Comments for The Misguided Saint http://www.misguidedsaint.com Wandering with a destination Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:37:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 Comment on CAN YOU KEEP YOUR FAITH IN COLLEGE? by Bruce W. Moar (aka) M.A.C. http://www.misguidedsaint.com/2007-01/06/can-you-keep-your-faith-in-college/#comment-765 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 03:24:20 +0000 http://www.misguidedsaint.com/2007-01/06/can-you-keep-your-faith-in-college/#comment-765 Grace is undeserved kindness if the person is not convicted of their sin then it would be best to plant a seed for the time they are ready. I like to use this fact when showing others the difference between the Jesus of Christianity and other religions. Historically the New Testament is the most accurate book in existence today with well over five thousand (5,000+) Greek manuscripts testifying to that fact. And for instance Aristotle’s Ode to Poetics was written between 384 and 322 B.C. The earliest copy of this work dates A.D. 1100, and there are only forty-nine (49) extant manuscripts. Thats a gap of 1400 years. The New Testament was written between A.D. 48 and 95. The oldest manuscripts date to the last quarter of the first century, and the second oldest A.D. 125. This gives us a narrow gap of thirty-five to forty years from the originals written by the apostles. Now thats what I'd call not only historical accuracy but accuracy with precision. Hows that for planting a good seed in a growing mind? Grace is undeserved kindness if the person is not convicted of their sin then it would be best to plant a seed for the time they are ready. I like to use this fact when showing others the difference between the Jesus of Christianity and other religions. Historically the New Testament is the most accurate book in existence today with well over five thousand (5,000+) Greek manuscripts testifying to that fact.

And for instance Aristotle’s Ode to Poetics was written between 384 and 322 B.C. The earliest copy of this work dates A.D. 1100, and there are only forty-nine (49) extant manuscripts. Thats a gap of 1400 years. The New Testament was written between A.D. 48 and 95. The oldest manuscripts date to the last quarter of the first century, and the second oldest A.D. 125. This gives us a narrow gap of thirty-five to forty years from the originals written by the apostles.

Now thats what I’d call not only historical accuracy but accuracy with precision. Hows that for planting a good seed in a growing mind?

]]> Comment on Sex and the Church in the City by Bruce W. Moar (aka) M.A.C. http://www.misguidedsaint.com/2007-05/31/sex-and-the-church-in-the-city/#comment-764 Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:58:07 +0000 http://www.misguidedsaint.com/2007-05/31/sex-and-the-church-in-the-city/#comment-764 Wow that’s a tough one. We either forgive others as God forgives us. Or don't forgive and be one of the many standing in front of Jesus the judge. Pleading "Lord I attended church every Sunday my whole life, I did this, I did that” only to hear Jesus say “I never knew you depart from me”. Now what would top all that it is that Mr. Pliska comes right after you and Jesus says enter my rest faithful servant. My blog The Christian Church Blog… talks about less controversial issues then the one presented here. But I think the outcome would be similar in the here and after. If there was a one-in-a-million chance that the guy was completely repentant and he’s not allowed to worship or have fellowship what would Jesus think of that. Lets take a look Matthew 7:1 says; "Do not judge, or you too will be judged. If we are judged would we be like the parable Jesus tells about the wedding banquet in Matthew 22 were the King sends his servants to get those that were invited, but they refuse to come. He then sends some more servants maybe some Mr. Pliska’s this time this time however they kill the servants. Maybe that’s why at the end of the parable it says “For many are invited but few are chosen”. Imagine on the day of judgement you are turned away from heaven for a lack of forgiveness. Wow that’s a tough one. We either forgive others as God forgives us. Or don’t forgive and be one of the many standing in front of Jesus the judge. Pleading “Lord I attended church every Sunday my whole life, I did this, I did that” only to hear Jesus say “I never knew you depart from me”. Now what would top all that it is that Mr. Pliska comes right after you and Jesus says enter my rest faithful servant.

My blog The Christian Church Blog… talks about less controversial issues then the one presented here. But I think the outcome would be similar in the here and after. If there was a one-in-a-million chance that the guy was completely repentant and he’s not allowed to worship or have fellowship what would Jesus think of that.

Lets take a look Matthew 7:1 says; “Do not judge, or you too will be judged. If we are judged would we be like the parable Jesus tells about the wedding banquet in Matthew 22 were the King sends his servants to get those that were invited, but they refuse to come. He then sends some more servants maybe some Mr. Pliska’s this time this time however they kill the servants. Maybe that’s why at the end of the parable it says “For many are invited but few are chosen”. Imagine on the day of judgement you are turned away from heaven for a lack of forgiveness.

