Comments on: The Apostle Peter, My Pastor, You And Me

By: mdeberry

mdeberry — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 14:40:55 +0000

Hey, LaShawn! Crosswalk.com has some excellent bible study tools along with Gospelcom.net. peace!

http://bible1.crosswalk.com/

Mdeberry
Montgomery, alabama

By: Allthings2all

Allthings2all — Thu, 10 Feb 2005 11:49:08 +0000

Scene and Herd: Christian History and Latest Happenings
The axe is laid to the root of the tree…

A few people have been writing about how/why they became Christians. See these posts from Rebecca Writes, Adrian Warnock, and this from La Shawn Barber on the Apostle Peter, her pastor, and you and me. She…

By: M. La Roi

M. La Roi — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 02:34:55 +0000

Very well put PDN.

By: PDN

PDN — Wed, 09 Feb 2005 02:20:21 +0000

My first memories of God ’speaking’ to me are when I was three years old. I was absolutely filled with the Holy Spirit and feel it was a gift given to me at baptism through faithful parents. I add this account because I sometimes fear the way we discuss the Holy Spirit implies you have to be ‘older,and following the wrong path” to have a fully realized experience with the Holy Spirit. At various times in my life I have been warmer and cooler in my active faith life, but the Holy Spirit has never left me.

For those of you who had a ‘rules oriented’ upbringing, do not be so hard on your parents. They were doing the will of God to the best of their knowledge/understanding, and God has used your upbringing to strengthen your faith. Many ‘lapsed’ or ‘weak’ christians who follow their own path for awhile due to lack of understanding,come back because God did reach them through their upbringing, and planted the seeds that developed later. Faith is given by God, not created by understanding.

La Shawn, King David was beloved by God, and a true follower, even when he went down the wrong path. It would be wrong to say he was a follower, then he wasn’t a follower, then he was again. Instead, he was weaker and stronger at various points in his life. Perhaps you really were a christian all your life….just weaker at some moments, and stronger now. Our salvation is not based on our understanding — otherwise no one would be saved.

Just my two cents — but sincerely felt.

By: Borgard Blog

Borgard Blog — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 22:49:59 +0000

Getting my attention
One night, praying desperately, sobbing bitterly, physically exhausted and utterly spent, I collapsed in a wretched heap and gave up. It was in that moment of surrender that God answered my prayer more clearly than ever in my life. …I knew to whom I …

By: Rod Stanton

Rod Stanton — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 22:28:51 +0000

The MSM’s hatred of America and freedom is just beyond imagination.

By: Don

Don — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 14:40:04 +0000

How did God get your attention? How did he begin to “soften” your hardened heart? LB

I was in bed late one night and was watching TV. Flipping thru the channels I stopped at TBN and listened to a preacher from Gary, In. Dr. EV Hill. He had a message on “The Daddy In Hell”.
Next night I went foward in a Southern Baptist church and gave my life to Jesus.

By: Myopic Zeal

Myopic Zeal — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 13:32:08 +0000

Why Should I Blog?
I started this blogging thing a month or so ago for real. In that time, I’ve had a couple of semi-high profile links from places like Captain’s Quarters, Michelle Malkin, and LaShawn Barber. I’ve learned how to play the trackback game, taking ever…

By: Miriam Sawyer

Miriam Sawyer — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 07:33:33 +0000

I was in a very bad period of my life. One night I was all alone in a silence that was deafening. I awoke in the morning and knew that I was not alone.

I was raised in an observant Jewish home. I learned to fear God, all right, but somehow I missed the message of His lovingkindness. I never learned that God cared for me, except for fear that he would strike me dead or otherwise punish me. I prayed for some things, but never believed my prayers were heard.

In my family, the emphasis I picked up was adherance to rules: two sets of dishes, etc. Also some of my folks worried more about other people’s observance than about their own.

By: La Shawn

La Shawn — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 03:05:35 +0000

Well, Mike, I’d rather err on the side of believing that the living God is real than doubting or straight-up disbelieving. You have so much to lose in your unbelief.

Aside from the historicity and reliablity of the Bible and Jesus’ own words, the changes made in the lives of people who become “saved” are miraculous.

I will be praying for you as well, and feel free to e-mail me if you want to “talk” more about it.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 02:22:42 +0000

Well, I went through a ‘pagan’ period, where I rejected Christianity, then a Buddhist period, where I accepted it but did not follow it, and then finally I let Jesus back into my life about ten/eleven months ago and I don’t think I’ve ever been happier. ::blows kisses::
Bobby
(female btw)

By: Jim C

Jim C — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 00:38:55 +0000

Although already a Christian, I had turned from God and was doing my own thing. Fighting a critical long term illness brought me back. I always heard about the still small voice, this has felt more like a 2×4.

By: Susie

Susie — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 00:16:09 +0000

I would have considered myself Christian before I really was one. I knew about God, but I didn’t know God. I went through a period where I felt totally CRUSHED under the weight of my sin. Finally one day, I said “look, I know You’ve forgiven me because of Your Son. Maybe I just need to somehow forgive myself.” In retrospect, it seems totally wrong, but still a confession of faith. A few weeks later, I was led to a small Church where I had a completely eye-opening, knock me off my horse in a Paul sort of way, spiritual experience, and I’ve never been the same since. I’ve known since then with every fiber of my being that God’s real, Jesus is who He said he was, and every word of the Bible is true. What an incredible gift!!!

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 23:36:40 +0000

Mike M. I’m praying for you.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 23:35:43 +0000

Woody’s is an apt summary of my experience. In God’s eyes, I believe if you’re straddling the fence, you’re still not in the fold.

The one thing I’d like to emphasize is that when I now look back at the phases where I was too embarassed to let others know of my Faith, I have to wonder, “how in the world could I have been ashamed of the Gospel?” Just for someone’s worldly & temporal approval? [shaking head]

Bottomline, I’m glad the Lord saw fit to let me not die while I was in denial, otherwise, I’d be denied at Judgement Day. Now my challenge is to train up my children in the way they should go… and pray that they’ll survive their lukewarm phases. I like Tom J’s bird cage analogy and will use it on them.