ions. Am I wrong or foolish to rely on him to
do this?
Debbie
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From:
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To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 7:33
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Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] The Humanity of
Jesus
>I think the point of
>I think the point of the illustration of asking
for bread and receiving > bread instead of a stone is that if parents
being evil do not give something > bad to their children when the child
asks for something good, then we should > think at least as good about
God. Indeed, God does not giv
Goes without saying, Terry, although it doesn't
mean we don't ask for something more specific, and that the two may not
coincide. (Gethsemane?) In fact, the below is right in line with what I
have said. It is the same as saying, or having the attitude: God, it just
may be that what I am aski
You've never prayed for the "wrong" thing
and been given something better?
I think the passages involved teach us principles,
but we probably shouldn't make such categorical statements about how God answers
our prayers. The point of the stones and bread
passage is that God is at least as
Even if we ask for stones, he gives
bread.
Debbie
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Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] The Humanity of
Jesus
John wrote > The "miracles of the dar
Well! it's clear that the Society For People
Whose Reflexes Are Not Functioning doesn't need many tax dollars, at
least.
Debbie
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Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 2:27
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Subject: RE: [Trut
not make > assumptions, but
I don't think that "thinking the best of someone" is > dismissing the
idea that they might be under spiritual attack by evil > spirits.
All of us are attacked by evil spirits. Even Jesus was. Just
> because we recognize demonic a
Same here, on both counts. (Maybe I should think
about it more often?)
Debbie
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To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 8:56
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Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Adam - sin - and
the rest of us
Can't of
I am thinking that a one-to-one
association between demonic activity and conditions affecting certain parts
of the brain is a mistake.
Where these conditions can be adequately explained
by observable physical imbalances, malfunctions, damage, or whatever, why
would one ascribe them, as a
harp
under
the anointing to give Saul some relief from the
torment. judyt
From: "Debbie Sawczak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
My late father-in-law, a very intelligent
man, was bipolar from about his mid-50s and got worse during the time
that I knew hi
My late father-in-law, a very intelligent
man, was bipolar from about his mid-50s and got worse during the time that
I knew him. During bad depressive episodes he was extremely insulting
towards everyone, often accusing my husband Jan of being a pimp who
secretly hired our children out as pr
OK, David. Thanks. I think we agree that the means
of lighting is not the source, that the ultimate source is God,
and that we need revelation. That's far enough. The thinking
continues!
Debbie
> Yes, I understand that he once was not there
as he now was, but in what way > did you fina
The friend who speaks thus is not describing his
own view, but Judy's and David's. If anything is laugh-out-loudable
(in an affectionate way, of course!), it is that this was not
recognized!
Debbie
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Self-revelation is always a huge risk.
Debbie
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Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Poetry, Literature,
Imagination - Love of Language
> As for me, I'm wi
verse 21, new birth is not am event
but a process that culminates in that
moment I come to the revelatory light that is Jesus
Christ. John 1:18 makes it clear that Christ is the explanation of God
the Father.
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Thank you. A rubbie is a homeless
alcoholic who will (in view of his pennilessness) take alcohol in any form,
including rubbing alcohol. Maybe it's a Canadian
term?
Debbie
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Sent: Saturday, Augu
ng we do or think is of God and in
Christ totally negates putting off the old man and
putting on the new because "Hey, it's all
in Christ now!!" Please correct me if I am
misunderstanding - because to me this is
incredibly blind. jt
On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 10:52:25 -
Just for the hell of it: this is what I'm going to
read this Thursday at my writing group. The person addressed is my son.
Debbie
At
the Royal Ontario Museum
We went to the ROM on the
third rainy day
of the May long
weekend,
rose from the subways dark
corners sharp with urine
A but has this aught to do with our lives being
hid with Christ in God? Not much. Just everything!
If it doesn't, the gospel is
hollow.
Debbie
"Jokerman" is one of my favourite Dylan songs,
although I have to admit I haven't paid close attention to all the lyrics.
Now I will.
Debbie
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Subje
exegetical surmising s !!!
I am open to a differing opinion and do not offer the above as an
argument for why I am right. Rather, I am merely presenting how it is
that I came to my conclusion thus
far.
