Comments for Fresh Words by Young Minds http://freshwords.wordpress.com Theological Musings, Worldviews, Encouragement and Earnest Sillieness Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:40:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Zealous for Christ’s Calvinism/ Calvinist Couch Potatoes by trapezeartist http://freshwords.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/zealous-for-christs-calvinism-calvinist-couch-potatoes/#comment-23 trapezeartist Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:40:36 +0000 http://freshwords.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-23 Tyrell. Yes, your title did seduce me... The part of the email you received from your friend Michael came from a post on the pyromaniacs blog. It was posted on the 1st of June 2005 by Phil Johnson and is entitled "Quick-and-Dirty Calvinism." May I suggest with a smile :) that you make use of inverted commas when quoting from emails as it is slightly unclear what you wrote and what you quoted from. Thanks for a good post. Renate Tyrell.
Yes, your title did seduce me… The part of the email you received from your friend Michael came from a post on the pyromaniacs blog. It was posted on the 1st of June 2005 by Phil Johnson and is entitled “Quick-and-Dirty Calvinism.” May I suggest with a smile :) that you make use of inverted commas when quoting from emails as it is slightly unclear what you wrote and what you quoted from. Thanks for a good post.
Renate

]]> Comment on Musicspotting #1 by jansie http://freshwords.wordpress.com/2008/09/28/musicspotting-1/#comment-22 jansie Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:29:38 +0000 http://freshwords.wordpress.com/?p=67#comment-22 hey thomas you ever hear the album 'redemption songs' by jars of clay? wonderful piece of work. as for free falling, love that song. made up my own little folk version of it. very simple chords. so many songs, so little time... hey thomas you ever hear the album ‘redemption songs’ by jars of clay? wonderful piece of work.

as for free falling, love that song. made up my own little folk version of it. very simple chords.

so many songs, so little time…

]]> Comment on Dear friend, how is your dying? by joshnmarda http://freshwords.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/dear-friend-how-is-your-dying/#comment-21 joshnmarda Fri, 23 May 2008 17:54:35 +0000 http://freshwords.wordpress.com/?p=51#comment-21 Sounds a whole lot like Jonathan Edwards. Great minds think alike. Thanks for the challenge! Good stuff. Sounds a whole lot like Jonathan Edwards. Great minds think alike. Thanks for the challenge! Good stuff.

]]> Comment on Flying lesson by freshwords http://freshwords.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/flying-lesson/#comment-20 freshwords Mon, 19 May 2008 21:52:59 +0000 http://freshwords.wordpress.com/?p=50#comment-20 Hey Josh. Thanks for your encouragement. Yeah, it was good seeing you today as well. Pity we were on the losing side. Oh well. You're a winner, actually ;-) Thank you so much for your ministry. It impacts many people very much. in Him. thomas Hey Josh. Thanks for your encouragement. Yeah, it was good seeing you today as well. Pity we were on the losing side. Oh well. You’re a winner, actually ;-) Thank you so much for your ministry. It impacts many people very much. in Him. thomas

]]> Comment on Flying lesson by joshnmarda http://freshwords.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/flying-lesson/#comment-19 joshnmarda Mon, 19 May 2008 18:09:57 +0000 http://freshwords.wordpress.com/?p=50#comment-19 Good stuff Thomas. Thanks. Great seeing you today! Good stuff Thomas. Thanks. Great seeing you today!

]]> Comment on … gist of emergent by Adam Smith http://freshwords.wordpress.com/2008/01/05/gist-of-emergent/#comment-18 Adam Smith Mon, 28 Apr 2008 23:20:42 +0000 http://freshwords.wordpress.com/2008/01/05/gist-of-emergent/#comment-18 Interesting...haha Interesting…haha

]]> Comment on A reason for truth being written, not experienced by flutterby5678 http://freshwords.wordpress.com/2008/04/21/a-reason-for-truth-being-written-not-experienced/#comment-17 flutterby5678 Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:20:55 +0000 http://freshwords.wordpress.com/?p=49#comment-17 Thanks for the encouragement...your words fall on fertile ears. My struggles could never compare...yet God's word remains as you say...unchanging, faithful, true, living and active, able to penetrate even to dividing soul and spirit! How thankful I am that there is such a thing to hold on to! Thanks for the encouragement…your words fall on fertile ears. My struggles could never compare…yet God’s word remains as you say…unchanging, faithful, true, living and active, able to penetrate even to dividing soul and spirit! How thankful I am that there is such a thing to hold on to!

