tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post851933307338193431..comments2024-03-18T08:33:25.907-04:00Comments on Inkwell Inspirations: Faith: Inside, Outside, Upside Down ChristianityLisa Karon Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02175430876079208723noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-89748087208593805902010-09-23T19:44:54.255-04:002010-09-23T19:44:54.255-04:00I'm glad you guys are as excited about it as I...I'm glad you guys are as excited about it as I am. I read a great book this summer called, "The True Nature of God" that inspired it. Gina, the guy was a former Southern Baptist and lived for many years in fear and condemnation of not doing a good enough job of living by the rules.Dina Sleimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214446103057806111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-44353272094065176002010-09-23T19:38:37.544-04:002010-09-23T19:38:37.544-04:00Wow. And WOW!
Dina, this is a fabulous post.
We&#...Wow. And WOW!<br />Dina, this is a fabulous post. <br />We've seen, sadly, so many people who conform beautifully to the rules, but whose hearts are empty and devoid of relationship with their heavenly Father. When the rules are promoted, elevated (and preached from the pulpit) to the exclusion of developing our relationship with God, the very essence of what Jesus died for is lost. <br />Niki Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10419436634375255412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-23479903701534941012010-09-23T16:28:31.048-04:002010-09-23T16:28:31.048-04:00Hey, Dina, I'm an INFJ too!
Great post on an ...Hey, Dina, I'm an INFJ too!<br /><br />Great post on an important topic. What a stuggle. Just finished reading Galatians, "It is for freedom that you have been set free!" So many times I want to have rules because they feel so much safer.<br /><br />Adge had a great point about God's laws protecting us, like with eating pork. Keeping clean and not living in moldy houses is Susanne Dietzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09710634601407161821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-36405615045066363182010-09-23T14:33:14.519-04:002010-09-23T14:33:14.519-04:00Okay, first, I apologize for being a space cadet. ...Okay, first, I apologize for being a space cadet. I'm so caught up in improving my novel to submit to the editors who requested it at the ACFW conference last week, I forgot it was my day, even though I remembered yesterday.<br /><br />You know what I'm seeing in a lot of these posts. We know the truth in theory, but we tend to mess it up in practice. Rules are just so clean and easy. Dina Sleimanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05214446103057806111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-35163424830989621732010-09-23T13:59:40.590-04:002010-09-23T13:59:40.590-04:00Dina this was an amazing post. It made me think ab...Dina this was an amazing post. It made me think about what my Pastor was saying on Sunday about the Law showing us how there is no possible way that we could ever meet God's Holy Standard because we are sinners.I love how the law shows me personally what a sacrifice Christ made for me out of Love.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-7484035423354478242010-09-23T11:31:49.739-04:002010-09-23T11:31:49.739-04:00It's funny how God made us all unique. We get ...It's funny how God made us all unique. We get saved, and try to make everybody the same.<br />I mean, we know when our motives are impure, and I've had many of those, but Jesus didn't say to the woman caught in the act!! of adultery to put some clothes on. He said "Go and sin no more." Can you imagine?Cheryl Klarichhttp://cherylklarich.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-21890547616893060902010-09-23T10:52:20.263-04:002010-09-23T10:52:20.263-04:00So last week-ish I went to Lifeway to pick up the ...So last week-ish I went to Lifeway to pick up the ordered copy of Melanie Dickerson's THE HEALER'S APPRENTICE. While we were standing in line waiting for a cashier, I looked over and saw a pocket Bible with blank pages to take notes. <br /><br />Huh?<br /><br />It's a little bigger than a checkbook. Left page is script, right page is blank.<br /><br />I muttered somethign about how Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18306070937646453722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-725334984832256382010-09-23T09:28:58.948-04:002010-09-23T09:28:58.948-04:00Sometimes I feel like the law is mainly what was m...Sometimes I feel like the law is mainly what was made for our own good. God wanted us to have blessings and life. Like for example, Moses told the Israelites what to eat and what not to eat, one of those things being pork, and did you know pigs are garbage eaters which means they are more likely to carry diseases and such. I do agree with your post though. It is important to live from the inside adgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12203810495930165894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7502152359497137754.post-3155168348726947142010-09-23T07:40:59.076-04:002010-09-23T07:40:59.076-04:00Dina?
amazing.
I love the idea of 'inside ou...Dina? <br />amazing.<br /><br />I love the idea of 'inside out'. I want to hang on to this and re read it and share it. I know I don't fit the mold even as much as I like rules.<br /><br />My pastor says the law is like a thermometer. It wasn't meant to change us but it's a way we measure ourselves against the holiness of God. In measuring, we learn not how good or bad we are,Debra E. Marvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17853387871623424853noreply@blogger.com