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Post by oldarmybear on Sept 23, 2018 18:44:51 GMT -5
The meek man is not a human mouse afflicted with a sense of his own inferiority. He has accepted God's estimate of his own life: In himself, nothing; In God, everything. He knows well that the world will never see him as God sees him and he has stopped caring.
Aiden Wilson Tozer
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Post by oldarmybear on Jul 2, 2019 18:10:36 GMT -5
“The world does not consist of 100 percent Christians and 100 percent non-Christians. There are people (a great many of them) who are slowly ceasing to be Christians but who still call themselves by that name: some of them are clergymen. There are other people who are slowly becoming Christians though they do not yet call themselves so. ” ― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
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Post by katie5445 on Jul 4, 2019 3:33:16 GMT -5
That amazingly applies to today more than ever. I'm continually called a non-Christian as according to some I'm not "100%" Christian in their eyes, whatever that means........which usually means 100% of what is in The Bible and no I do not believe 100% of The Bible. Christs words are in The Sermon on The Mount, The Plain and in the Beatitudes and I read them often. That I am one of the "great many who call themselves by that name" to bad, I don't answer to you, although you seem to insist on judgment. There are now hundreds of Christian faiths and I should give a rat's behind about their judgment of me?? Not.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2020 5:37:27 GMT -5
That amazingly applies to today more than ever. I'm continually called a non-Christian as according to some I'm not "100%" Christian in their eyes, whatever that means........which usually means 100% of what is in The Bible and no I do not believe 100% of The Bible. Christs words are in The Sermon on The Mount, The Plain and in the Beatitudes and I read them often. That I am one of the "great many who call themselves by that name" to bad, I don't answer to you, although you seem to insist on judgment. There are now hundreds of Christian faiths and I should give a rat's behind about their judgment of me?? Not. The definition and conditions for being a Christian are spelled out in the Bible. What many, including SOME Christians, confuse is that A CHRISTIAN is NOT defined by the DESIRES of other Christians. Being Christian is a state which is defined by the New Testament (John 1:1-6, Book of ROMANS for example).The ACCEPTANCE of the ONENESS of JESUS and the Father IS the central point on which this doctrine rests. People are free to accept or reject the Christian faith and doctrine, BUT the DEFINITION is printed and not defined by the desires of humans. For example, if Mother Theresa lived her life exactly as she did, BUT did not accept the oneness of the Father and Jesus, NO Matter what her opinion was, according to the New Testament, she would not have been a Christian ( hypothetically speaking). It is important we understand that we adjust ourselves to the definition contained in the New Testament as Christians,NOT the other way around.
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Post by oldarmybear on Apr 9, 2020 18:04:07 GMT -5
“The reason why many are still troubled, still seeking, still making little forward progress is because they haven't yet come to the end of themselves. We're still trying to give orders, and interfering with God's work within us. ” ― A. W. Tozer
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2020 22:22:00 GMT -5
"It is outrageous to utter the name of Jesus Christ and live in Judaism." Ignatius of Antioch
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Post by Bogus0Pomp on Aug 30, 2020 12:14:56 GMT -5
"It is outrageous to utter the name of Jesus Christ and live in Judaism." Ignatius of Antioch Looks a bit antisemitic to me.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2020 17:57:07 GMT -5
"It is outrageous to utter the name of Jesus Christ and live in Judaism." Ignatius of Antioch Looks a bit antisemitic to me.
Appearances are deceiving! Message is one cannot embrace two different ideologies and make them one.
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Post by Bogus0Pomp on Aug 31, 2020 0:24:46 GMT -5
Indeed, looks CAN be deceiving, but it doesn't mean that they always ARE. If that was in fact the intended message, perhaps it would have been better if Ignatius had plainly stated it as such rather than to couch in language that obscures the message.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2020 5:12:14 GMT -5
Indeed, looks CAN be deceiving, but it doesn't mean that they always ARE. If that was in fact the intended message, perhaps it would have been better if Ignatius had plainly stated it as such rather than to couch in language that obscures the message.
Ignatius did and didn't think he had to tailor his message to meet your standards!
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Post by Bogus0Pomp on Aug 31, 2020 12:32:36 GMT -5
LOL Just simply LOL
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2020 20:35:19 GMT -5
I guess in YOUR mind this means something.
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Post by Bogus0Pomp on Sept 1, 2020 3:52:14 GMT -5
LOL
Your ridiculous comments are sometime quite amusing and hilarious. However for the most part, Wale, they are a crashing bore with your one-note theme of 'I am superior to everyone.'
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 9:11:55 GMT -5
LOL
Your ridiculous comments are sometime quite amusing and hilarious. However for the most part, Wale, they are a crashing bore with your one-note theme of 'I am superior to everyone.' Nothing of the kind in my statement BUT perfect example of your misinterpretations and willful distortions!
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Post by Bogus0Pomp on Sept 1, 2020 13:30:47 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2020 20:06:34 GMT -5
The SAME stupid presentations require the SAME cogent answers!
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