]]> Comment on The Amazing Graciousness of Grace by dpcpastor http://freshwords.wordpress.com/2008/04/17/the-amazing-graciousness-of-grace/#comment-16 dpcpastor Thu, 17 Apr 2008 23:13:34 +0000 http://freshwords.wordpress.com/?p=45#comment-16 Ferguson is awsome. Thanks for the quote. His book "Children of the Living God" is on my "Great Books" page as one of my all time favorties. Here is the link if you want to check it out. http://anuncommongrace.wordpress.com Thanks, Darian Ferguson is awsome. Thanks for the quote. His book “Children of the Living God” is on my “Great Books” page as one of my all time favorties. Here is the link if you want to check it out.
http://anuncommongrace.wordpress.com

Thanks,
Darian

]]> Comment on Strange encouragement … by joshnmarda http://freshwords.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/strange-encouragement/#comment-15 joshnmarda Thu, 17 Apr 2008 08:25:03 +0000 http://freshwords.wordpress.com/?p=42#comment-15 I do love it! Thanks Thomas... I do love it! Thanks Thomas…

]]> Comment on Zealous for Christ’s Calvinism/ Calvinist Couch Potatoes by freshwords http://freshwords.wordpress.com/2008/04/15/zealous-for-christs-calvinism-calvinist-couch-potatoes/#comment-14 freshwords Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:02:53 +0000 http://freshwords.wordpress.com/?p=43#comment-14 Tyrell, thanks for the post. It's great to have you here. I agree with what you say. This has been on my heart for some time now as well. Unfortunately you see this kind of thing rather as the norm than the exception. Especially in churches that have great doctrinal statements (s if it is about association and knowledge). "Knowledge puffs up, but love build up" (1 Cor 8:1). I think we should have something of a series on this. We just went through Galatians 6:1, as well as Matthew 13 (posts will follow). In Galatians we spoke about the characteristics of a truly spiritual person (as the instruction to restore is directed only at them). And who does not want to be one, right? The characteristics were: 1. care for others with compassion (spirit of gentleness) 2. watch yourself. In Matthew we spoke about the wheat and the weed. It's interesting to mediate about the purpose of the wheat (us Christians). The seed was sown to grow, to bear fruit and (here it is again) to nourish. I believe there is so much in Scripture that points to the fact that we are there for others. I love 1 Cor 13:4-8. To me that is the heart of Christianity (note though that this is not all). The message of our life MUST be the Gospel alone, the heart that brings it must be one of love and compassion. As Josh Mack said it the other day: "theology and religiosity is the best place to hide unbelief behind". I am sorely aware of that. Tyrell, thanks for the post. It’s great to have you here.
I agree with what you say. This has been on my heart for some time now as well. Unfortunately you see this kind of thing rather as the norm than the exception. Especially in churches that have great doctrinal statements (s if it is about association and knowledge).

“Knowledge puffs up, but love build up” (1 Cor 8:1). I think we should have something of a series on this. We just went through Galatians 6:1, as well as Matthew 13 (posts will follow). In Galatians we spoke about the characteristics of a truly spiritual person (as the instruction to restore is directed only at them). And who does not want to be one, right?

The characteristics were: 1. care for others with compassion (spirit of gentleness) 2. watch yourself.

In Matthew we spoke about the wheat and the weed. It’s interesting to mediate about the purpose of the wheat (us Christians). The seed was sown to grow, to bear fruit and (here it is again) to nourish.

I believe there is so much in Scripture that points to the fact that we are there for others. I love 1 Cor 13:4-8. To me that is the heart of Christianity (note though that this is not all).

The message of our life MUST be the Gospel alone, the heart that brings it must be one of love and compassion.

As Josh Mack said it the other day: “theology and religiosity is the best place to hide unbelief behind”.

I am sorely aware of that.

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