JD
> Debbie wrote:>> To your question
about the Light>> --not from deep within myself.> >
Interesting answer. I would like to hear more elaboration on this.
Does > God bring light to you from outside yourself? Do you hear
him audibly, or > what exactly do you mean?
Similar questions about
Did you read my subsequent post on this one? I think I answered as much as I
can there.
Debbie
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Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 10:17 AM
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Adam - sin - and the rest of us
Debbie wrote:
Meanwhil
The HS's action I am referring to is "pre-believer", and I clarify the
content in the sentences that come after. But if it helps, just leave off
that second "who" clause, as I believe the word "convict" may have been a
bad choice and is distracting.
I have not denied the existence of the consc
-Original Message-----From: Debbie Sawczak <debbie@kest.com>To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.orgSent:
Fri, 19 Aug 2005 09:28:28 -0400Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Adam - sin - and
the rest of us
Note to Terry (whose
response to the below I accidentally deleted): I agree that A &
E
uot; carries
with it an implication that we may be called upon either to fix the
situation or to make full amends for it. But we cannot and are not--God has
taken it upon himself to do both.
Debbie
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requires revelation by the
HS.
As for "having" the HS: He has always existed and interacted with human
beings. He can act on the understanding without indwelling the person as
those in Christ are indwelt.
Debbie
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Judy, since you have addressed me: I sincerely and
readily admit my ignorance as well as my helplessness without the Holy
Spirit (and the communion of saints). Also, I don't know of anybody whom Lance
regards with scorn.
Debbie
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From:
Judy
Taylor
T
I thought it was a pretty clear and faithful
summary (apart from the tongues, which I personally hadn't noticed you making an
issue of).
Debbie
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Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 3:15
PM
You seem to me to be moving gradually further from
your original position on the condition in which we start out in
life, but I may just have misunderstood.
To your question about the
Light--not from deep within myself.
I was considering the verse from Proverbs quite
thoroughly, in fact,
I see; thanks for spelling that out. I have some uncertainty, especially
given our different understandings of "flesh", and the fact that I've never
encountered (3) before in an articulation of the fall. I think our views
would overlap. I'll continue thinking about this. Meanwhile you can put me
what do you rely, if
not
the conscience. What part of you "knows" the difference between right and
wrong? iz
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Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Adam - sin - and the rest of us
Jonathan said:
grasping for autonomy
I think this is the nub. We could add that instead of seeking a
Izzy, you misunderstand entirely. In that sentence
I wasn't referring to the problem with the human race. I meant the problem,
if any, that David had with my statement about the difference between
unfallen humanity and restored humanity.
Debbie
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Ditto.
Debbie
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Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Adam - sin - and
the rest of us
Someone like TF
Torrance writing about 'The Mediation of Chris
I'm not sure where the problem lies. Yes, what
Christ accomplished deals with all the negatives, but goes beyond that, and
I thought you said as much yourself in an earlier post (which I can't take the
time to find right now; you used our future judging of angels as an
example--remember?). F
I don't want to make this all-important, David, but
I do want to respond and make sure I haven't misunderstood you.
You say that we are not born oriented towards God,
and that when you were a child your spirit had no inclination towards
God until you were prodded by the Holy Spirit. Do yo
Jonathan said:
grasping for autonomy
I think this is the nub. We could add that instead of seeking autonomy we
might also willingly give ourselves over to some other god or power rather
than the Father.
Trying to identify and box in sinful acts misses the point about sin. I
think it also ba
Our conscience can by no means be relied upon
to reveal good and evil. If it could, we would all have identical
consciences, but conscience varies from person to person and from society to
society in space and time. It is a social construct. By it we know only that we
do or do not measure up
Comments, please.
JD
-----Original Message-From: Debbie Sawczak <debbie@kest.com>To:
TruthTalk@mail.innglory.orgSent: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 07:31:16
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Perhaps it is time I stuck my neck out and said
Perhaps it is time I stuck my neck out and said
something.
