Comments for Adventures in Real Life http://sharmohr.wordpress.com finding the extraordinary in the everyday ordinary Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:23:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on The Karma of Jesus, Book Review by contoveros http://sharmohr.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/the-karma-of-jesus-book-review/#comment-34 contoveros Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:23:41 +0000 http://sharmohr.wordpress.com/?p=323#comment-34 Oh, if we can only be sure that Jesus really lived this way, then we would indeed have the perfect role model. How can anyone aspire to be like the holy, infallable God/Man found through most of the interpretations of the gospels? I would prefer to see new interpretations, perhaps one like this, that can allow for lapsed Catholics (andand those of other faiths) who are questioning the early church politics and the exclusivity preached as "gospel.". I don't want to belong to a club that says that Christianity is the "only" way to find God. I want God to be there for all. Thanks for the review! michael j Oh, if we can only be sure that Jesus really lived this way, then we would indeed have the perfect role model. How can anyone aspire to be like the holy, infallable God/Man found through most of the interpretations of the gospels?

I would prefer to see new interpretations, perhaps one like this, that can allow for lapsed Catholics (andand those of other faiths) who are questioning the early church politics and the exclusivity preached as “gospel.”.

I don’t want to belong to a club that says that Christianity is the “only” way to find God. I want God to be there for all.

Thanks for the review!

michael j

]]> Comment on The “Business” of Evangelism by casey http://sharmohr.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/the-business-of-evangelism/#comment-33 casey Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:56:20 +0000 http://sharmohr.wordpress.com/?p=287#comment-33 I really like your thoughts here shar. A great book that talks about this is called, Church without walls, by Patterson I think. I like the line relational evangelism. Thanks for "shar"ing your thoughts. I really like your thoughts here shar. A great book that talks about this is called, Church without walls, by Patterson I think. I like the line relational evangelism. Thanks for “shar”ing your thoughts.

]]> Comment on Holy Moses, it’s a burning bush! by Bill Bartmann http://sharmohr.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/holy-moses-its-a-burning-bush/#comment-31 Bill Bartmann Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:15:27 +0000 http://sharmohr.wordpress.com/?p=269#comment-31 Hey, I found your blog in a new directory of blogs. I dont know how your blog came up, must have been a typo, anyway cool blog, I bookmarked you. :) Hey, I found your blog in a new directory of blogs. I dont know how your blog came up, must have been a typo, anyway cool blog, I bookmarked you. :)

]]> Comment on Holy Moses, it’s a burning bush! by sharann http://sharmohr.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/holy-moses-its-a-burning-bush/#comment-30 sharann Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:19:50 +0000 http://sharmohr.wordpress.com/?p=269#comment-30 Yeah, it made sense. I think that's an interesting example: the guy in the cave. the Word is written on our hearts, isn't it?! What a wonderful thing! Thanks for the reply too! :) BYW, It's the Watchtower Organization that places these standards on the Jehovah's Witnesses so I don't mean any direct arugment toward them. I think most of the JW's are sincere people who have been mislead. The Watchtower is quite literal with the name Jehovah. I've been meeting with a few JW women at a weekly Bible study at my house and they insist (rather politely) I call the Lord God, Jehovah, in prayer and petition or he's not going to know he's being addressed?! Yeah, it made sense. I think that’s an interesting example: the guy in the cave. the Word is written on our hearts, isn’t it?! What a wonderful thing!

Thanks for the reply too! :)

BYW, It’s the Watchtower Organization that places these standards on the Jehovah’s Witnesses so I don’t mean any direct arugment toward them. I think most of the JW’s are sincere people who have been mislead. The Watchtower is quite literal with the name Jehovah. I’ve been meeting with a few JW women at a weekly Bible study at my house and they insist (rather politely) I call the Lord God, Jehovah, in prayer and petition or he’s not going to know he’s being addressed?!

