Comments on: 109515913961149244 http://preachermike.com/2004/09/14/109515913961149244 Sniffing out the work of God in the world... Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:24:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: mchristophoros http://preachermike.com/2004/09/14/109515913961149244#comment-1310 mchristophoros Tue, 21 Sep 2004 04:49:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=329#comment-1310 Interesting -- I just started a group of high school students on the beginning of Mark's gospel as well. They said of their class, "We don't want anything too structured." No danger of that! How to guide a generation who doesn't read, when your own approach, even identity, is based on written word? Not that they have anything against the Bible specifically, they just don't read ANYTHING unless they have to. It is striking me as new, though I have read it many times, "I baptize you in water, another is coming after me... he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit. One would think since this is alluded to six times in the Gospels and Acts, that it MIGHT BE important. I hope I can help the light go on. Michael Interesting — I just started a group of high school students on the beginning of Mark’s gospel as well. They said of their class, “We don’t want anything too structured.” No danger of that!

How to guide a generation who doesn’t read, when your own approach, even identity, is based on written word? Not that they have anything against the Bible specifically, they just don’t read ANYTHING unless they have to.

It is striking me as new, though I have read it many times, “I baptize you in water, another is coming after me… he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit. One would think since this is alluded to six times in the Gospels and Acts, that it MIGHT BE important.

I hope I can help the light go on.

Michael

]]> By: anon http://preachermike.com/2004/09/14/109515913961149244#comment-1309 anon Sat, 18 Sep 2004 02:29:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=329#comment-1309 Hi Wade, This has only a remote tie to your post, the fact that you are talking about teaching God's word. I have felt lead to start a blog to help pastors, teachers and others communicate truth about God so I thought I'd pass it on. Its at : http://images2d.blogspot.com/ I hope its helpful to you. If so, please feel free to use anything you find on it in any way that helps His "kingdom come." God Bless! Hi Wade,

This has only a remote tie to your post, the fact that you are talking about teaching God’s word. I have felt lead to start a blog to help pastors, teachers and others communicate truth about God so I thought I’d pass it on. Its at : http://images2d.blogspot.com/

I hope its helpful to you. If so, please feel free to use anything you find on it in any way that helps His “kingdom come.”

God Bless!

]]> By: Serena Voss http://preachermike.com/2004/09/14/109515913961149244#comment-1308 Serena Voss Fri, 17 Sep 2004 00:48:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=329#comment-1308 Bless you, Dianne! I am glad you found your way to Blogville and took the time to post. --Serena Bless you, Dianne!

I am glad you found your way to Blogville and took the time to post.

–Serena

]]> By: Dianne http://preachermike.com/2004/09/14/109515913961149244#comment-1307 Dianne Thu, 16 Sep 2004 01:36:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=329#comment-1307 Oh Mike- It has been my constant prayer for the living gospel to be taught at ACU. Not theology, not knowledge, but the very life of life. The very thing we were made for. I've never been in your class but have been in two others and they both pretty much denied the work of the Holy Spirit. Shame on them. I pray as you do every Sunday that the Holy Spirit pour himself through you. That you surrender your tongue and your mind to his leading. My comment to Q is that God does the most awesome things in the night. And yes, he hears our prayers 24 hours a day. I guess night is so good because that's the only time when our mind isn't going 90 to nothin. We aren't drowning out his voice with mindless chatter and clutter airways. We actually hear his still small voice. I pray that he will enrich your early morning hours with a nudge and a new filling with his wine. Bless you Q. Dianne Oh Mike-
It has been my constant prayer for the living gospel to be taught at ACU. Not theology, not knowledge, but the very life of life. The very thing we were made for. I’ve never been in your class but have been in two others and they both pretty much denied the work of the Holy Spirit. Shame on them. I pray as you do every Sunday that the Holy Spirit pour himself through you. That you surrender your tongue and your mind to his leading.

My comment to Q is that God does the most awesome things in the night. And yes, he hears our prayers 24 hours a day. I guess night is so good because that’s the only time when our mind isn’t going 90 to nothin. We aren’t drowning out his voice with mindless chatter and clutter airways. We actually hear his still small voice. I pray that he will enrich your early morning hours with a nudge and a new filling with his wine. Bless you Q.

Dianne

]]> By: Mae http://preachermike.com/2004/09/14/109515913961149244#comment-1306 Mae Tue, 14 Sep 2004 19:21:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=329#comment-1306 I didn't mean to sound as if I was being critical or seeking an apology ~ quite the opposite actually. My meaning was lost in typing, I guess. Just drawing attention to the level of comfort that has been opened by Mike to express our thoughts, personalities and emotions. Does that make more sense? Sorry! :) I didn’t mean to sound as if I was being critical or seeking an apology ~ quite the opposite actually. My meaning was lost in typing, I guess. Just drawing attention to the level of comfort that has been opened by Mike to express our thoughts, personalities and emotions. Does that make more sense? Sorry! :)

]]> By: Greg Kendall-Ball http://preachermike.com/2004/09/14/109515913961149244#comment-1305 Greg Kendall-Ball Tue, 14 Sep 2004 17:53:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=329#comment-1305 It's alright, Q...at least you didn't go and get all Pauline on us. I think anyone who took Greek as a sophomore or freshman knows exactly which word I am talking about. I think I used the phrase "butt-crack" of dawn in my chapel talk at Harding one year. Or maybe it was an Uplift devo... It’s alright, Q…at least you didn’t go and get all Pauline on us. I think anyone who took Greek as a sophomore or freshman knows exactly which word I am talking about.

