Comments on: Sin, Salvation, and The Savior http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/sin-salvation-and-the-savior/ An online community sharing our lives and faith within a place of grace Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:29:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: anita http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/sin-salvation-and-the-savior/comment-page-1/#comment-20021 anita Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:51:52 +0000 http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/?p=4874#comment-20021 Dave --> Thanks for your note and I appreciate what you shared....all the more so of course because I agree with you! :) Dave –> Thanks for your note and I appreciate what you shared….all the more so of course because I agree with you! :)

]]> By: Dave http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/sin-salvation-and-the-savior/comment-page-1/#comment-20011 Dave Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:56:10 +0000 http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/?p=4874#comment-20011 Hello Anita. Don't worry about hell; it has been misunderstood for centuries. It was gehenna, a burning trash dump outside Jerusalem. Because it had been used for child sacrifice at the end of Judah's dynasty, it was associated with perpetual fire. But the nt knows of no such place; and why did not God tell us about this? Death is sleep awaiting the resurrection by Jesus at his coming; Jesus has conquered death; it no longer rules over us. Abraham, Isaac and Jacob understood Sheol to be a place of rest until the final act of God. The resurrection. The rich man and Lazarus was a story; Jesus based his story on the Pharisees tradition to show that even the resurrection of the son of God would be ignored by many. Sad. God bless. And he will too! Hello Anita. Don’t worry about hell; it has been misunderstood for centuries. It was gehenna, a burning trash dump outside Jerusalem. Because it had been used for child sacrifice at the end of Judah’s dynasty, it was associated with perpetual fire.
But the nt knows of no such place; and why did not God tell us about this? Death is sleep awaiting the resurrection by Jesus at his coming; Jesus has conquered death; it no longer rules over us.
Abraham, Isaac and Jacob understood Sheol to be a place of rest until the final act of God. The resurrection.
The rich man and Lazarus was a story; Jesus based his story on the Pharisees tradition to show that even the resurrection of the son of God would be ignored by many. Sad.
God bless. And he will too!

]]> By: e2c http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/sin-salvation-and-the-savior/comment-page-1/#comment-18928 e2c Tue, 04 May 2010 16:19:12 +0000 http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/?p=4874#comment-18928 Will do, although Eerdmans titles are only sporadically available in digital form - and they're extremely pricey. (IKWYM about .not adding to the stacks of physical books; have had a Kindle for a little over a year now and love it! Though i *definitely* don't buy much from Amazon.com, as there are lots of other sources + good free/legal file conversion programs out there.) The newer edition of Capon's parables books (and all-in-one) costs something like 25 $ in Kindle format. (It's an Eerdman's title, too.) Will do, although Eerdmans titles are only sporadically available in digital form – and they’re extremely pricey. (IKWYM about .not adding to the stacks of physical books; have had a Kindle for a little over a year now and love it! Though i *definitely* don’t buy much from Amazon.com, as there are lots of other sources + good free/legal file conversion programs out there.)

The newer edition of Capon’s parables books (and all-in-one) costs something like 25 $ in Kindle format. (It’s an Eerdman’s title, too.)

]]> By: Cheri Douglas http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/sin-salvation-and-the-savior/comment-page-1/#comment-18921 Cheri Douglas Tue, 04 May 2010 14:07:25 +0000 http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/?p=4874#comment-18921 A beautiful post!People have differed over their conclusions on details of scriptures forever, but one thing is clear...Jesus changed the world and our lives forever with His selfless sinless stand on the cross. You have captured the beauty and awe of that magnificently. So glad my friend referred me to your Blog! A beautiful post!People have differed over their conclusions on details of scriptures forever, but one thing is clear…Jesus changed the world and our lives forever with His selfless sinless stand on the cross. You have captured the beauty and awe of that magnificently.

So glad my friend referred me to your Blog!