]]> Comment on Book Review: Confessions of a Pastor by Confessions of a Pastor | Craig Groeschel at PastorBookshelf http://www.misguidedsaint.com/2007-01/02/book-review-confessions-of-a-pastor/#comment-222 Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:09:58 +0000 http://www.misguidedsaint.com/2007-01/02/book-review-confessions-of-a-pastor/#comment-222 [...] The Misguided Saint (01/07) Review [...] […] The Misguided Saint (01/07) Review […]

]]> Comment on Preparing Him for the Other Woman by a b l e k n i f e » Blog Archive » :Preparing Him for the Other Woman: http://www.misguidedsaint.com/2006-11/13/preparing-him-for-the-other-woman/#comment-72 Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:12:13 +0000 http://www.misguidedsaint.com/2006-11/13/preparing-him-for-the-other-woman/#comment-72 [...] Preparing Him for the Other Woman [...] […] Preparing Him for the Other Woman […]

]]> Comment on Under the Overpass – A Journey of Faith on the Streets of America by tony m. http://www.misguidedsaint.com/2006-01/23/under-the-overpass-%e2%80%93-a-journey-of-faith-on-the-streets-of-america/#comment-11 Mon, 15 May 2006 16:39:14 +0000 http://www.misguidedsaint.com/2006-01/23/under-the-overpass-%e2%80%93-a-journey-of-faith-on-the-streets-of-america/#comment-11 i have not read the book yet but i have read a few passages and i realy like what i have read i have alot of resect for thesse men and ther journy. i have not read the book yet but i have read a few passages and i realy like what i have read i have alot of resect for thesse men and ther journy.

]]> Comment on The Church Reaching to the Margins by Stoney Creek Church of Christ | Conversations at the Creek » Blog Archive » Money Visits the Margins http://www.misguidedsaint.com/2006-02/24/the-church-reaching-to-the-margins/#comment-4 Thu, 16 Mar 2006 03:52:02 +0000 http://www.misguidedsaint.com/2006-02/24/the-church-reaching-to-the-margins/#comment-4 [...] Read further on what Jay Reimer, who calls himself The Misguided Saint, writes about the Church Reaching to the Margins. [...] […] Read further on what Jay Reimer, who calls himself The Misguided Saint, writes about the Church Reaching to the Margins. […]

]]> Comment on The Church Reaching to the Margins by James http://www.misguidedsaint.com/2006-02/24/the-church-reaching-to-the-margins/#comment-3 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 21:28:02 +0000 http://www.misguidedsaint.com/2006-02/24/the-church-reaching-to-the-margins/#comment-3 "For most Americans who aren’t taken by death at a tragically young age, this will be our collective fate: withering away from a life of vitality and promise to one of decay and regret, isolation, and for some, madness, in the human dumping grounds we euphemistically dub “convalescent homes.” "Besides ignoring a large segment of our population that desperately craves human care and interaction, we’re setting ourselves up for the exact situation we are so intent on tuning out or pretending will never happen to us." Powerful statements. That's where I"ll be (Elderly Care Facility) in like......tomorrow! Rick McKinley's "Margins" was an insightful read. I try to stay up on his sermons. Do you ever visit his church's "Imago Dei" website? Sundays sermon on Romans 8, "Suffering With Hope" ended with a powerful testimony. Links are at my site if you're interested. I like your writing. “For most Americans who aren’t taken by death at a tragically young age, this will be our collective fate: withering away from a life of vitality and promise to one of decay and regret, isolation, and for some, madness, in the human dumping grounds we euphemistically dub “convalescent homes.”

“Besides ignoring a large segment of our population that desperately craves human care and interaction, we’re setting ourselves up for the exact situation we are so intent on tuning out or pretending will never happen to us.”

Powerful statements. That’s where I”ll be (Elderly Care Facility) in like……tomorrow!

Rick McKinley’s “Margins” was an insightful read. I try to stay up on his sermons. Do you ever visit his church’s “Imago Dei” website? Sundays sermon on Romans 8, “Suffering With Hope” ended with a powerful testimony. Links are at my site if you’re interested.

I like your writing.

]]> Comment on The Church Reaching to the Margins by Rick http://www.misguidedsaint.com/2006-02/24/the-church-reaching-to-the-margins/#comment-2 Mon, 27 Feb 2006 19:37:47 +0000 http://www.misguidedsaint.com/2006-02/24/the-church-reaching-to-the-margins/#comment-2 I currently visit a local retirement center every other week (with a couple of others from my church) and I, too, have been touched by the situation that these people find themselves in. Each time I go to preach I am more humbled about the fact that I am standing there than by anything else. It's true what you say - they long for human contact....ANY human contact. This is not a ministry that requires any special training or gifts...just your presence. I currently visit a local retirement center every other week (with a couple of others from my church) and I, too, have been touched by the situation that these people find themselves in. Each time I go to preach I am more humbled about the fact that I am standing there than by anything else.

It’s true what you say - they long for human contact….ANY human contact. This is not a ministry that requires any special training or gifts…just your presence.

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