tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617238092352594216.post4258959776536588525..comments2024-03-07T22:03:34.235+01:00Comments on These Dry Bones: I, I, aye, eye, I...dante stackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13558284324516806633noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617238092352594216.post-1075337436857004962010-10-15T22:53:59.446+02:002010-10-15T22:53:59.446+02:00And sorry. I don't mean to come off cold or o...And sorry. I don't mean to come off cold or overly-abrasive. <br /><br />Absolutely, the question of what role the believer actually has in maintaining/sealing the faith is a strange one. Certain passages tend to send us in both directions. At the end of the day I end up throwing up my hands and resting in the fact that God's got our backs. He knows what he's doing.dante stackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13558284324516806633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617238092352594216.post-36295787715529740262010-10-15T22:27:56.616+02:002010-10-15T22:27:56.616+02:00Perhaps my unwillingness is just that: a sigh of e...Perhaps my unwillingness is just that: a sigh of exasperation.dante stackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13558284324516806633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617238092352594216.post-49313237662068170792010-10-15T21:45:19.943+02:002010-10-15T21:45:19.943+02:00We need not consider it here. It is not my intenti...We need not consider it here. It is not my intention for us to enter a long debate the pros and con's of Armenian vs Calvinist thought or weigh passages like Romans 9 debating back and fourth the depths of our Lord's love and choices he has and hasn't given us. I simply meant your quoting of certain passages in Revelation and quotes saying, <br /><br />What is important to me -- to my life!!!!!! -- is whether or not Rosemary had a choice? Could she have ever hoped to overcome her assailants?<br /><br />seem to state that you pondered similar questions as were conjured up. I was merely playing to that perception and expecting a like minded sigh of exasperation, or a short discourse on the subject not a conversation where I get the impression you just do not wish to have.A. Whitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617238092352594216.post-25106505988361011332010-10-15T21:23:06.162+02:002010-10-15T21:23:06.162+02:00Alright, so what then do we do with these passages...Alright, so what then do we do with these passages? <br /><br />What do we do with this command to endure? If we are chosen, then of course we will overcome, yes? So isn't it kinda a moot point that Jesus calls the believers to? How is it at all relevant?dante stackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13558284324516806633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617238092352594216.post-26834410560430206452010-10-15T20:42:00.393+02:002010-10-15T20:42:00.393+02:00I did not mean to insight a pandemonium of debate....I did not mean to insight a pandemonium of debate. It just does not seem a post like this can be read without at least considering it.A. Whitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617238092352594216.post-28870949774167418192010-10-15T14:07:38.873+02:002010-10-15T14:07:38.873+02:00In my first draft of this post I had a note statin...In my first draft of this post I had a note stating that all this talk of 'overcoming' was not a discussion per se of salvation. I didn't want to get warbled by the colosseum that is free will vs determinism.<br /><br />As concerning the "Satori" post, it is what it is. Take from it what you can, leave it if you must.dante stackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13558284324516806633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4617238092352594216.post-54425512730635289742010-10-15T10:57:35.322+02:002010-10-15T10:57:35.322+02:00If a man doesn't choose God, God doesn't c...If a man doesn't choose God, God doesn't choose the man.<br /><br />Or Is it the other way around?<br /><br /><br />Too complicated for my simple mind. Speaking of too complicated, I'm still waiting on your previous post...A. Whitenoreply@blogger.com