small. If you don't or can't, don't worry about it.'
I agree, and I will work on this point.
'Also, I am unsure if there can be true love if there is no choice.'
There is a human choice to love God, but this cannot be made autonomously.
Libertarian free will does not work within a Biblical context.
As persons are with a corrupted nature and resulting choices (Romans 1-4), no one would freely choose to follow Christ in love without being regenerated as in being elected and born again. This choice of regeneration of persons is made by God alone (Epheshians 1, Romans 8), but I reason as he regenerates one he simultaneously grants one the freedom to accept Christ, which takes place as one had been guided.
Foreknowledge deals with God knowing persons and not in God knowing who will believe in him and God choosing those he knows will repent. Therefore as with Romans 8 God predestines those he knows. Of course God knows all persons, but the context is God knowing who he will predestine in election.
Now persons are told to repent and I fully accept the regeneration, election process often and usually includes God using human (Bible, preaching) means to turn a person towards him.
Also in philosophy all things including choices have a cause. A choice is not its own cause. Human choices are traced back to human nature, which is corrupted. Human beings are the secondary causes of all human choices, and God is the primary cause of all things and choices as he is infinite and omnipotent.
I hold to compatibilistic/soft determinism free will and think that imcompatibilism and libertarian approaches are far more problematic.
Arminianism and Free Will
Total Depravity
A definition of total depravity that I used in my MPhil...The concept of total depravity does not mean (1) that depraved people cannot or do not perform actions that are good in either man's or God's sight. But no such action can gain favor with God for salvation. Neither does it mean (2) that fallen man has no conscience which judges between good and evil for him. But that conscience has been effected by the fall so that it cannot be a safe and reliable guide. Neither does it mean (3) that people indulge in every form of sin or in any sin to the greatest extent possible. Positively total depravity means that the corruption has extended to all aspects of man's nature, to his being: and total depravity means that because of that corruption there is nothing man can do to merit saving favour with God. Ryrie (1996: 312).
Pelagianism
It must be noted that Arminianism is not Pelagianism. Pelagianism believes that human beings can achieve salvation from their own powers. It is believed that human beings can choose in free will, good or evil. Original sin was a bad example, and not inherited. Yarnold (1999: 435).
Arminianism, original sin, and prevenient grace
Arminianism holds to original sin and human corruption and that people are not able to do good without prevenient grace. Grider (1996: 80). Prevenient grace could be explained as preceding grace.
Does prevenient grace work?
Arminians generally believe that God's grace is not irresistible, and that believers can fall away from God. Grider (1996: 80). A problem I see here is although Arminians believe in original sin, and total depravity, they state that people can reject God's salvific grace. Grider (1996: 80). I would think an understanding of original sin and the resulting fallen human nature, as described by Paul in Romans 1-3, for example, would view God's salvific grace to those who are totally depraved and corrupt, as having to be in a sense irresistible, although not forced or coerced. God would instead persuade and mould human beings he has predestined in order that they freely believe. God would have to change a human being that previously could not believe, so that he/she would follow God and Christ. In other words, from my Biblical perspective, human beings with a fallen human nature that were totally depraved would always reject God's prevenient grace, so for the Arminian to say that sometimes the grace is accepted and sometimes it is not, is to assume that the fallen human being has the ability to accept God's grace, despite total depravity. From my perspective this Arminian view does not present a fallen nature incapable of following God, but one that could possibly follow God if God provided prevenient (preceding) grace. So, an Arminian view is not Pelagian, but it presents a less than perfect nature that is seen as totally depraved, but still able to accept Christ with the help of God's grace. This idea was expressed by my Arminian influenced, Mennonite, Book of Romans professor who did not believe in a sinful nature, but that all human beings of less than perfect nature eventually took a sinful position against God. P.E. Hughes explains that prevenient grace precedes all human decision. Hughes (1996: 480). It sees God as taking the initiative. Hughes (1996: 480). I am not in disagreement with this aspect of prevenient grace, but as Erickson states, Arminians recognizing the human inability to respond to the gospel introduced the idea of prevenient grace. Erickson (1994: 925). Erickson explains that there is no clear and adequate basis in Scripture for this concept of universal enablement to believe. Erickson (1994: 925). I agree with Erickson that prevenient grace is an appealing concept. Erickson (1994: 925). However, I reason that Biblically when God predestines someone as in Ephesians 1, he regenerates a person that shall believe. God simultaneously has the individual person, with a limited human free will, willingly accept the gospel message in the regeneration process.