I think Judy is closer to the truth on this one
than either David or JD, at least in terms of the severity of the human
condition. We are all born with the "disease" and therefore manifest its
symptoms, and it infects all aspects
David wrote:
The heart is not the flesh, but
rather it is the spirit, the center of man. Jesus was a pure man, the Son
of God, in the form of sinful flesh, in mortal form, that he might conquer
sin and the lust of the flesh, the pride of life, and all that has caused
men to depart from the comma
Well, as a Canajan I particularly liked that you
got the beavers and loons in there!
Debbie
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To:
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 9:28
AM
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] The Humanity of
Jesus
> D
The first paragraph below rings like
chapters in the book of Job. (That's a good thing! --and probably your
intent.)
Debbie
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To:
Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 10:20
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Subject: Re: [Tr
Judy, your claim is completely untrue. You have
always insisted on the text of the Bible only, and what's more, the text of the
KJV only, as an authoritative source, but now when you are
scrambling in an argument, you resort to the same kinds of sources the rest
of us use. It is ludicrous to
I argue that his uniqueness > stems from his
spirit, his identity as the Son of God. The word "likeness" > in
Romans 8:3 is used, not to convey that Jesus had an imitation body or a >
counterfeit human flesh, but rather to point to the similarity or likeness
> of his body to sinful flesh.
David, if that's what you meant by shrinking back
to your cave, I echo Izzy. But if you meant just taking a breather from that
specific thread--no problem.
Debbie
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My inclination is to be skeptical of the innocence
of your intentions. (When you say things like "everybody has a threshold
for the amount of details they can abstractly hold in their mind" and "some
people can think in 3 or 4 dimensions while others are taxing their brains to
think in 2 di
Please, David, stop patronizing me in this
ridiculous fashion. Your condescension only serves as a temptation to contempt.
The problem has nothing to do with the amount of detail I can hold in my mind;
if anything, it is the reverse. But the real issue for me has never
been mere quantity of
If you will forgive me for sounding the same note
every time: these are not and cannot be two separate things. It is only by an
encounter with Christ, in which he "takes us in hand" and reveals to us who he
is by his Spirit, that we can even recognize and know him as Saviour.
Just this recog
I have to admit that I have
spent way too much time responding to this. It won't hurt my feelings if
we stop here. Or, perhaps we could just discuss the primary, most
important points one at a time. I have many unread messages and it does
not look like I will get caught up on reading Trut
A caveat, David: in order to really test a
viewpoint I have to get inside it. That sounds the same as a full endorsement.
If I sound cocky at times while doing this, it's not because I am not aware that
I am "reaching". But unless I "reach" for something I never can really
grasp it, and will
Debbie in blue.
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To:
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 4:11
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Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Spirit
> Debbie wrote:>> 1) Yes, I agree
without hesitation that there>> is such a thing as spirit. Ther
Well, he did some (Emmaus road comes to mind, among
other passages), but if he didn't, it certainly wasn't because most people
understood him easily without it. However, sometimes no amount of explanation is
worthwhile, because what is blocking our understanding is
unwillingness.
Debbie
unconscious or subconscious mind or something like
that to which Augustine, Calvin and the
enlightenment have heavy input? What proof do you have for this?
jt
On Tue, 2 Aug 2005 19:11:55 -0400 "Debbie Sawczak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
By "not big", do you
By "not big", do you mean their names were not much
mentioned, and they weren't much quoted? That has little to do with it. The
biggest influences are quite often not known by name and not consciously
recognized.
Debbie
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Taylor
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Well, it depends which way you're facing,
eh.
Debbie
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Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 2:30
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Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Theology from a
Heretic
Matt
25:31When the Son
of man sh
Yes, unfamiliar things require more
explanation.
Debbie
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To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org
Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 1:59
PM
Subject: RE: [TruthTalk] Spirit
Nice thoughtful
reply, Debbie. I look forward to DM
David: here is a response--and maybe a bulkier one than
you would've liked, sorry!--to your three questions to me about spirit. For
anyone not into the topic: feel free to ignore.
1) Yes, I agree without hesitation that there is
such a thing as spirit. There are beings who are not material.
