tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post3461068939934931342..comments2024-01-11T10:58:30.769-05:00Comments on Jesus community: the gift that keeps on givingTed M. Gossardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-15073547730336290352007-09-11T19:12:00.000-04:002007-09-11T19:12:00.000-04:00Mark, I look forward to it; I'm sure it will be in...Mark, I look forward to it; I'm sure it will be interesting!Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-45562627134796544932007-09-11T09:38:00.000-04:002007-09-11T09:38:00.000-04:00Thanks for the tag, Ted! It made me happy this mor...Thanks for the tag, Ted! It made me happy this morning when I returned from my break. I'll try to get to it this week.Mark Goodyearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13515891157372544251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-11815400934367367172007-09-10T21:18:00.000-04:002007-09-10T21:18:00.000-04:00L.L., I'm sure it will be worth the wait.L.L., I'm sure it will be worth the wait.Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-83943148015196493812007-09-10T17:30:00.000-04:002007-09-10T17:30:00.000-04:00Thanks, Ted. As always, I promise to get to it. Bu...Thanks, Ted. As always, I promise to get to it. But, as always, I may be a little slow on the uptake.L.L. Barkathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13333960142447144678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-79720380736977664472007-09-09T02:53:00.000-04:002007-09-09T02:53:00.000-04:00Kim, Great. I look forward to reading yours.Thanks...Kim, Great. I look forward to reading yours.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, Motu. I look forward to reading yours as well. <BR/><BR/>KM, Great! Thanks, and I'll be right over there.Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-13979324590999192782007-09-09T02:32:00.000-04:002007-09-09T02:32:00.000-04:00I did it! :-)Thanks and have a good rest-of-weeken...I did it! :-)<BR/>Thanks and have a good rest-of-weekend...KMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16119284708027203568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-39851329836696433462007-09-09T00:48:00.000-04:002007-09-09T00:48:00.000-04:00Well said Ted. Thanks for thinking that I'm a "goo...Well said Ted. Thanks for thinking that I'm a "good blogger". I am honored. I'll work on my answers this week! Have a great weekend.Motuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07874090136831431822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-38567510274962837512007-09-09T00:24:00.000-04:002007-09-09T00:24:00.000-04:00Cool! Thanks, Ted - it'll take me a day or so, bu...Cool! Thanks, Ted - it'll take me a day or so, but I look forward to answering this. :)therealkimaliczihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861583107471830472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-8864192027969368712007-09-08T19:14:00.000-04:002007-09-08T19:14:00.000-04:00Martin, That's a good one. You're a master of word...Martin, That's a good one. You're a master of words spoken with humor. <BR/><BR/>Actually you could do a spoof of this tag, which might fit your style well. Of course I'd guess you'd do that anyhow. But halfmom may not have had that in mind, when she tagged you!Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-43394962103006929342007-09-08T18:22:00.000-04:002007-09-08T18:22:00.000-04:00Can I copy yours and post it? I am not very good w...Can I copy yours and post it? I am not very good with words!<BR/><BR/>hope you are well!Martin Sticklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06988964235131249090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-51997204895907800292007-09-08T16:56:00.000-04:002007-09-08T16:56:00.000-04:00And Andrew, I don't want to come across as dismiss...And Andrew, I don't want to come across as dismissive and as if I know better myself, because I don't. And if you look at John 3, water and the Spirit, as well as other passages, you might draw that out. But I don't see it as explicitly clear in the way stated.<BR/><BR/>Though I do believe one can sin against grace and lean towards the belief that one can lose their standing in Christ which they once had. (I've been back and forth on that one, raised Mennonite, than believing in perseverance, but now questioning it.) I know this is all kind of throwing things together, but seems related to me.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for coming on and commenting.Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-64365166651108895932007-09-08T16:50:00.000-04:002007-09-08T16:50:00.000-04:00Andrew, I think I can understand that theological ...Andrew, I think I can understand that theological reasoning and it makes sense, but I question that scripturally we can say that grace is given at baptism so that the baptized one can have faith.<BR/><BR/>Theology is surely important as we seek to handle accurately the word of truth. And some of it is clear and important as the Church's teaching of the Trinity and the two natures of Christ in one person. <BR/><BR/>But theology is also fallible in some measure, in that all church's and groups try to make sense out of things and of scripture as a whole in ways that maybe could be said better or are just wrong.<BR/><BR/>The older I get the less I believe anyone has everything right. I strongly do not believe that, and I more or less encourage anyone to remain faithful in the church and denomination they are a part of. Though of course, I acknowledge myself as Protestant, evangelical, anabaptist to some extent, yet emerging in the sense of open to always reforming, as from the saying of the Reformation.Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-73719439938329711172007-09-08T16:23:00.000-04:002007-09-08T16:23:00.000-04:00Thanks for the comment. I totally agree that fait...Thanks for the comment. I totally agree that faith is necessary to receive the sacraments as a means of grace. Lutherans (Am I one?), of course, will say that the faith needed to receive what Baptism offers is itself given by the Spirit in Baptism itself--yet any rejection of Baptism through unbelief is solely the sinful unbelief of the baptized person. This incredibly confusing to me, even though I think Scripture teaches that "Salvation is from the Lord, damnation is from man."<BR/><BR/>When I get some time, I hope to look around your site a bit. I'm swamped right now.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03215174193221101678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-87372642930436153762007-09-08T13:02:00.000-04:002007-09-08T13:02:00.000-04:00Susan, Thanks so much.And I read your post on half...Susan, Thanks so much.<BR/><BR/>And I read your post on halfmom and left a comment. You are blessed and certainly a blessing. Neat to see what God has done!Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-48290717444954519692007-09-08T13:00:00.000-04:002007-09-08T13:00:00.000-04:00Great, Nancy. I look forward to reading it!Great, Nancy. I look forward to reading it!Ted M. Gossardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10580691315315271791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-68345215477232364342007-09-08T12:34:00.000-04:002007-09-08T12:34:00.000-04:00PS, go here to find out what a halfmom ishttp://ha...PS, go here to find out what a halfmom is<BR/><BR/>http://halfmom.blogspot.com/2007/05/i-love-craver-viis-comment-on-mark.htmlHalfmom, AKA, Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03545176965972986964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-89629573519915746862007-09-08T12:02:00.000-04:002007-09-08T12:02:00.000-04:00Exceptionally well done!!! I particularly like th...Exceptionally well done!!! I particularly like the statement, "I see my blogging as just a simple, humble, down-to-earth attempt to share with others, and just as much if not more, think through hard issues for myself."<BR/><BR/>thanks for playing - I too find this a bit of a game as well as very serious!Halfmom, AKA, Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03545176965972986964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20184070.post-54542598075657156742007-09-08T10:10:00.000-04:002007-09-08T10:10:00.000-04:00cool, i can do this! ;-)cool, i can do this! ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com