Sin nature?
As noted, Arminians hold to a belief in original sin, and total depravity. Grider (1996: 80). But a minority may not hold to a belief in a sin nature, although Grider points out that James Arminius himself viewed persons as fallen and unable to do any good thing on their own. Grider (1996: 80). A sin nature may seem too negative for those that want to believe that the human being can choose God with divine help, but it may be that some hold to theology that is both Arminian and Pelagian in nature. This may have been the case with my Mennonite professors who claimed to be Arminian, but preferred the concept of sin position over the idea of sin nature in regard to humanity. My view would require God to enlighten, persuade and mould an enslaved will, but without the use of force or coercion. This enslaved will would prior to salvation not be free to choose God and commit good actions pleasing to God in regard to salvation, but simultaneously in the salvation process the limited free will of a fallen human being would be enlightened, persuaded and moulded to believe in Christ. There must be a limited free will present in the salvation process or else hard determinism is taking place that is force or coercion. My view requires a sinful corrupt human nature, which is totally depraved, as in unable to freely choose God as is, without a divine spiritual alteration, whereas the Arminian view requires human beings to have sinned and be less than perfect, but to have the ability within their nature to accept God's prevenient grace with the use of free will. My view sees limited free will as allowing God to restore the elect to him by salvation via an alteration of the person, but is not libertarian free will which through prevenient grace allows people to choose or reject Christ. In my understanding the fallen human being has a limited free will that freely rejects God, and through the salvation process God enables the believer to freely follow Christ. By limited free will I accept the idea that a fallen human being is free in the sense that he/she can be restored by God if elected, but not free in a way the he/she could be saved through prevenient grace.
John Calvin in my view held to a concept of free will similar to my own, and he has influenced my theology. He wrote in 1543 in The Bondage and Liberation of the Will.
If freedom is opposed to coercion, I both acknowledge and consistently maintain that choice is free and I hold anyone who thinks otherwise to be a heretic. If, I say, it were called free in this sense of not being coerced nor forcibly moved by an external impulse, but moving of its own accord, I have no objection. Calvin (1543)(1996: 68).
For Calvin although God must elect and restore an individual for salvation to occur, it is not done by force or coercion, but through the use of soft determinism as human beings are converted to a belief in Christ through the Holy Spirit. I would think a moderate sovereignty or Calvinistic view on human free will, especially in regard to salvation, provides the Christian with a good, Biblical, basic comprehension of something which is not completely understandable by the human mind. God predestines believers as shown in Ephesians 1, and is always the primary mover in human salvation. God has a perfect free will by which he chooses an individual which has far less than a perfect free will, and corrupted human nature.
CALVIN, JOHN (1543)(1996) The Bondage and Liberation of the Will, Translated by G.I. Davies, Grand Rapids, Baker Book House.
ERICKSON, MILLARD (1994) Christian Theology, Grand Rapids, Baker Book House.
GRIDER, J.K. (1996) 'Arminianism', in Walter A. Elwell (ed.). Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, Grand Rapids, Baker Books.
HUGHES, P.E. (1996) 'Grace', in Walter A. Elwell (ed.). Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, Grand Rapids, Baker Books.
RYRIE, C.C. (1996) 'Depravity, Total', in Walter A. Elwell (ed.), Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, Grand Rapids, Baker Books.
YARNOLD, E.J. (1999) 'Pelagianism', in Alan Richardson and John Bowden (eds.), A New Dictionary of Christian Theology, Kent, SCM Press Ltd.