]]> By: anita http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/sin-salvation-and-the-savior/comment-page-1/#comment-18868 anita Sun, 02 May 2010 20:00:59 +0000 http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/?p=4874#comment-18868 e2c--> Nope, I haven't seen that one! Thanks for the mention. Do me a favor. Read it and then let me know what you think. I'd like to wait in hopes that it comes out in digital form. As much as I love holding a book in my hand, I'm trying to minimize the sense of living in a library instead of a home these days :) e2c–> Nope, I haven’t seen that one! Thanks for the mention. Do me a favor. Read it and then let me know what you think. I’d like to wait in hopes that it comes out in digital form. As much as I love holding a book in my hand, I’m trying to minimize the sense of living in a library instead of a home these days :)

]]> By: e2c http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/sin-salvation-and-the-savior/comment-page-1/#comment-18835 e2c Sat, 01 May 2010 21:21:55 +0000 http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/?p=4874#comment-18835 Ooh, Anita -> have you <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Genesis-Mr-Robert-Farrar-Capon/dp/0802863256/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272747810&sr=1-12" rel="nofollow">seen this</a>? I just ordered a used copy from a seller on Abebooks.com and am very eager to read it! Ooh, Anita -> have you seen this?

I just ordered a used copy from a seller on Abebooks.com and am very eager to read it!

]]> By: anita http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/sin-salvation-and-the-savior/comment-page-1/#comment-18736 anita Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:13:19 +0000 http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/?p=4874#comment-18736 TDK--> The answer to your question, of <em>how anyone could be a pastor and called to shepherd and then say hi to someone who gave to their church for more than 12 years</em> is simply this ......I don't know, and I can't even imagine. I find it just so very heartbreaking that you would have encountered that kind of rejection from someone (a pastor no less) who represented such a significant period of time and commitment in your life. I know that rejection through being unseen and unheard is so painful and suffered by so many and all I can say is THANK GOD for those gentle squeezes from compassion elderly hands. Thank God that His hands are sometimes weathered, wrinkled, and covered in age spots. TDK–> The answer to your question, of how anyone could be a pastor and called to shepherd and then say hi to someone who gave to their church for more than 12 years is simply this ……I don’t know, and I can’t even imagine. I find it just so very heartbreaking that you would have encountered that kind of rejection from someone (a pastor no less) who represented such a significant period of time and commitment in your life. I know that rejection through being unseen and unheard is so painful and suffered by so many and all I can say is THANK GOD for those gentle squeezes from compassion elderly hands. Thank God that His hands are sometimes weathered, wrinkled, and covered in age spots.

]]> By: anita http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/sin-salvation-and-the-savior/comment-page-1/#comment-18734 anita Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:00:15 +0000 http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/?p=4874#comment-18734 RDM---> As my life has moved on, I'm finding myself reflecting more and more on Jesus' living even while I hold his dying and resurrection foundational to my faith. There's so much to be learned from the way Jesus lived and to challenge us and to encourage us and to strengthen us, direct us, nudge us.... RDM—> As my life has moved on, I’m finding myself reflecting more and more on Jesus’ living even while I hold his dying and resurrection foundational to my faith. There’s so much to be learned from the way Jesus lived and to challenge us and to encourage us and to strengthen us, direct us, nudge us….

]]> By: anita http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/sin-salvation-and-the-savior/comment-page-1/#comment-18733 anita Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:57:37 +0000 http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/?p=4874#comment-18733 Amy--> I'd be sick at heart if what I shared had led your words to end before the ellipsis (...) but more grateful than I can say for what followed them. That any questioning or uncertainty leads us to a place of greater trust....ah....the wonder and mystery of FAITH. Amy–> I’d be sick at heart if what I shared had led your words to end before the ellipsis (…) but more grateful than I can say for what followed them. That any questioning or uncertainty leads us to a place of greater trust….ah….the wonder and mystery of FAITH.

]]> By: Amy http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/sin-salvation-and-the-savior/comment-page-1/#comment-18722 Amy Wed, 28 Apr 2010 17:26:33 +0000 http://www.sisterfriends-together.org/?p=4874#comment-18722 woooohooo. thanks for sharing. the more i read your blog the less i know and the less i know what i believe...and the more i truly trust god is okay with that. woooohooo. thanks for sharing. the more i read your blog the less i know and the less i know what i believe…and the more i truly trust god is okay with that.

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