I think I used the phrase “butt-crack” of dawn in my chapel talk at Harding one year. Or maybe it was an Uplift devo…

]]> By: Q http://preachermike.com/2004/09/14/109515913961149244#comment-1304 Q Tue, 14 Sep 2004 16:17:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=329#comment-1304 Sorry, particularly if I offended anybody. "Butt-crack of dawn" and "bright and ugly" have been the way my brother and I have referred to those unsightly hours of the morning for....well, forever, I think. I don't think either one of us actually considers the words we're saying when we say it, either... It's all just kind of one big word. We're very German in that respect, squishing 'em all together until there's an unidentifiable mass of alphabet that passes for some vocabularily viable utterance. ^_^ Sorry, particularly if I offended anybody. “Butt-crack of dawn” and “bright and ugly” have been the way my brother and I have referred to those unsightly hours of the morning for….well, forever, I think. I don’t think either one of us actually considers the words we’re saying when we say it, either… It’s all just kind of one big word. We’re very German in that respect, squishing ‘em all together until there’s an unidentifiable mass of alphabet that passes for some vocabularily viable utterance. ^_^

]]> By: lela http://preachermike.com/2004/09/14/109515913961149244#comment-1303 lela Tue, 14 Sep 2004 14:32:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=329#comment-1303 Thanks for challenging us. That's good stuff. Thanks for challenging us. That’s good stuff.

]]> By: Mae http://preachermike.com/2004/09/14/109515913961149244#comment-1302 Mae Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:49:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=329#comment-1302 I agree w/ Q ~ if the sun hasn't been shining on the central time zone of this beauriful earth for at least three hours, there's no need to even think of rolling out of bed. Let alone blogging. On the other hand, staying up until the wee hours and then blogging is perfectly fine. OK, um... well. How do I say this? "Holy crap", "butt", "ass", & "butt-crack" ~ all on a minister's blog & comments w/in the past week or so. Isn't it interesting how we feel this certain level of comfort in our... umm.... potty mouthery? (Myself included.) Just wondering if anyone else had noticed. I agree w/ Q ~ if the sun hasn’t been shining on the central time zone of this beauriful earth for at least three hours, there’s no need to even think of rolling out of bed. Let alone blogging. On the other hand, staying up until the wee hours and then blogging is perfectly fine.

OK, um… well. How do I say this? “Holy crap”, “butt”, “ass”, & “butt-crack” ~ all on a minister’s blog & comments w/in the past week or so. Isn’t it interesting how we feel this certain level of comfort in our… umm…. potty mouthery? (Myself included.) Just wondering if anyone else had noticed.

]]> By: David U http://preachermike.com/2004/09/14/109515913961149244#comment-1301 David U Tue, 14 Sep 2004 13:37:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=329#comment-1301 I heard Jim Woodroof say again this past week: "The Gospels give us the POWER to do what is in the Letters". AMEN! If our walk is based on anything other than Jesus of Nazareth that we find in the Gospels, then it is a counterfeit walk. Thanks for reminding us! DU I heard Jim Woodroof say again this past week:
“The Gospels give us the POWER to do what is in the Letters”. AMEN!

If our walk is based on anything other than Jesus of Nazareth that we find in the Gospels, then it is a counterfeit walk.

Thanks for reminding us!
DU

]]> By: Q http://preachermike.com/2004/09/14/109515913961149244#comment-1300 Q Tue, 14 Sep 2004 12:49:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=329#comment-1300 Okay, 4:41 a.m. is not "early." It's the butt-crack of dawn, bright and ugly. Gah. Are you sure God is even awake yet? Historically, getting people to take the gospel seriously hasn't been good for the proponents of that idea... Are you sure it's in your contract? Okay, 4:41 a.m. is not “early.” It’s the butt-crack of dawn, bright and ugly. Gah. Are you sure God is even awake yet?

Historically, getting people to take the gospel seriously hasn’t been good for the proponents of that idea… Are you sure it’s in your contract?

]]> By: c http://preachermike.com/2004/09/14/109515913961149244#comment-1299 c Tue, 14 Sep 2004 12:20:00 +0000 http://www.preachermike.com/?p=329#comment-1299 William Willimon says, "When was the last time we stood up after a sermon and said, 'This is a hard teaching. But who else has the words of eternal life?'" Don Everts has a wonderful book on Jesus called "Jesus with Dirty Feet." William Willimon says, “When was the last time we stood up after a sermon and said, ‘This is a hard teaching. But who else has the words of eternal life?’” Don Everts has a wonderful book on Jesus called “Jesus with Dirty Feet.”

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