Chucky said:
ReplyDeleteObviously the 3 or 4 broadcasts that I watched did not address the topic of atonement, or I would have been aware of her heresy. I was not making any blanket endorsement, just expressing an opinion based on watching a few broadcasts in which she spoke on such subjects as God's grace, conviction, humility(!), without showing any sense of arrogance, or making any wacky extra-biblical claims.
Very good point! Well said, Chucky.
And, actually, in the past couple days, it has been brought to my attention that, if we spend enough time with anyone, we will find some issue where we will disagree with them on. This is not an excuse for false doctrine, but rather I think it shows that, though we certainly must guard against accepting any false doctrine ourselves, we must also love one another and realize that we are all at different places in our spiritual walk, and also, the Holy Spirit may have revealed something to one person, but not yet to another person. In addition, the Bible says that we don't all have the same spiritual convictions (i.e., eating meat offered to idols). But again, when it comes to our personal selves (vs. pointing out false teachings from others), we are to certainly make sure that we are dividing the word of truth correctly, and guarding our hearts from false teachings, and, as the Bereans did, check everything that we hear or read against Scripture.
Russ,
ReplyDeleteYour comment comparing and contrasting Election, Arminianisma, Pelagianism, Free Will, Total Depravity, Calvin, etc. is the best I have ever heard you explain it, IMO. That was very helpful. I copied and pasted it to my list of quotes by you.
I confess that I still have to read such things that you write carefully in order to comprehend it, but I suspect that may be because you pack a lot into each sentence, which I suspect you do intentionally in order to be correct and precise, as well as making your sentences as compact and brief as possible.
This type of material takes a careful reading for me as well.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the encouragement and helping me in the preparation for my PhD Viva defence. I appreciate the assistance of my fellow bloggers.
Hopefully, my plane will not be snowed in.
Cheers, Jeff.
Russ:)
After looking at your photos of you working out, I have been inspired to look into purchasing a freestanding heavy bag myself, along with some sand to fill the base with.
ReplyDeleteToo bad you won't be going through Central Florida...
ReplyDeleteYes, sand or like works better than water. Both of my workout bags leak water from the base. It happens after a certain amount of strikes.
ReplyDeleteRuss:)
The thing is I am usually stuck in airport (secured section) with these temporary stops (this time Seattle and Amsterdam) and could not visit with someone anyway.
ReplyDeleteHello everyone,
ReplyDeleteRuss, My buddy Rob from Down under sent me some Photos to add to my blog, and a friend in Africa said he will get me a photo with a famous land mark to add. So I will put your and Robs up on Friday or Sat.
Just to let everyone know, If you guys have a child hood favorite food or a food Native to your state or country or just food you love, please feel free to take a photo of it, or photos of it being made, A step by step Process and include a recipe, I will post them on my food blog as it's own little topic.
My Email address is on my food blog, you can mail the photos and recipes their. Thats only if you want to. Thanks, Rick b
Yes, and Rick has many interesting recipes on his coffeehouse-journal blog.
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I just now listened to your audio suggesting the superhero group, Russ. I'll have to make some time to do something concerning that.
ReplyDeleteI see that you have found a way to use an animated GIF on Blogger. Cool! I was thinking that animated GIFs would not work at all.
As persons are with a corrupted nature and resulting choices (Romans 1-4), no one would freely choose to follow Christ in love without being regenerated as in being elected and born again.
A former Pastor told me that, before getting saved, he told God "no" more than once, and rejected the gospel, but God would not let him go. I have heard other Christians say that they came to Christ kicking and screaming, and they wanted nothing to do with Christ, but that God would not let them go. These remind me of the old poem, "The Hound of Heaven," which was an influence on J.R.R. Tolkien; and both the Christian band Daniel Amos and Christian singer Michael Card wrote songs based on it.
"As the hound follows the hare, never ceasing in its running, ever drawing nearer in the chase, with unhurrying and imperturbed pace, so does God follow the fleeing soul by His Divine grace. And though in sin or in human love, away from God it seeks to hide itself, Divine grace follows after, unwearyingly follows ever after, till the soul feels its pressure forcing it to turn to Him alone in that never ending pursuit."
—The Neumann Press Book of Verse, 1988
Thanks, Jeff.
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