tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1312668632409017857.post2695509395453111545..comments2023-04-13T08:48:13.818-05:00Comments on All the Way Home: preaching to the choirJennahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11461534779995604448noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1312668632409017857.post-86872354637459527922008-06-01T21:25:00.000-05:002008-06-01T21:25:00.000-05:00Someone once told me - "I like you because you say...Someone once told me - "I like you because you say what everyone else is thinking" (please note - many people do NOT like me for this very same reason). But Jenna, I like YOU because you say what everyone is FEELING and/or NEEDS to hear. love ya.Dawn S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03288804148267527820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1312668632409017857.post-56083813772998512612008-05-27T00:58:00.000-05:002008-05-27T00:58:00.000-05:00LOVE IT!!!! preach it friend.LOVE IT!!!! preach it friend..kp.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13467581295815633394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1312668632409017857.post-4474502567634897542008-05-25T15:06:00.000-05:002008-05-25T15:06:00.000-05:00Welcome, Karla!Thanks for your nice words and read...Welcome, Karla!<BR/>Thanks for your nice words and reading along. I really never know how this stuff is going to land on readers. I hope to meet you some time! But, I too, feel like we've already met!Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11461534779995604448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1312668632409017857.post-40301629652835063412008-05-25T11:06:00.000-05:002008-05-25T11:06:00.000-05:00Jenna,I greatly appreciate your gift of expression...Jenna,<BR/>I greatly appreciate your gift of expression. I really needed to hear that!<BR/><BR/>I feel like I've known you for years, through Sarah. Now I feel like I know you even better, through your blog. You, and your family, are truly delightful!<BR/><BR/>~KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1312668632409017857.post-53960458457522308182008-05-24T22:11:00.000-05:002008-05-24T22:11:00.000-05:00Thanks, friend.I went through this "stirring" a ye...Thanks, friend.<BR/><BR/>I went through this "stirring" a year ago, when we were in the midst of coming to BBC. Oh, how I long to be stirred again! Love to read passionate posts. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the encouragement.Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00693329870761558918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1312668632409017857.post-49580622816565389732008-05-24T18:56:00.000-05:002008-05-24T18:56:00.000-05:00What my heart has been heavy over as of late is wh...What my heart has been heavy over as of late is what Holly's mom said. My head tells me that all of the time. Just live your faith and everyone will understand what you're about. Just BE different. No, Tiffany, you need to TELL people too. We have been commanded to go and tell! Thanks for the reminder and encouragement, Jenna.tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01603661714394624741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1312668632409017857.post-33558509481114054112008-05-24T16:54:00.000-05:002008-05-24T16:54:00.000-05:00Thank you, Jenna!! I went through a similar crisis...Thank you, Jenna!! I went through a similar crisis and blind stage in my faith.. and I, too, notice the same exact thing and it drives me completely bonkers to have friends who are "Christians" but do not show fruit of their faith. The saddest part is that I used to be one of those Christians for MANY years. Christian circles are sadly becoming more and more like the world and consistantly trying to be more like the world to become "welcoming".. instead of becoming the much needed light; they start to blend in with the darkness.Sharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05611632108663443386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1312668632409017857.post-89385809353437888792008-05-24T15:51:00.000-05:002008-05-24T15:51:00.000-05:00Couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks for s...Couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks for saying everything I didn't take time to say. And for saying the stuff I couldn't even articulate! I give mad props to the lowly tenor. (in exchange for disc one and two of season one!!)Jennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11461534779995604448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1312668632409017857.post-78605893715824944182008-05-24T15:24:00.000-05:002008-05-24T15:24:00.000-05:00Word up, Sis! Yeah, can you imagine the disciples...Word up, Sis! Yeah, can you imagine the disciples blowing into town and then walking around being nice and pleasant to folks waiting with bated breath for strangers to just walk up and ask them why they’re so dang happy? Acts would’ve never been written. Or, at least it would’ve been really frickin long.<BR/><BR/>Also, the world is not attracted to Christians if they’re truly “acting Christian” anyway (i.e. broken, humble, dependent, weak, a spirit of deference, obedient, deep, passionate, etc.). The world (at least, the western world) likes fun, achievement/titles, self confidence, self absorption, health, strength, superficiality etc. There are plenty of folks walking this earth who possess such qualities and would be approached by a nonbeliever asking them how they got so cool long before a “real” Christian would be approached (if ever). And even for the qualities this world does honor (kindness, patience, love, good works, generosity, etc.), we all know there are oodles of atheists, humanists, new agers, Buddhists, and catholics (just joking, calm down) who out perform the average Christian in such virtues any day of the week. <BR/><BR/>In some ways, relying on one’s own behavior/attributes/life circumstance/personality to attract others is (or would have to be, to be effective) basically a health and wealth gospel. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for preachin it!<BR/><BR/>- A lowly tenor<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>Those who had been scattered preached the word wherever they went. Acts 8:4<BR/><BR/>Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus. At once he began to preach in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God. Acts 9:19-20<BR/><BR/>Some of them, however, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began to speak to Greeks also, telling them the good news about the Lord Jesus. Acts 11:20<BR/><BR/>When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. Acts 13:5<BR/><BR/>At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Gentiles believed. Acts 14:1<BR/><BR/>The next day he and Barnabas left for Derbe.They preached the good news in that city and won a large number of disciples. Acts 14:20-21 (and this, right after being stoned!)<BR/><BR/>As his custom was, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and proving that the Christ had to suffer and rise from the dead. "This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ," he said. Acts 17:2-3Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1312668632409017857.post-33545241085577882782008-05-24T14:19:00.000-05:002008-05-24T14:19:00.000-05:00Loved this...thank you for the reminder..we are su...Loved this...thank you for the reminder..we are such chickens...too scared...afraid of offending...relying on the tucked in shirts. LOVE you!! SARAHAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com