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Comment on Prayer: Day 3 (part 1) by Al

Al — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 02:53:30 +0000

Indeed, an intermediary is more common the more mechanical a religion is (Catholics being the very notable exception). Generally speaking, the idea is abhorrent to protestants.

Comment on Prayer: Day 3 (part 1) by Nik

Nik — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:54:39 +0000

The first scripture made me think about the religions that are very comfortable with having a “go between”…and how its just not a protestant thing.

Comment on Prayer: Day2 (part 1) by Al

Al — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 04:13:51 +0000

Yeah, I think that this scripture is fairly easy to take the wrong way. I also think that it is misquoted and abused a lot by those seeking to offer up an easy religion for the masses.

Comment on Prayer: Day2 (part 1) by Nik

Nik — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:04:03 +0000

I’m sure that there are other versions of this scripture that would come off better…I don’t like the mental image I get of knocking on your friends door until you wear them down and they throw you some bread. I understand some of the symbolism there of maybe thinking a door is shut to you, but not losing hope…but this doesn’t do it for me so much.

Most often I think we do ask for snakes, but what I take from the story is that God is going to give you what is good for you, just like a parent tries to do with their children.

Comment on Prayer: Day 1 (Part 2) by Nik

Nik — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:42:00 +0000

“Inattention in the Deity” is VERY thought provoking. It makes me think of our conversation about “prayer concerns” and how some churchgoers seem to think “if we get enough people to pray about this issue, then we might show up on God’s radar and he will heal so and so…”

Comment on Prayer: Day 1 (part 1) by Al

Al — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 23:30:22 +0000

I stayed away from that part on purpose. It was specifically why I said that I was longing for my commentary books.

I immediately thought of all of the unison prayers and creeds when I read those lines.

I’ll expound upon it in the next post.

Comment on Prayer: Day 1 (part 1) by Nik

Nik — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 20:14:27 +0000

What do you think it means by “meaningless repetition”?

I think any prayer you repeat a lot would become meaningless to the person who is praying.
I like the Lord’s Prayer because I only ever say it in church, in unison with our church family, and that makes me think about what I am saying and what it means.

Comment on Adventure by Al

Al — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 01:01:20 +0000

I didn’t feel like getting into the whole inappropriate equipment discussion revolving around parenthood.

Comment on Adventure by Niki

Niki — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 15:32:39 +0000

I did not know that such a thing as a “Hypermotard” existed…it sounds fitting for us.

I think it’s funny that you failed to mention that your trip west through the snowstorms was because your 17 year old girlfriend was pregnant- the adventure we were most unprepared for, parenthood!

Love ya!

Comment on Intro To Christian Cosmology – When it All Goes Wrong Again by Al

Al — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:04:09 +0000

It’s a really natural thought process for me. It never seems to occur to most people though. I’m not sure what that says for the whole concept. I’ve seen a couple churches succeed, and I’ve seen a couple fail, and I’ve seen a lot of them just founder…. Mostly for the reasons outlined here.