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Comment on New Guitar… Finally! by Faith Underfire

Faith Underfire — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:53:25 +0000

What a sweet guitar! Isn’t it great when you find the one instrument that fits like glove on “your” hand? My guitar is a Breedlove CS25 Herringbone, and I’ve had it for over two years now. Wouldn’t trade it for anything…well, maybe another breedlove.:)
Enjoy your find!

Comment on My First Visit To The Orthodox East by Book Review: Light from the Christian East | Orthodox-Reformed Bridge

Book Review: Light from the Christian East | Orthodox-Reformed Bridge — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:48:59 +0000

[...] still didn’t quite prepare him for his first visit to an Orthodox Liturgy. Read his “My First Visit To The Orthodox East” in Covenant of Love site. This entry was posted in Book Review. Bookmark the permalink. [...]

Comment on Super Bowl Commercial To Warm The Hearts Of Canadians by Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:08:27 +0000

I wonder if this could ever catch on. Just get as many people as you can to go to a youth hockey game or mens league game.Would be a really nice trend
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Comment on Never Mind Andrew’s Sin, What About Mars Hill’s Sin? by ryan

ryan — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:21:39 +0000

Frustrating. Troubling. Disconcerting. Sad. Frightening. I will freely admit that I underwent my own church discipline in 2000 at Overlake Christian Church and this story horrifyingly reminds me my own account, with much pain and trembling, even 12 years later. My heart BREAKS for Andrew. My flesh CRAWLS at reading this article. We are to be Jesus with skin on. We are to faithfully administer God’s GRACE in its various forms. Legalistic tarring and feathering of God’s chosen people, His royal priesthood, His holy nation, does NOT result in better community or better growth. It results in an impoverished church, a beleaguered sense of trust in God and the body of Christ, and cultivates a climate of fear-based worship where God’s children are walking on eggshells. I can only imagine what Andrew must feel right now. Andrew, I love you in Jesus’ Name. You are repentant, you have repented, and you are forgiven. I do not know you, I have never met you, but you are LOVED IN JESUS’ NAME. I am deeply proud of you for bringing your sin into the light, and for bringing Mars Hill’s leadership’s sin into the light as well. Knowing church discipline all too well, I can freely also admit that one sin that cost me my position of leadership, my community at the church, my connection to the body of Christ there, etc., also eventually lead to an even greater sin which cost me my freedom and sent me to prison. I do not blame my actions on the church or the leadership, but I will indefatigably say that there is an inexorable tie between the church discipline / excommunication I received from Overlake Christian Church, and my eventual crime. Do I wish I could take back my crime? Yes. But I also wish with all my heart that I could take back the church discipline I received, and replace it with something restorative like a warm hug. Alas, warm hugs are not mentioned in Scripture for those undergoing church discipline. And such a legalistic, grace-lacking approaches only send us further down the drain, with no hope of compassionate restoration. Wash your hands of us if you will, you beloved megachurches, and in the process so subsequently condemn yourselves as unloving, uncompassionate, and unbiblical. Jesus loves me the same that he does me, and that is my Amen, because truthfully I’d rather ALWAYS be the guy beating his chest, saying “God be merciful to me, a sinner” than be you.

Comment on Responding To Piatt’s Response To Piper by Jon F. Dewey

Jon F. Dewey — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:23:27 +0000

I think a better question is “Why do we keep trying to interpret ancient documents with a 20th/21st century mindset?” Adding our modern day ideas of gender into an ancient text is very poor hermeneutics. Let the Bible say what it says without reading into it!

Comment on Responding To Piatt’s Response To Piper by Craig L. Adams

Craig L. Adams — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:20:44 +0000

Thanks. I had missed the Piatt article.
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Comment on Responding To Piatt’s Response To Piper by Warren Lamb

Warren Lamb — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:53:20 +0000

Posted my reply on LinkedIn – well done.

Comment on Come and Dine: An Ecunemical Invitation by Robert McCarty

Robert McCarty — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:58:06 +0000

Comment on Responding To Piatt’s Response To Piper by PLTK

PLTK — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:48:12 +0000

Yes, I also read this article and thought it was weak and went too far in the attempt to counter Piper.

Comment on New Bible Translation You Might Want to Check Out by Ken Hicks

Ken Hicks — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:19:59 +0000

The NET (New English Translation) also consistently renders certain NT texts as “the faithfulness of Christ” (subjective genetive).