tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post2601170917174372167..comments2024-03-28T18:40:51.572-04:00Comments on Tilting at Windmills: Sunday message. CWMartinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-49292360051847952292013-07-28T20:59:00.423-04:002013-07-28T20:59:00.423-04:00When you understand the script they're working...When you understand the script they're working from, it ain't hard to know what comes next. But I don't have to tell YOU that...CWMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-50732912975785301132013-07-28T20:56:53.658-04:002013-07-28T20:56:53.658-04:00Thank you for the commentary. I know I have been ...Thank you for the commentary. I know I have been guilty of arguing with God about "the way you're doing this" a few times. Guess what? He doesn't have to clear things with me.CWMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-12299430500236573492013-07-28T20:45:16.694-04:002013-07-28T20:45:16.694-04:00Ha! But of course there could be no comment before...Ha! But of course there could be no comment before the post. Damn the chronology!!!<br /><br />Something I've been meaning to tell you...<br /><br />It seems you called it spot-on! In that one Biblically-themed comment section exchange you were following on my blog, you wrote: <br /><br /><b>>>... "...most commenters such as this usually shake their heads at this point and go away. I will be interested to see what happens next."</b><br /><br />I never did receive another submitted comment from our "agnostic" friend. <br /><br />I'd like to think that he went off to find a copy of that book I recommended to him, but... the smart money's betting that he just shook his head and went away. <br /><br />He may be on some other Christian blog as I type these words, and using the same arguments to support his "agnosticism" that I already factually debunked. ("There are none so blind...)<br /><br />Anyway, unless he's reading the book I urged him to find... you called it, Bro.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-70831822499369013892013-07-28T15:53:01.810-04:002013-07-28T15:53:01.810-04:00-The attitude that the Lord "owes us somethin...-The attitude that the Lord "owes us something";<br />I don't remember anyone ever suggesting that the Lord owed anyone anything. The Lord has made promises to us, and those promises will be kept. That isn't a debt.<br /><br />-The idea that it can't happen to us;<br />Of course it can happen to us. The evil one likes nothing so much as our belief that 'it can never happen to me'.<br /><br />-Impatience with the evil around us;<br />The 'holier than thou' attitude.<br /><br />-Blaming it all on "society";<br />Yes. If I hadn't been tempted, I would never have comitted that sin. I could write reams about this, but suffice to say that the Lord will provide us with the help to resist temptation, and all we need to do is ask for it.<br /><br />-and the idea that good works cover everything.<br />I'm reminded of a child in Sunday school who was confronted by the idea of 'good works' and tried to come to grips with the obvious flaws. It didn't work out too well then.<br />Good works will not get you into heaven. There's only one way in, and the Lord has given it to me and to everyone who wants it.<br /><br />Good stuff, CW.<br />Mad Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06190137186843630543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-7037379319901088592013-07-28T13:00:22.676-04:002013-07-28T13:00:22.676-04:00Watching out for "backing into it". How...Watching out for "backing into it". How well put! Satan seldom gives us an a or b choice. This is one point I wish I could have read the comment before I wrote the post!CWMartinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06798867734074134647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5822869016413307981.post-37959144689458656262013-07-28T12:25:02.786-04:002013-07-28T12:25:02.786-04:00BROTHER MARTIN ~
This was good stuffs, my friend! ...BROTHER MARTIN ~<br />This was good stuffs, my friend! <br /><br />One portion that was particularly meaningful to me was this:<br /><br /><i><b>Moral of this story- don't expect to see the big black line you shouldn't cross. The falling away will be in shades of gray.</b></i><br /><br />Indeed! A follower of Jesus does not wake up one morning and decide to rape and rob, steal and kill. A follower of Jesus can still convince himself that he is on his way to Heaven despite the fact he has transgressed in the grey areas, and never noticed how so much grey layered upon grey grows darker and darker, trending toward black.<br /><br />Maybe 6 to 8 months ago or so, I had a terrible nightmare. It was easily one of the most horrifying dreams I've ever had. There was not much "storyline" to it, so I didn't even attempt to analyze it (something I often do and seem to have a knack for). But the TERROR I felt in that dream has stuck with me.(That alone should have clued me in that the dream was a Divine message and not just late night pizza.)<br /><br />While thinking about what you said in this blog bit (those two sentences I copied and pasted above), I suddenly remembered my nightmare again and what was perhaps the most significant part of the message, which I had not even considered before: In the dream, I accidentally BACKED INTO the cause of my terror! <br /><br />I didn't mean for that to happen, I didn't walk right into the thing, but mistakenly backed into it and was caught up in it. <br /><br />Oh, yeah, watch out for the "grey areas"! I don't commit the black sins, but I am guilty of some grey sins. And how many grey sins does it take to make a black sin? I'd better not find out.<br /><br />Thanks, Brother, this was excellent.<br /><br />~ D-FensDogg<br />'Loyal American Underground'Stephen T. McCarthyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249125637725791567noreply@blogger.com