tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post9182888755916446744..comments2024-03-26T16:24:34.218+00:00Comments on Meeting The Masters: Christian UnityWilliam Wildbloodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-47821186917558568712020-01-28T08:58:28.576+00:002020-01-28T08:58:28.576+00:00That may be true but people have to have the chanc...That may be true but people have to have the chance to know things for themselves and make their own mistakes if they are to grow up. William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-84513083367668040492020-01-27T23:56:17.315+00:002020-01-27T23:56:17.315+00:00A while ago I read someone who said the troubles w...A while ago I read someone who said the troubles with Christianity came after the mass printing of the bible that let all the common people read it and some be confused by all the conflicting statements, or get hung up on certain pronouncements, rather than following common sense ideas of what Christianity should be.Berkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05572940767443028206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-79370203756721919402020-01-23T08:17:55.980+00:002020-01-23T08:17:55.980+00:00Thanks Bookslinger. I'll have a look.Thanks Bookslinger. I'll have a look. William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-71950377480807082032020-01-23T01:21:09.231+00:002020-01-23T01:21:09.231+00:00WW: Perhaps like BC has done, your posts this mon...WW: Perhaps like BC has done, your posts this month have also strongly touched on topics from the LDS volume of scripture "Pearl of Great Price", specifically Selections from the Book of Moses, and the Book of Abraham.<br /><br />https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/pgp<br /><br />Moses and Abraham are quick reads if you're curious to see where you overlap.<br /><br />-Bookslinger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-45260536093527389282020-01-20T22:22:39.695+00:002020-01-20T22:22:39.695+00:00Yes, very good points Moonsphere. The progressives...Yes, very good points Moonsphere. The progressives completely ignore the often counter-intuitive reality of Jesus such as his giving the go ahead to the woman who was anointing his feet with perfume rather than spending that money on the poor.William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-916081162344129372020-01-20T21:00:18.770+00:002020-01-20T21:00:18.770+00:00@Moonsphere - some excellent points, which I haven...@Moonsphere - some excellent points, which I haven't seen made before. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-54165802975217881882020-01-20T19:43:43.375+00:002020-01-20T19:43:43.375+00:00Progressives love to cast Jesus as a sentimental l...Progressives love to cast Jesus as a sentimental liberal. Worse still - they paint him as predictable. This is done so that they might second guess him and appropriate him as a mascot for their agenda.<br /><br />And yet the truth is quite the opposite. I'm sure there were many people whom Jesus refused to cure because it would not have furthered the path of their soul. And how many would-be disciples did he turn away because he could see the darkness in their hearts? Quite a few I should think.<br /><br />When the messengers were sent to Jesus with news of Lazarus' illness, he didn't go straight to Bethany to cure him. Far from it! He travelled around, visiting people and places for a week or more. He was living out a far greater truth, one that would require the family and friends of Lazarus to endure his death and burial before the time was right for Jesus to take action.<br /><br />You are completely right William - the opposed forces have the intention to totally strip Christianity of its discernment, of its moral judgement.Moonspherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015070450886972955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-5254950980756492522020-01-20T17:42:53.202+00:002020-01-20T17:42:53.202+00:00Yes Bruce, I thought the title was a bit ambiguous...Yes Bruce, I thought the title was a bit ambiguous or even misleading but couldn't think of a better one!<br /><br />Being a Christian is now often interpreted in a purely humanistic way thereby stripping it of its qualitative element. This is to reduce it to a secular thing, spiritually useless. <br /><br />Perhaps what really makes a person a Christian is that they love Christ.William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-89980486419290719152020-01-20T17:30:06.526+00:002020-01-20T17:30:06.526+00:00@William - Point well made. Secular culture is ver...@William - Point well made. Secular culture is very strong on telling Christians what we are, and what we should do, and when we are being 'not very Christian'. They only do this to weaken and ridicule us. <br /><br />The title made me think the post was about unity between Christians - e.g. in different churches. If unity means mutual support and cooperation; that is something we could do more with. We ought to be Christians first and, whatever type of Christian second. <br /><br />The difficulty is often in defining a Christian without either begging the question in one's own favour (or against people that we dislike) or else focusing on secondary aspects. Whatever the 'definition'; I feel sure that A Christian must be something that a child of six, a simple-minded peasant, or unexpert person could be. <br /><br />I recall Acts 8: 27-39 where Philip baptised the Ethiopian Eunuch shortly after meeting him: from zero to Christian in not-many-minutes. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-7338590561478565692020-01-20T15:47:46.007+00:002020-01-20T15:47:46.007+00:00Perhaps but these are the words of Jesus and they ...Perhaps but these are the words of Jesus and they are unequivocal.William Wildbloodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13231219533755925897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513199068907090344.post-27520723416978626212020-01-20T15:22:31.930+00:002020-01-20T15:22:31.930+00:00William,
Your point is well taken. But, I would b...William,<br /><br />Your point is well taken. But, I would be cautious in making that case with Bible verses- that strategy is often used against us. Quotes from the Bible , especially from the OT, are often hurled at Christians that seem to support things like slavery and genocide.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04865413665629644313noreply@blogger.com