tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post6504765582857398078..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: February 11: the most pivotal day in my life (part one [requested classic re-post] )Phil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-82566108292687222322009-07-31T11:47:16.725-07:002009-07-31T11:47:16.725-07:00Phil usually does Mondays and Fridays, but has bee...Phil usually does Mondays and Fridays, but has been on vacation. If he's not planning on posting, you could always get permission to link to some of your favorite posts/blogs elsewhere in the blogosphere. <br /><br />;o) ;o)Mike Riccardihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06748453197783538367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-41952084037781974022009-07-31T08:36:46.421-07:002009-07-31T08:36:46.421-07:00Aigh; it's going to be a moody few days until ...Aigh; it's going to be a moody few days until Tuesday!<br /><br />(This is Phil's day. Right? Or Frank's. Not-Dan's, at any rate.)DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-81702573029357167462009-07-31T08:34:32.848-07:002009-07-31T08:34:32.848-07:00yeah so part two now please. I dont like suspense...yeah so part two now please. I dont like suspense, it makes me moody.Soulllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08231269502219610176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-39168363451824262512009-07-31T08:18:42.616-07:002009-07-31T08:18:42.616-07:00Sorry for responding so late Dan.
The 3rd step in...Sorry for responding so late Dan.<br /><br />The 3rd step in AA as it is written in Alcoholics Anonymous (The Big Book) is the reason I'm a Calvinist. There is statement that even at our best moments we are selfish and self centered, even when we do perceiveably good things. The inventory step reinforced my belief in my Total Depravity, and therefore I always struggled with Arminianism. God was drawing me and put it on my heart to not be satisfied with anything but the truth about him. <br />The inventory step is still something I use, but I've modified it significantly to search for things in my nature that are sinful. I populated my lists from Romans 1, 2Tim 3, and 1Peter2.<br /><br />The real problem with AA is the lack of Jesus Christ or a true call for repentance, or more accurately putting to death sexual immorality and other gross sins. That language is replaced with the term spiritual progress not perfection, and while true that we are a work in progress, it was often a cop out for me to continue in my behavior. Thanks be to God and my Lord Jesus Christ that he saved me.Eric Kaminskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16567393793538013121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-10467569157160422552009-07-30T22:06:47.459-07:002009-07-30T22:06:47.459-07:00!!! YES !!!
!!! YOU REPOSTED THIS !!!
This Conv...<b>!!! YES !!!<br /><br /><i>!!! YOU REPOSTED THIS !!!</i></b><br /><br /><br />This Conversion Story Is Such a Leap-for-Joy BLESSING!!!<br /><br />Praise the Lord,<br /><br />and,<br /><br />Thank you! <b><i>RIGHT ON! YES!</i></b>Ushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10294589687449827936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-77436144957361662372009-07-30T15:26:21.613-07:002009-07-30T15:26:21.613-07:00But I finally did a rigorous, unblinking, warts-an...<i>But I finally did a rigorous, unblinking, warts-and-all inventory of myself. What I found appalled me. Everything circled around me. Every relationship, every endeavor was sheerly selfish. Friends, family, things, all arrayed on a hierarchy of utility to me.</i><br /><br />Dan, I have read your testimony before, but this part still just wrenches and rips me apart. It is a <i>good</i> day when God lets us glimpse our real selves. When He shows us how loathsome our self-centeredness is - not that we can see ourselves as He does, but He gives us that partial view.<br /><br />And yet He sent Jesus for us. It bows me low before Him. This is what sharing testimony should do: cause us to evaluate ourselves in the light of the Gospel, and give every bit of praise to Him.Colloquisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08530006843488477150noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-22968726762502251302009-07-30T12:03:37.392-07:002009-07-30T12:03:37.392-07:00Did God use the "inventory" step to conv...Did God use the "inventory" step to convict you of sin?DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-36396070869087067592009-07-30T11:57:36.352-07:002009-07-30T11:57:36.352-07:00I have a similar story. Being saved from the Cosm...I have a similar story. Being saved from the Cosmic Consciousness to at least a Judeo-Christian mold in AA and then unto Christ himself.Eric Kaminskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16567393793538013121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-77535498378023781092009-07-30T10:55:42.580-07:002009-07-30T10:55:42.580-07:00Funny you should say that.
