Let me say at the outset that this is NOT a topic that I care to debate. Partly it's that I'm not sure what to think and partly it's one of those things that...
jj@...
Oct 1, 2001 7:19 pm
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... debate. Partly it's that I'm not sure what to think and partly it's one of those things that I don't care to discuss. Which, as it ... JJ: You may not...
Tim Smith
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Oct 2, 2001 4:34 pm
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This is an interesting subject and some of you may remember the intense debate we had on this a while back with Mark, our hard line fundamentalist, who we...
Roy Hershberger
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Oct 3, 2001 12:11 am
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... Right, although I'm not sure how much more can be said about it. I just don't want to get into an unproductive argument with anyone, mostly because I...
jj@...
Oct 6, 2001 3:15 am
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... Yea, but I fail to see how sending people to eternal torment is justice. According to the dict., justice involves: fairness, equity, and reason. Even...
... I'm not sure the concept you are speaking of here has anything to do with justice per say, but more about our ability as sinful creatures to be in the...
Here is a little something I've been inspired to put together. Any comments would be welcome and appreciated. A NEW PARADIGM FOR GATHERING TOGETHER My ideas on...
... Sure, Roy, a few top-of-the-head comments. :-) ... "Jesus-Followers"; I like it already... ... Yes! And I find it exemplary that this is the FIRST item on...
... Me too! ... Agreed. ... Whoah, slow down. I don't see accountablility in the scriptures, other than us toward God, "with whom we have to do," though I...
... KRSTO: Once upon a time (20 years ago), I spent several years (3 or 4) as an active member of the local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. That...
Damn. I hate it when the Mormons show us up like that. A lot of churches get the same benefits but in a different way, when they all gather together for a...
Excellent feedback! Thanks Tim and Krsto for your responses. ... Yes, that is certainly the most important part of it. I understand being uneasy about the word...
OK, here is a refined list of my ideas. Any more comments? A NEW PARADIGM FOR GATHERING TOGETHER My vision on what a group of Jesus followers should look like:...
... Roy, at first glance I can't find a single thing wrong with this (although I will add a comment). I didn't have the time to comment on your earlier posts,...
jj@...
Oct 21, 2001 5:39 pm
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It may seem a little late to ask this, and perhaps it is, but I have to wonder because it looks like "life as we know it" may be about to go through some...
jj@...
Oct 22, 2001 6:00 am
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I agree with JJ that the word "leadership" might have to be defined. Whether it happens in this document, or in a more detailed mission statement I don't know....
Jim Berge
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Oct 22, 2001 9:46 pm
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... Hmmm, yes, very good point. I think people will have to understand from the start that this is a whole new paradigm, a very different way of looking at it...
Thanks again for everyone who submitted feedback about this list of concepts. They have been very helpful. It was suggested that I try to put the whole concept...
Beautiful! My wife and I have been contemplating starting such a group. We'll have to use your submission as a "conversation piece." Too bad you're not in...
I think this news item rather sums up why church leaders should not be elevated over everyone else, particularly by giving them ostentatious titles. All are...
jj@...
Oct 24, 2001 11:30 pm
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Hi all, I haven't posted in a long while but several ideas are floating around in my mind that I'd like to discuss. Several members of my family (anonymous to...
Thought I would let y'all take a look at this e-mail I am sending out to everyone and their mother (500 e-mail addresses, so far.) Hope to get it sent out...
Anyone else reading this book? If you've never read Yancey, his work is very rewarding; he makes use of his past without being whiny and is so achingly...
This following quote is from a Dallas Association for Decency newsletter, asking its members to write and thank the co-director of a museum for keeping out the...
Krsto, this is excellent although I'm not sure what the things like refer to. One minor nit, you said "Annanias and Saphira could have kept all of their...
jj@...
Nov 4, 2001 4:58 am
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I guess I'll take the chance of commenting on this one. I do agree that sometimes Christians shoot themselves in the foot with misguided letter writing...
jj@...
Nov 4, 2001 5:58 am
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... From: jj@... [mailto:jj@...] Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 11:57 PM To: Christian-Ghetto@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re:...
What I have allways found curious was our need to clothe Jesus in our artistic representations when in fact he was completely naked when he hung on the cross....
Good points, Roy. Another great painting of the type you describe is Rembrandt's Deposition From the Cross where he paints himself into it as well, to show...
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