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CONCISION, CONCISION, CONCISION-a gift possessed by
some (not me) but, not by others. Who, you may ask, possessed this gift? Why
Lesslie Newbigin in 'Proper Confidence'. Someone said of it (the book that
is) 'the equivalence of an undergraduate degree in about 105
pages'.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: December 22, 2004 00:19
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] The Right Way To
Get To The Truth
In a message dated 12/21/2004 8:52:02 AM
Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
In the scenario that John outlined, let's focus upon two
homosexuals. One
homosexual man struggles with the fact that he is
having sexual relations
with another man, something he knows that he
should not do, but he does it
anyway. Another homosexual man sees
no problem with it and indulges in the
same activity with absolutely no
sense of guilt or conflict. It seems to me
that according to John,
the fact that they are both engaged in homosexual
activity is
irrelevant. The one who has embraced truth is the one who
struggles with what he does, but the one who does not struggle with what
he
does is the one who has rejected truth. I think the
characterization of
"what we do is an irrelevant thing" is fair in this
context. If it is not,
then please explain because in the scenario
that John himself outlined,
whether people sin or not is not the
relevant thing. What is relevant is
whether or not they struggle
with their sin. Again... I am not trying to
put words in John's
mouth. I am trying to explain what I am hearing him
say.
Please, Gary, step in and explain what John is really saying if you
think that Izzy and I have misunderstood him. If anyone else
thinks they
have a handle on this, please step in. If John himself
thinks he can be
more clear, please do so.
Thanks.
Man, you are really something. I was
saying that some do not live as they believe, deep down inside and the guilt
or the tears (I have forgotten now) is evidence of the case.
Notice --------- simply observation and only two
lines.
Verse, a rather complex observation taken
from some unkown sourse and 50 lines.
Gary's point is right
on .......... simple and very much to the point.
John
Hopefully this clears things up. Lets move
on.
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