tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post6383063070372604941..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: The Basis of Authentic RepentancePhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-23088605608798987582013-02-27T11:33:14.132-08:002013-02-27T11:33:14.132-08:00There is a man whose last name is Turk in my Sunda...There is a man whose last name is Turk in my Sunday School class, too (not kidding), but he isn't nearly as entertaining as Frank and his tweets.Nash Equilibriumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06528684112014026512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-30713568083273003912013-02-27T09:52:48.127-08:002013-02-27T09:52:48.127-08:00This is very much in line with a lot of what I rea...This is very much in line with a lot of what I read in Romans today...<br /><br />"Therefore, do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, and do not go on presenting the members of your body as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God." (6:12-13)<br /><br />"Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness? But thanks be to God that though you were slaves to sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were comitted, and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness?" (6:16-18)<br /><br />We don't just receive the free gift and live life however we want. We are supposed to live as if the Gospel means something and live out the implications of what Jesus said. If we love Him, we will obey Him, right? And we can't really say we have faith in Him and what He did to save us if we don't really know Him, right? Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13987985549747283669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-15369405534040850442013-02-27T09:44:36.464-08:002013-02-27T09:44:36.464-08:00Aaron:
Aha.Aaron:<br /><br />Aha.FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-43235922170179650592013-02-27T09:35:45.780-08:002013-02-27T09:35:45.780-08:00Been waiting for your exposition of this text for ...Been waiting for your exposition of this text for a while Frank, in light of many of the Law/Gospel distinction discussions on this blog over the past few years. Glad God providentially brought you to it in Sunday School. I think you've had something important to say on this for a while - or rather, Scripture has something important to say. Merciless beatings of spiritual strongholds are great, but exegeting Newsweek doesn't edify quite like exegeting Paul.Aaron Snellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08551668915973379312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-39967238881548049982013-02-27T07:38:16.845-08:002013-02-27T07:38:16.845-08:00It always boils down to the same thing: Faith with...It always boils down to the same thing: Faith without works is dead.Roger Ballhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07081209000380867330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-40474865210337299002013-02-27T06:11:30.538-08:002013-02-27T06:11:30.538-08:00Nash:
After almost a decade of doing this, there ...Nash:<br /><br />After almost a decade of doing this, there is an idiom to my blogging. Prolly.FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-5645877492684217082013-02-27T06:10:22.275-08:002013-02-27T06:10:22.275-08:00Paul:
You almost don't miss the point.
Put i...Paul:<br /><br />You almost don't miss the point.<br /><br />Put it on the night table until two weeks from now.FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-62027579689798664922013-02-27T05:58:29.239-08:002013-02-27T05:58:29.239-08:00"When Paul is talking about whether or not on..."When Paul is talking about whether or not one “obeys the Gospel,” he is talking about the true dividing line between faith and unbelief" -- fascinating article. I don't think many people think of the Gospel as something we "obey" and this has changed my perspective. I hope in next week's article we get to hear from James, who asks "Do not even the demons believe?". <br /><br />As far as the Newsweek article, we should know that they're approaching this from a liberal prospective, not a Biblical one. Newsweek doesn't mean to suggest that people should start having more children and stop using birth control and stop having abortions. What they mean is that society owes people who have children free things from the government, because they're doing more to help the country. Moreover, America doesn't have a population numeric issue as much as it does have a demographic issue. Imagine if Japanese were to learn that by 2043, white people in Japan would make up 15% of the population because American people are coming to Japan and having more kids, while native Japanese are having less -- this would be considered a major issue, and no where else except Western Europe and America would you be accused of being racist for bringing it up. In America, whites will be a minority by 2043, and this is not only a non-story, you're racist if you think it's even an issue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-76175227720321898292013-02-27T05:41:55.294-08:002013-02-27T05:41:55.294-08:00Evidently they are to OSH.Evidently they are to OSH.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-50727467899498436582013-02-27T05:40:49.621-08:002013-02-27T05:40:49.621-08:00Hey I'm confused... I thought all of your arti...Hey I'm confused... I thought all of your articles were merciless beatings? :)Nash Equilibriumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06528684112014026512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-26445939172629474872013-02-27T05:07:52.847-08:002013-02-27T05:07:52.847-08:00I do have to hand it to OSH - s/he's dilligent...I do have to hand it to OSH - s/he's dilligent. There's something to do every day, and it gets done.FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-10976798305323095702013-02-27T04:49:38.209-08:002013-02-27T04:49:38.209-08:00I-LOVE-YOU-ONE-STAR-HATER!I-LOVE-YOU-ONE-STAR-HATER!FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-11916587059721744302013-02-27T04:20:25.540-08:002013-02-27T04:20:25.540-08:00LABELS: CLIF-HANGING TEASERLABELS: CLIF-HANGING TEASERJackWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16384160992033491748noreply@blogger.com