tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post2715867425167597354..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: Ring a BellPhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-90090329924588319882009-12-02T21:41:53.431-08:002009-12-02T21:41:53.431-08:00I hadn't really grasped the application until ...I hadn't really grasped the application until you commented Jon. I realized my attitude is identical to yours. Thank you for bringing conviction of sin. I will now be in the corner for the time being.<br /><br />NateNate and Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09763455996198591831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-17201075587838958052009-12-02T21:08:18.217-08:002009-12-02T21:08:18.217-08:00Working in retail, especially video games and comp...Working in retail, especially video games and computer hardware it's very easy to become judgmental of not only people's appearances, but also their knowledge of the subjects I'm around everyday. I constantly find myself being judgmental or short with people who just don't see the world as I see it and may not have had the same benefits I've had growing up. Very good words sir!Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15907254174794098010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-79079435454839561942009-12-02T20:28:53.558-08:002009-12-02T20:28:53.558-08:00Frank:
Please forgive me for presuming to speak o...Frank:<br /><br />Please forgive me for presuming to speak on your behalf.<br /><br />And being the contributor of half of today's comments, I might come across like I've got this stuff downpat, but frankly, my walk doesn't match my talk.Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-6248441639247444592009-12-02T18:18:51.683-08:002009-12-02T18:18:51.683-08:00Matthew --
I should know better than to judge som...Matthew --<br /><br />I should know better than to judge someone rather than show and tell them the Gospel. <br /><br />That's not as dramatic, but obviously the drama was obscuring the point.FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-51750604827796296332009-12-02T18:03:51.148-08:002009-12-02T18:03:51.148-08:00And like Jim Pemberton, that's a lesson I need...And like Jim Pemberton, that's a lesson I need to learn, too.Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-27694247409042255072009-12-02T18:02:46.647-08:002009-12-02T18:02:46.647-08:00Matthew:
Frank was forced to do a gut check on hi...Matthew:<br /><br />Frank was forced to do a gut check on his own attitude, because it flew in the face of the very Gospel that he holds so dear: Luke 5:30-32; 18:9-14.Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-74734557708628351522009-12-02T17:12:23.587-08:002009-12-02T17:12:23.587-08:00Nice testimony. Thanks for sharing that.
I like t...Nice testimony. Thanks for sharing that.<br /><br />I like to remember, if i am able to see my self-righteousness that is, "But for God's grace there go I, and even worse."<br /><br />make me humble Lord is a continual prayer in my heart daily. I long for my pride to vanish, and it shall one day because of Matt. 1:21.<br /><br />"a purely angels-get-their-wings standpoint"<br /><br />Very cool phrase.<br /> <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ0ncmqk01o&NR=1donsandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665794015011057098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-83640274395697606112009-12-02T15:37:38.288-08:002009-12-02T15:37:38.288-08:00I seriously dont get it.
Anyone care to elaborat...I seriously dont get it. <br /><br />Anyone care to elaborate? <br /><br />I must be missing the point.Matthewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02478859568914693301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-42701489221451214172009-12-02T14:45:52.166-08:002009-12-02T14:45:52.166-08:00Last night I took a free puppy to a young woman wi...Last night I took a free puppy to a young woman with 4 kids and a husband who attempted suicide last year and now cannot do anything for himself. (She cares for him at home) She lives in a dirty rundown home with newspapers for curtains. But she is a fellow believer who loves her kids and husband. She hopes the puppy will stimulate her husband more as he is slowly responding to outside stimuli. I loved her! What a blessing it was for me to meet her. There wasn't hardly anything in that home to speak of and yet she never uttered a word of complaint. The friend I was with (it was one of her puppies) didn't want to leave the puppy with her. She couldn't understand why the woman would give up her life like that! Because He gave up His life for us and left us an example. Please pray for Jennifer as I work to minister to her.Duane & Patriciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06747289811827017276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-68619486645024037062009-12-02T12:55:54.082-08:002009-12-02T12:55:54.082-08:00Gee, I missed half the point in my last comment:
...Gee, I missed half the point in my last comment:<br /><br />David, the runt of his family, was one of those despised shepherds, too; and of course, Jesus Christ was the Shepherd with a capital "S," alluding to such prophets as Jeremiah and Zechariah.Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-67476895696851682862009-12-02T10:57:13.887-08:002009-12-02T10:57:13.887-08:00Yet another post I've enjoyed! Thanks for the ...Yet another post I've enjoyed! Thanks for the reminder of who God is and who we are.Shantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07340353912697692552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-35209671808270796452009-12-02T10:41:42.772-08:002009-12-02T10:41:42.772-08:00"HEAR the announcement of the Messiah's b..."HEAR the announcement of the Messiah's birth," not "here the announcement."<br /><br />Verification word: "comatoz," as in, "I need more coffee."Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-80985235653698189992009-12-02T10:40:17.121-08:002009-12-02T10:40:17.121-08:00I recall our pastor's mentioning in a sermon l...I recall our pastor's mentioning in a sermon last Christmas that shepherds were a despised group of people 2000 years ago: dirty, solitary country folk, probably lacking social skills, and undoubtedly smelly.<br /><br />And yet Jesus Christ's own ancestor David—the runt of his family—had been chosen by God to be the King, and it was shepherds who were privileged by the angel of YHWH to here the announcement of the Messiah's birth.<br /><br />Not to mention that He was a Nazarene tradesman, and that He and His apostles were country bumpkins from a northern hicktown.Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-61301496509244809492009-12-02T10:13:13.399-08:002009-12-02T10:13:13.399-08:00It's tidbits like this that make all the diffe...It's tidbits like this that make all the difference Frank.<br /><br /><br />It's these little glimpses that provide a context for what you write on so many other topics.<br /><br />One thing you've done here, which you've often done for me, is put the gospel front and centre, in ALL of life.<br /><br />Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-32378721112000278672009-12-02T09:48:11.758-08:002009-12-02T09:48:11.758-08:00Loving dirty, nasty, uncouth, despicable sinners i...Loving dirty, nasty, uncouth, despicable sinners isn't easy. Yet Christ did it for us with his very life, from being born in a barn to dying on a cross. We should be so blessed to be like Christ and love our fellow sinners the same.<br /><br />Yet too often we turn up our noses, occasionally sticking it out to work in the local soup kitchen only to quickly retreat back to our clean homes and comfortable social circles without developing the first meaningful relationship with someone who needs to know Christ as more than the main character in an ancient story. That requires more sacrifice than we are often willing to give.Jim Pembertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446388434272680014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-41498152832544164152009-12-02T09:37:15.381-08:002009-12-02T09:37:15.381-08:00Frank, brother, you kill me.
The last time you po...Frank, brother, you kill me.<br /><br />The last time you posted something on this (10/21, which was a repost called Practical Application, which should be mandatory Pyro reading), I found myself later that morning initially shunning a gypsy as I came out of the grocery store, and the Holy Spirit pierced my heart with your words and I went back to her and gave her out of the riches in my overloaded grocery bag.<br /><br />So <i>yesterday</i>, I'm back at the same grocery store and I see her <i>again</i>, this time with a plump, well-dressed toddler in a stroller, and I was <i>angry</i> at her for seemingly making a career out of exploiting a child to beg for stuff, and angry that I'd been suckered.<br /><br />And this morning I read <i>this</i>. Sheesh. I repent. Again.Rachael Starkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10781158372237369417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-67639522612011415232009-12-02T09:34:46.345-08:002009-12-02T09:34:46.345-08:00Or ...Wonderful, Counsellor....Or <i>...Wonderful, Counsellor....</i>Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-79029383801305133342009-12-02T09:22:24.385-08:002009-12-02T09:22:24.385-08:00Thank you, Frank.
For to us a child is born, to u...Thank you, Frank.<br /><br /><i>For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.<br /><br />Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore.</i>Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-38528104265638816642009-12-02T09:00:25.968-08:002009-12-02T09:00:25.968-08:00Wow, that was awesome. Says something about our cu...Wow, that was awesome. Says something about our culture when a complaint about Apple's deplorable service gets more comments than this post. Great reminder of the power and meaning ofthe incarnation.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15147021671506048314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-5873263834630450662009-12-02T07:43:28.248-08:002009-12-02T07:43:28.248-08:00You tricked me, Frank. I thought you were going to...You tricked me, Frank. I thought you were going to say that they put a copy of "Your Best Life Now" on the counter and your head exploded.<br /><br />Your real ending was much better.Brad Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00197301845256854051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-31564799011889741852009-12-02T07:33:31.077-08:002009-12-02T07:33:31.077-08:00good thoughts, Frank.good thoughts, Frank.David Ruddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12572780147564110421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-23461905483486000412009-12-02T07:06:49.332-08:002009-12-02T07:06:49.332-08:00Were you able to share the Gospel with her?Were you able to share the Gospel with her?Mister Bohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16567348530469802909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-87901322532217327852009-12-02T05:37:17.180-08:002009-12-02T05:37:17.180-08:00A new Christmas classic is born. Well-said.A new Christmas classic is born. Well-said.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-14221092974043856112009-12-02T04:53:20.683-08:002009-12-02T04:53:20.683-08:00Excellent post, Frank.
I continuously find myself...Excellent post, Frank.<br /><br />I continuously find myself being a Pharisee.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01101242277244136485noreply@blogger.com