tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987271399653590272.post9120742178645027863..comments2023-10-29T19:03:11.547-04:00Comments on A Pilgrim's Progress: Putting the Guns AwayErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07306854704766653209noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987271399653590272.post-54658884595205501022014-03-09T18:38:55.800-04:002014-03-09T18:38:55.800-04:00Tim,
Thank you for commenting. I agree with you ...Tim,<br /><br />Thank you for commenting. I agree with you that scripture must sometimes be used for rebuking and correcting. I still plan to do that as I see need. However, I want the general emphasis of this blog to be a positive one. We'll see if I achieve that goal.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07306854704766653209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987271399653590272.post-40328905583293755362014-03-09T15:31:41.364-04:002014-03-09T15:31:41.364-04:00I don't remember any guns coming out. I have r...I don't remember any guns coming out. I have read a lot of truth that is sharp and cutting to the heart, but I think that is what it is inspired to do. Two of the four purposes of God's Word are "rebuke and correct". Before you can "run the race marked out for you" you have to "throw off the sin and the things that so easily entangle". If that is considered negative it's also good. The church is the only trick and pony God has given us to ride. I'm good with a one truck pony. Mix up more doctrine and instruction in righteousness is good too. No need to deprecate or shun the other half of God's desires. Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06869272176391202061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987271399653590272.post-66179936305088125392014-03-04T04:51:34.349-05:002014-03-04T04:51:34.349-05:00Jeff,
Yep. There is just too much good going on ...Jeff,<br /><br />Yep. There is just too much good going on and too many opportunities to almost always focus on the negative. This is not some sort of pie-in-the-sky thinking on my part. Problems still exist. I just don't want to focus on that so much. I'd rather help build up what is good.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07306854704766653209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987271399653590272.post-36183516205133699382014-03-04T00:12:15.780-05:002014-03-04T00:12:15.780-05:00Good for you. It has been my experience that when ...Good for you. It has been my experience that when a guy comes out of a church system that he's known and trusted, he spends a year so two, ready to fight. I like to all this the "one trick pony" phase. It's probably necessary for most, but great when it ends. Some of my favorite chrisians to hang out are....gasp.....Catholics. Not just any Catholics, just two particular ones who will freely admit that their system is jacked-up, but they love the particular people with whom they fellowship.<br /><br />JeffJeffreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10104333304917116520noreply@blogger.com