]]> Comment on Holy Moses, it’s a burning bush! by The Mr. and Ms. http://sharmohr.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/holy-moses-its-a-burning-bush/#comment-29 The Mr. and Ms. Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:31:18 +0000 http://sharmohr.wordpress.com/?p=269#comment-29 I'm wholeheartedly agreeing with you; "There is no way anyone can put natural human limitations or standards on a supernatural, all powerful God. Doing so is surely a very dangerous thing." I learned that the hard way by putting my own expectations and perceived accountability on God. I would say that those two excerts from "What does the Bible <i>Really</i> Teach" could be taken less literally; that those that do not know "His name" could mean, know God and/or Christ personally, are lost. I don't know much about Jehovah's Witnesses beliefs, but I think I know enough to understand that they DO mean what say that literally, so I won't make the argument. But left me challenge that those that do not know His name, in a literal sense, are potentially hindered in their growth with him. It's not as if He is withholding that information, so not to know in this day and age means you're not actively seeking, and probably don't have a fulfilling, if any, relationship with Him. And yet, there are a number of "educated" or "privy" individuals - agnostic scholars, laymen, atheists, etc - that "know" the name and yet some fellow in a cave in Africa with a hole and yearning in his heart for something that he can't name (daresay our Lord love?), might feel some movement in his heart and though he doesn't have a personal relationship with God, he's on a better footing than those in the "know" that choose to neglect that information! Did that make sense? -Justin I’m wholeheartedly agreeing with you; “There is no way anyone can put natural human limitations or standards on a supernatural, all powerful God. Doing so is surely a very dangerous thing.” I learned that the hard way by putting my own expectations and perceived accountability on God.

I would say that those two excerts from “What does the Bible Really Teach” could be taken less literally; that those that do not know “His name” could mean, know God and/or Christ personally, are lost. I don’t know much about Jehovah’s Witnesses beliefs, but I think I know enough to understand that they DO mean what say that literally, so I won’t make the argument.

But left me challenge that those that do not know His name, in a literal sense, are potentially hindered in their growth with him. It’s not as if He is withholding that information, so not to know in this day and age means you’re not actively seeking, and probably don’t have a fulfilling, if any, relationship with Him. And yet, there are a number of “educated” or “privy” individuals – agnostic scholars, laymen, atheists, etc – that “know” the name and yet some fellow in a cave in Africa with a hole and yearning in his heart for something that he can’t name (daresay our Lord love?), might feel some movement in his heart and though he doesn’t have a personal relationship with God, he’s on a better footing than those in the “know” that choose to neglect that information!

Did that make sense?

-Justin

]]> Comment on Thank You for My Birthday Mom! by David http://sharmohr.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/thank-you-for-my-birthday-mom/#comment-26 David Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:51:40 +0000 http://sharmohr.wordpress.com/?p=197#comment-26 I thank her too. I thank mine too, she had me (although it was 1956) out of wedlock and put me up for adoption. Glad you're here to share your story. God bless. I thank her too. I thank mine too, she had me (although it was 1956) out of wedlock and put me up for adoption. Glad you’re here to share your story.
God bless.

]]> Comment on Illegal in 52 Countries by Twitted by LifelineFromGod http://sharmohr.wordpress.com/2009/07/06/the-biblechristianity-is-illegal-in-52-countries/#comment-19 Twitted by LifelineFromGod Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:14:44 +0000 http://sharmohr.wordpress.com/?p=163#comment-19 [...] This post was Twitted by LifelineFromGod [...] [...] This post was Twitted by LifelineFromGod [...]

]]> Comment on Children of Alcoholics & Dysfunction by adult children of alcoholics http://sharmohr.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/children-of-alcoholics-dysfunction/#comment-18 adult children of alcoholics Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:09:32 +0000 http://sharmohr.wordpress.com/?p=156#comment-18 Thanks for sharing! Thanks for sharing!

]]> Comment on If God knows everything, why bother praying? by kennyrobertson http://sharmohr.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/if-god-knows-everything-why-bother-praying/#comment-14 kennyrobertson Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:56:21 +0000 http://sharmohr.wordpress.com/?p=101#comment-14 You're welcome! Glad it was helpful. These notes are just a summary of some chapters on prayer by John Calvin, in his 'Institutes'. I'd recommend studying them - a few hundred years old so not the easiest read, but full of absolute gold. (http://www.amazon.com/Institutes-Christian-Religion-Two-Volumes/dp/0802881661/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244667200&sr=8-3) You’re welcome! Glad it was helpful.
These notes are just a summary of some chapters on prayer by John Calvin, in his ‘Institutes’. I’d recommend studying them – a few hundred years old so not the easiest read, but full of absolute gold.
(http://www.amazon.com/Institutes-Christian-Religion-Two-Volumes/dp/0802881661/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244667200&sr=8-3)

]]> Comment on Prayers for My Dad by sharann http://sharmohr.wordpress.com/2009/05/29/prayers-for-my-dad-2/#comment-13 sharann Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:20:48 +0000 http://sharmohr.wordpress.com/?p=51#comment-13 God bless you and thank you for your prayers. I'll pray for your brother also. God bless you and thank you for your prayers. I’ll pray for your brother also.

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