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Comment on Jesus left most of the world’s problems unsolved… by Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:34:41 +0000

1915 - 1.8 Billion people, 2010 - 6.8 Billion people, Past 95 years - 5 BIllion people, Next 500 years - 32 Billion people or more, Problems - Poverty, starvation, global warming, hole in the ozone layer, crime, pollution and land destruction, Solution to problems - “STOP CREATING”!!!

Comment on “The God’s Aren’t Angry” by sanatorka

sanatorka — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:09:44 +0000

The author has very much tried. I support the majority of commentators

Comment on very interesting… by JamesD

JamesD — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 16:41:17 +0000

Thanks for the useful info. It’s so interesting

Comment on I was slandered. by Francis Cloete

Francis Cloete — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:48:17 +0000

I as an African know the feeling all so well. I get it at our school meetings a lot of time and I have to be the Jesus man. But sometimes I think we can be the Paul or even the Simon in the bible. They were not all that holy in their actions and stood for what was right. Today’s youth has rule in the society and needs a whipping sometimes, no respect and I think Jesus as a Jew first would understand that. Look at the time they lived in. Children was killed sometimes for miss behaving in the OT. Paul’s day their was gods that people offered their children to.

He lived different to the world but the culture that he lived in is not ours. We must understand that postmodern net-generation kids don’t live in Jesus or the dark ages anymore. So, the way Jesus done it was in a culture of respect, we don’t have that anymore.

Comment on Denominational crap…. by Aida

Aida — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:55:58 +0000

Cool!

Comment on I was slandered. by Preston M.

Preston M. — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:06:17 +0000

Lou,
Thanks for blogging. I just found your blog and will continue to read it. Thought I’d leave with you a couple of verses which seemed relevant to your situation. Blessing my brother.

Matt. 5:9-10
“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

Comment on Waiting on answers from God… by Wes

Wes — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:40:59 +0000

…excellent post

…should you ever have some interest in mulling over/talking through the issues of callin, let me know

…we would need five hours…sincerely

…again, thank you for your vulnerability in this post

…thankful for you, Mr. Braun!!!

Comment on Happy Easter by greg varner

greg varner — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:58:27 +0000

Louis,
I’m really encouraged to hear you talk about our Jesus in a way that makes it clear you’re talking about someone with whom you have an intimate relationship. That’s the key to carrying him winsomely in our lives: we have to let our witness for him flow out of genuine passion. “Thanks be to God who leads us forth in triumphant procession and breathes through us every the fragrance of the knowledge of Him”.
peace on you, brother.

Comment on “The God’s Aren’t Angry” by TracyR

TracyR — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 00:16:17 +0000

Atlanta, Monday November 19th– Different, not like anything I had experienced before. I would say the place was about 80% full mainly because they added some chairs at the last minute. Didn’t start with anything other than some piped in opera style music an aria and nothing on stage but what looked like a stone alter.

The one thing that summarizes it best is he opened the box of history and poured out God in a way that may take some time to put back together. I reflect on Hosea 6:6 “For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings” as the best summary of most of the hour and a half monologue. We talk about giving up our idols and how God has made us acceptable but many of us still live as if we must do stuff or be a certain way to please god or god must be angry at us because life or our circumstances are so terrible.

They video taped it and I am sure it will be produced with a study guide sometime down the road. One thing I can say, the box he opened and poured out God was not wrapped back up in a pretty bow for each of us to take home that we can place it on a shelf to gather dust, he left us with quite a mess to clean up and the realization that God has already made the mess acceptable through the death of his Son.

But we keep on making sacrifices of those things most valuable to us in hopes of finding favor with whatever we have set up to be our gods whether it be prestige, wealth, knowledge, power, beauty or acceptance. I think the most profound example he gave was when he was sitting with a friend when he was feeling especially overwhelmed describing all he had to do and the friend kept responding “you don’t have to live like that” over and over until it became a mantra that helped him to realize that this busyness was becoming the god he was trying to gain acceptance from and he did not need to live like that.

Comment on God’s funny voice by Kim

Kim — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:03:50 +0000

That’s funny…I believe the lesson for today was….”So God wants me to move on…and He also wants YOU to embrace MY pain”

Your loving and sympathetic wife!