Alive Posted May 18, 2021 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 22 Topic Count: 195 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 11,054 Content Per Day: 6.51 Reputation: 9,018 Days Won: 36 Joined: 09/12/2019 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/09/1956 Share Posted May 18, 2021 1 minute ago, Starise said: Good way to look at it. Sometimes I come up a little short on fruition, but then I grow impatient waiting for a hamburger to be made for me at Burger King. Jesus told us to turn the other cheek. Maybe that was Him winding up for the knockout punch. No sarcasm intended. It's just a different sort of battle we fight. I hear ya---I do not have this all figured out by a long shot, but there are some things I am convinced of that scripture tells us. One of those is that I just cannot see a Church in defeat, so things need to be consistent with that. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Adams Posted May 18, 2021 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 25 Topic Count: 61 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 9,606 Content Per Day: 3.95 Reputation: 7,797 Days Won: 21 Joined: 09/11/2017 Status: Offline Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 7 minutes ago, Alive said: teaching and admonishing one another https://www.patheos.com/blogs/markdriscoll/2017/02/the-amazing-love-story-of-martin-and-katherine-luther/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starise Posted May 18, 2021 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 13 Topic Count: 279 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 13,104 Content Per Day: 9.70 Reputation: 13,591 Days Won: 149 Joined: 08/26/2020 Status: Offline Share Posted May 18, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Alive said: I hear ya---I do not have this all figured out by a long shot, but there are some things I am convinced of that scripture tells us. One of those is that I just cannot see a Church in defeat, so things need to be consistent with that. Absolutely. The church is always victorious through Christ. If the Bible is any indication, some things don't always seem to be what they are. Most events happened much differently than men expected them to happen. The kingdom of God seems to sometimes be more progressive than an instantaneous thing. Progressive and unknown to us in great detail. Yet fully known and on time with God. Here present tense yet growing intensifying. Edited May 18, 2021 by Starise 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alive Posted May 18, 2021 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 22 Topic Count: 195 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 11,054 Content Per Day: 6.51 Reputation: 9,018 Days Won: 36 Joined: 09/12/2019 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/09/1956 Share Posted May 18, 2021 10 minutes ago, Justin Adams said: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/markdriscoll/2017/02/the-amazing-love-story-of-martin-and-katherine-luther/ Beautiful! Thanks for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alive Posted May 18, 2021 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 22 Topic Count: 195 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 11,054 Content Per Day: 6.51 Reputation: 9,018 Days Won: 36 Joined: 09/12/2019 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/09/1956 Share Posted May 18, 2021 4 minutes ago, Starise said: Absolutely. The church is always victorious through Christ. If the Bible is any indication, some things don't always seem to be what they are. Most events happened much differently than men expected them to happen. The kingdom of God seems to sometimes be more progressive than an instantaneous thing. Progressive and unknown to us in great detail. Yet fully known and on time with God. Here present tense yet growing intensifying. Yup---you betcha. I like that last sentence. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Adams Posted May 18, 2021 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 25 Topic Count: 61 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 9,606 Content Per Day: 3.95 Reputation: 7,797 Days Won: 21 Joined: 09/11/2017 Status: Offline Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 1 minute ago, Alive said: Beautiful! Thanks for that. I am not a modern Lutheran or anything, but that story should be shared with everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alive Posted May 18, 2021 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 22 Topic Count: 195 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 11,054 Content Per Day: 6.51 Reputation: 9,018 Days Won: 36 Joined: 09/12/2019 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/09/1956 Share Posted May 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, Justin Adams said: I am not a modern Lutheran or anything, but that story should be shared with everyone. So this is a good opportunity, IMO--to say something important. We should look at Luther's journey--from a monk who beat himself with stripes to where he ended up in the Faith. He wasn't perfect, but look how far the Lord took him! So very far. Some folks would discard what we can learn from this and him. Our God is amazing in all of His Ways! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Adams Posted May 18, 2021 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 25 Topic Count: 61 Topics Per Day: 0.03 Content Count: 9,606 Content Per Day: 3.95 Reputation: 7,797 Days Won: 21 Joined: 09/11/2017 Status: Offline Author Share Posted May 18, 2021 5 minutes ago, Alive said: Our God is amazing in all of His Ways! True. His estate under the energy of his wife developed much land and gave opportunities to hundreds of poor people. She actually was pivotal in giving people back their esteem by providing a future and job training in a society that was very staid. They were both amazing Christians in their activities and not just their words. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alive Posted May 18, 2021 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 22 Topic Count: 195 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 11,054 Content Per Day: 6.51 Reputation: 9,018 Days Won: 36 Joined: 09/12/2019 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/09/1956 Share Posted May 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, Justin Adams said: True. His estate under the energy of his wife developed much land and gave opportunities to hundreds of poor people. She actually was pivotal in giving people back their esteem by providing a future and job training in a society that was very staid. They were both amazing Christians in their activities and not just their words. Justin--she reminds so much of my wife in her energy and encouragement. Toni was/is a gift of the Lord and we make great partners in life. Sister, lover and best friend. Always steadfast. Always faithful and ever present. She is what I am not! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alive Posted May 18, 2021 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 22 Topic Count: 195 Topics Per Day: 0.11 Content Count: 11,054 Content Per Day: 6.51 Reputation: 9,018 Days Won: 36 Joined: 09/12/2019 Status: Offline Birthday: 01/09/1956 Share Posted May 18, 2021 I trust Josheb will attempt to get this OP back on the rails. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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