tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6020471.post6066848482349951012..comments2023-06-10T11:47:43.132-04:00Comments on Reverend Ref +: Sermon, Lent 4B, Numbers 21:4-9, John 3:14-21Reverend Ref +http://www.blogger.com/profile/12608521436386973234noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6020471.post-29201805208157987702009-03-30T19:17:00.000-04:002009-03-30T19:17:00.000-04:00Fred, no need to apologize. Just curious though ....Fred, no need to apologize. Just curious though . . . what motivates you to hang out on religious sites where God is such a visible aspect of them?Reverend Ref +https://www.blogger.com/profile/12608521436386973234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6020471.post-51603198065702939042009-03-30T19:03:00.000-04:002009-03-30T19:03:00.000-04:00I don't trust people who don't exist. God doesn't...I don't trust people who don't exist.<BR/> God doesn't exist.<BR/> Ergo, I don't trust God.<BR/><BR/> Unless I can actually talk to you, and you talk to me, I have no proof that you exist.<BR/> Sorry, that's just the way I am.Fred Preusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06438368833909384043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6020471.post-72160263246056117962009-03-23T10:24:00.000-04:002009-03-23T10:24:00.000-04:00Robert: I don't know about condemnatory as much a...Robert: I don't know about condemnatory as much as I was shooting for ... watchfulness, maybe. <BR/><BR/>Are there things I'm certain of? Of course. "In the sure and certain hope ..." I could run off a whole list.<BR/><BR/>And there are things of which I am confident.<BR/><BR/>Am I certain that Jesus will lead us through death into life? Yes. <BR/><BR/>Am I certain that by picking up that thing which kills us (the cross), we will find life? Yes.<BR/><BR/>What I was trying to get across (and maybe not so successful, based on your comment), is that we can be certain of those things, but we also need to trust God to lead us. Do we move our trust in God to a certainty in a thing? Have we become "certain" that it's the serpent on a pole or the Bible that saves? Have we misplaced trust in God for the certainty of an idol?<BR/><BR/>And that's where I was trying to go with it. But sometimes, those thoughts can get muddled and not come across very clearly.<BR/><BR/>Hope that helps.Reverend Ref +https://www.blogger.com/profile/12608521436386973234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6020471.post-19623105489387639032009-03-23T01:40:00.000-04:002009-03-23T01:40:00.000-04:00all assurance leads to certainty. I sense a littl...all assurance leads to certainty. I sense a little condemnatory tone in this piece that passes off certainty(let's just call them the "very" confident)<BR/>as idolatry... somewhere in fact in many places in that great book it cautions against throwing away "your confidence" don't get too caught up in things unseen and mysterious as a priest you ought to know that confidence is always a positive step and doesn't close you down but opens you up that is if it is true certainty and confidence!!!Zote63https://www.blogger.com/profile/18077895309927208805noreply@blogger.com