tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post768509096421418364..comments2024-03-22T10:51:23.567-05:00Comments on Faith, Fiction, Friends: Are We Fans or Disciples?Glynnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10802111972232088511noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-88929105667769267562010-11-28T09:57:52.023-06:002010-11-28T09:57:52.023-06:00I have been discrding the fluff for years now but ...I have been discrding the fluff for years now but it the vaccuum that seems to rule the day. I often find myself praying the Jesus prayer desperatly as a door back to my first love.Jerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04874006676004790578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-59575498430372210812010-11-28T08:33:35.991-06:002010-11-28T08:33:35.991-06:00Hmmm...when's the last time I took a risk to f...Hmmm...when's the last time I took a risk to follow Jesus? "Liking" the fan page isn't quite what He had in mind.<br /><br />The real enemy wants my heart--those external foes are irrelevant, but the true enemy delights when I battle them.richdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10465482037820480082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5791261486111154318.post-79828220842872300702010-11-28T07:32:41.036-06:002010-11-28T07:32:41.036-06:00"The danger, the real threat, is within."..."The danger, the real threat, is within."<br /><br />Agreed, with one qualification. Part of the reason for the danger within is hiding our talent, and the master in the parable was not happy with the servant who did it (Mt. 25:24-30). His response to the servant's laziness was to take the talent from him and give it to the productive servants. <br /><br />I don't like the implications of this parable for the contemporary American church either, but we are in danger of being passed over or set aside because we haven't put the master's money on deposit with the bankers so that he should receive it back with interest.<br /><br />So as you note, we shouldn't be pointing fingers at the enemies at the gate (ACLU, MoveOn.org, etc.) but remembering that we have to give account to the master for the grace he's given us.<br /><br />http://disjournal.blogspot.com/2010/11/will-cycle-be-unbroken.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com