Comments on: The testimony of John N. [Col 3]

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Sat, 09 May 2015 20:26:34 +0000

[…] I feel sorry for those who aren’t free to enjoy the dichotomy of two bodies, one flesh in all of its meanings… I can be as gentle and sensitive as I am as a woman with total freedom because I am balanced in my husband, who is neither (except with me). And he, likewise, can be as strong and forthright as he is, and be balanced in softness. We really are one pair, and we really are *very* different people. It’s a beautiful thing. […]

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By: John Nesteutes

Wed, 06 May 2015 14:26:45 +0000

I now see that what the sectarians have actually been trying to do is protect themselves from the destruction of traditional culture.

As Christians, we’re called to do something even bigger: continue to live a traditional lifestyle and culture, yet be fully engaged with the broader world around us.

Agree. The danger of over rigidity is that you will end up irrelevant: if you are too flexible and compromise you end up useless

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By: pukeko

Tue, 05 May 2015 19:56:07 +0000

Well, the sectarians see themselves as too perfect. What is happening is that the hunger for the true gospel is driving people our of those places tha compromise. BTW, you are quoted again today.

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By: John Nesteutes

Tue, 05 May 2015 19:43:51 +0000

Thank you for your kind words.

My original assertion was that sinful women can get born again, and the universal reaction I got told me the problem was with my messaging, not with everyone else.

The term “born again” has been perverted to the point that it no longer communicates someone who has been transformed by Jesus’ work of grace. Instead, it means someone who has lived a life of sin and sees no need to actually repent for it; their only reaction to talk of their past is to inform everyone else they can’t be judged for it.

What is most frightening about this is that no such person is truly saved, and has not experienced the transforming and renewing of their mind to be like Christ’s. They believe in a false god, a false baptism, and ultimately the have a false hope of heaven.

I’m not sure what to do about any of this. I have a lot more respect now for sectarians who seem to pretty much believe that most of the wider evangelical church is unsaved.

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By: hearthie

Thu, 30 Apr 2015 23:46:15 +0000

Was having a nice chat with my mentee today at lunch and talking about how beautiful (and difficult) the differences between man and wife are.

I feel sorry for those who aren’t free to enjoy the dichotomy of two bodies, one flesh in all of its meanings… I can be as gentle and sensitive as I am as a woman with total freedom because I am balanced in my husband, who is neither (except with me). And he, likewise, can be as strong and forthright as he is, and be balanced in softness. We really are one pair, and we really are *very* different people. It’s a beautiful thing.

It’s a hard thing… you live with someone who is so much not like you! So you have to learn communication styles and not to diminish the other sex’s usual styles of communication. You compromise, work together – and in all that process, you come closer to Christ.

Ach, let the lefties have their egalitarian marriages and their “marriages” between two of the same sex. I have something far more beautiful than they could imagine.

And hopefully someday you’ll be back in that blessed state yourself. I am cheering you on!!!!!!!! (And praying for you, which is less amusing but more useful).

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