Within a few years of ...Funny you should say that.<br /><br />Within a few years of my conversion, I watched in horror as a local charismatic TV station (LA area) interviewed a big Charismatic name who spoke in those special Charismatic tones about how the Holy Spirit was moving within the Church of Religious Science.<br /><br />To which, young Christian though I was, I thought something along the lines of "Only insofar as he's moving them <i>out</i> of that cult and <i>to</i> Jesus!"DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-53187235999065832962009-07-30T10:49:43.201-07:002009-07-30T10:49:43.201-07:00Hmmm. I'm looking at the Beliefs section on th...Hmmm. I'm looking at the Beliefs section on the Wikipedia page, and I'm having trouble seeing how Science of Mind is qualitatively different from the Health-and-Wealth Charismatic bunch.Mike Westfallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06944727980772754938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-84423258849673781842009-07-30T09:23:46.240-07:002009-07-30T09:23:46.240-07:00So, having come around Pyromaniacs about a month a...So, having come around Pyromaniacs about a month after you posted this the first time, it was the first time I'd read it.<br /><br />I couldn't wait for parts two and three, so I read them in the archives.<br /><br />Really great to read, Dan. Praise God for all He did and continues to do.Mike Riccardihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06748453197783538367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-7787226363042337492009-07-30T08:45:07.755-07:002009-07-30T08:45:07.755-07:00You describe so well the hopeless self-centredness...You describe so well the hopeless self-centredness of the unregenerate heart. We set ourselves up in the place of God and the people and things around us ultimately served as instruments towards our own glorificaton and gratification. <br /><br />How precious is that devastating realization of guilt and dread that first brought us to our Saviour! So contrary to the sinless, bloodless "genie gospel" designed to pander to the sinner's self-centredness - choose Jesus and He'll cater to all your earthly needs. Aaargh.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00168363955644093592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-38149634372566302402009-07-30T08:04:23.725-07:002009-07-30T08:04:23.725-07:00Excellent clarification and point, Olan. I'd s...Excellent clarification and point, Olan. I'd say I was seeking something I could call "God" to serve my purposes.<br /><br />Which is what most mean when they say they're searching for God. They're searching for "God." Not searching for <i>God</i>.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-83319686405380171492009-07-30T08:01:36.886-07:002009-07-30T08:01:36.886-07:00Dan,
There are those who would say that during y...Dan, <br /><br />There are those who would say that during your days of Religious Science that you were "seeking" God. You however have done an excellent job of showing that you were in fact suppressing the truth about God: "<i>I just found a "church" that agreed with me, confirmed my opinions, told me what I wanted to hear</i>."olan stricklandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05345193051857763038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-31932977524735346632009-07-30T07:40:07.649-07:002009-07-30T07:40:07.649-07:00Stratagem - lol. "I can't tell you exact...Stratagem - lol. "I can't tell you exactly when it happened, in the vast ages of eternity... but I'm pretty sure it was a February 11."DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-10326236368917506182009-07-30T07:37:01.651-07:002009-07-30T07:37:01.651-07:00Great testimony. It left me biting at the bit for...Great testimony. It left me biting at the bit for part two. It's good to read a testimony that's not so anticlimatic. <br /><br />"I used to party and do drugs and..blah blah blah. But I found Jesus and now I don't."<br /><br />You really give a truthful glimpse into the unregenerate heart. Good stuff man.DJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10057648825850975112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-72439275621456414402009-07-30T07:21:48.555-07:002009-07-30T07:21:48.555-07:00Wonderful testimony, so far. And I was relieved to...Wonderful testimony, so far. And I was relieved to realize that you hadn't determined that the day time began in eternity past was February 11. Glad I read it carefully the second time!Nash Equilibriumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06528684112014026512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-59741878990623793572009-07-30T07:04:12.981-07:002009-07-30T07:04:12.981-07:00Praise the Lord!Praise the Lord!Caleb Kolstadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16430229005942296570noreply@blogger.com