However, speaking of T-shirts not saying what you
expect them to say: last summer I saw someone in a parking lot whose T-shirt
read, in large black caps, PERPETUAL CONJECTURE. I thought that was a pretty
intriguing thing to put on a T-shirt and I also liked the sound of the words (as
in, the
Yes; after all, that IS a sure sign of the end of
the world!! (Or at least Judy's world.)
Debbie
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Judy
Taylor
To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org
Cc: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 7:02
PM
Subject: Re: [T
> Debbie wrote:>> Like good song
lyrics or a poem.>> You can't be lazy.> DM wrote: What
about a bad song or poem, where you take the time to try and >
understand, but then you are upset with the meaning you
uncovered.>
A bad song or poem is one whose meaning
upsets you??
But in any case,
I can't say I've thought about it with any thoroughness before (which is why
I didn't want to commit myself to an endorsement of that content of your
post). I will do some thinking about it now, though, and may return to it as
per your request. My answer to your first question will obviously con
Like good song lyrics or a poem. You can't be
lazy.
Debbie
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Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Re:John
16:13,14
Are we all mad because Profes
David, I appreciate the substance and tone of this
post you wrote to Judy (apart from whether or not I happen to have the same
opinion about spiritual inheritance). I wanted to say something similar but you
did so better than I would have. The reality that we are powerfully
influenced by "am
Izzy
responds: If you were born "from below" the first time, and "born from
above" the second time, wasn't the second time born "again"?
Yes. However, "from above" adds specific content that is not
contained in "again", and it is that content which may be the focus of the
passage.
Debbie
Izzy responds: So you really don't object, on the
grounds of being a nonbiblical term, if we use the term "spiritual death"
Bill?
I
think you are a bit confused, Izzy. It is not the term (since it
has long ago been shown here that objection to a "nonbiblical term" is
inherently absurd)
lor
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Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 1:12
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Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Jesus of the
Bible
On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 12:54:04 -0400 "Debbie Sawczak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Judy, I wi
Before I leave though: Bill and David, would you
kindly postpone the discussion suggested below? I don't want to miss
it!
Debbie
Bill wrote:
I would like to have a discussion sometime
(although it'll have to wait awhile) about epistemological humility as it
relates to the study
Folks, we are going on a camping vacation for two weeks and the next couple
of days will be spent preparing, as well as trying to pull off a birthday
party for our second son. So I am unsubscribing for now, but want to go on
record as saying that I have enjoyed this third stint on TT, and I woul
> Debbie wrote:>> Yes, there are
Catholics who think this way.> > And there are Catholics who
practice birth control, abortion, curse like a > sailor, fornicate,
commit adultery, murder for the right cause, etc. etc. > Finding
Catholics who think this way really does not say anything.
All
Judy, I will point out that this is typical of your
tendency to misread or distort. I did not say that Christ cannot live
without us, and I don't think you truly believe that I did.
In another post today, you wrote: Any doctrine that does not lead ppl professing Christ into
godliness and
h
> Your analogy is very good for pointing out the
weakness of the human flesh, > but there are some things to consider
before we accept whether or not it is > applicable to our ability to walk
in love. First, the issue of playing the > sonata deals not with
just playing one note, but with th
2005 19:00:44 -0500 Terry Clifton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
Debbie Sawczak wrote:
. We are the weak link in the chain. To the
extent we are able to live out our reconciliation to God at all, it
is because of Christ in us. But it is not Chr
"Debbie Sawczak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
No, I don't think I said it effects faith. I
mean that it doesn't make faith unnecessary.
Debbie
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are ONE IN CHRIST
you're saying
that (e.g) transubstantiation effects faith--what controls
faith?
On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 20:05:35 -0400 "Debbie Sawczak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
I see how it can be regarded as an aid to
reason, although (as with some ot
him
On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 19:18:40 -0400 "Debbie Sawczak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
I don't know. But if I ever convert to
Catholicism, I will so think.
Debbie
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Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Jesus of the
Bible
> Also, if you believe that we can sometimes
love, why would you not believe > that we can always
love
many other churches.
Debbie
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To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] All believers
are ONE IN CHRIST
I don't know. But if I ever convert to
Catholicism, I
there
Catholics who think this way--transubstantiation's not an
absolute?
On Fri, 8 Jul 2005 18:39:30 -0400 "Debbie Sawczak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
..whether or not you believe in
transubstantiation as some conceive of it, the point this kind of
> Also, if you believe that we can sometimes
love, why would you not believe > that we can always
love?
OK, just taking this sometimes -->
always thing on its own: I see what you mean about people
saying "theoretically". Because of course, at any given moment we could
love. Sure. It is ridi
HRIST
On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 11:34:13 -0400 "Debbie Sawczak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Also, Izzy, there are traditions beyond whether
you use a guitar or an organ or whether the announcements come before or
after the offering or how many times you have
That was the very first thing I thought of, too!
Debbie
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Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] All believers are ONE IN CHRIST
Ahh shades of Monty Python. (dead bird sketch - one of their be
But for now, David, just the following
clarification:
Debbie wrote:>> The practical upshot of
this is not that we should>> have no
confidence at all as interpreters,> David
responded:
This would be a BAD thing, not a good
thing.
I'm wondering if you missed the "not" [in red]
above. I a
ospel which they actually grasp and celebrate and
practise better than other Christians. And most evangelicals (including those
evangelicals who have been Catholics themselves), misunderstand many
Catholic teachings and traditions.
Care to offer specific examples?Debbie Sawczak
&l
ssage -
From:
Kevin
Deegan
To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 12:48
PM
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] All believers
are ONE IN CHRIST
How does this spirit manifest itself?
How can I know that it is the Spirit of God?Debbie Sawczak
<[EMAIL P
[Note thread title change, a bit late.]
Ditto. For David: I am in process of preparing a
response to yours on the topic (which introduced a new thought or two for
me, so I am taking my time), but I may not need to if you and
Christine are saying the same thing.
Debbie
- Original
Well, for one thing, he is present in individual
Catholic believers.
Debbie
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Deegan
To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 7:57
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Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] All believers
are ONE IN CHRIST
Can you
Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!
Debbie
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Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Jesus of the
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And what is the response of many a believer to the readi
Also, Izzy, there are traditions beyond whether you
use a guitar or an organ or whether the announcements come before or after the
offering or how many times you have communion. There are also traditions like
always supporting a particular political party or ideology, using or avoiding a
par
Wait. I am taking that back until I can articulate
properly what it means. I really should put my hand over my mouth now. Good
night.
Debbie
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Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 12:23
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Exactly.
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are ONE IN CHRIST
Since forever.
Jd -Original Message-From: Kevin
I have to come back to this, Judy. Your denial
of the relevance of the below is itself a symptom of (another) dualism.
Reality is only one ballpark. The lens through which we see tends to
affect our vision of everything, the way we think about everything. We can be
alerted to the lens throug
Blue.
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Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Jesus of the
Bible
> David Miller wrote:>>> When a
person says that they will always sin,>>> this is the same thing
---
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Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 4:44 PM
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Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Apologetic for the eternal sonship of Christ
BTW, Thank you David and Izzy for your kind remarks re writing. And David,
in th
BTW, Thank you David and Izzy for your kind remarks re writing. And David,
in the unlikely event I go to Florida, I would be delighted to do lunch.
Debbie
--
"Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you
ought to answer every man." (Colossians
David writes: If she has the Holy Spirit
within, she will probably be ok.
I 'spect so, although she scares me
sometimes by how vigorously she seems to resist the idea of 100%
grace, as below. Notice I say "seems". I realize it may be my perspective. But
she sounds exactly like some group
Yes, I certainly do. In fact, you may have noticed
the parenthesis I included towards the end of the post occasioning this little
dialogue: "let alone whether it has been preceded by any more careful attention
to Scripture or to the voice of the Spirit". I don't think the "dynamics"
for Calv
David writes: When a person says that they will always sin, this is the same
thing as
saying that they will always fail to love their brother.
Hang on. Surely you don't hear anybody saying we will always sin, or always
fail to love. The claim is that we will not do all the loving that we ought
and idolatry along with a few alien doctrines?
It's a whole lot more than semantics Debbie - it's
the reality behind the words. Remember? jt
On Wed, 6 Jul 2005 16:24:41 -0400 "Debbie Sawczak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
MAN you guys get distracted by y
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