tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265097302551523460.post6815862391201011126..comments2023-08-01T01:27:25.666-07:00Comments on Expect the Unexpected: All of the Cool Christians CussRichardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193953363432489217noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265097302551523460.post-15941298425723390262009-03-16T22:00:00.000-07:002009-03-16T22:00:00.000-07:00not that i think any of these things send you to h...not that i think any of these things send you to hell, but i definitely don't get why it's so cool to do rebel against legalism by being an unhealthy idiot.leannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11735554615579156523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265097302551523460.post-40154983494074379572009-03-16T21:59:00.000-07:002009-03-16T21:59:00.000-07:00mmm. this made me laugh a lot. and say 'word' a lo...mmm. this made me laugh a lot. and say 'word' a lot.<BR/><BR/><BR/>it is so INSANE to me how many xians i know these days are like 'when i was smoking' and i'm like, 'you smoke?' and they're all like, 'yeah...' like it's old news. how does this become hip in the church??!<BR/><BR/>people make zero sense to me.leannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11735554615579156523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265097302551523460.post-46887779668157463762009-03-14T19:51:00.000-07:002009-03-14T19:51:00.000-07:00Sunday, I miss the conversations we'd have, kiddo....Sunday, I miss the conversations we'd have, kiddo.<BR/><BR/>Jeremy, I'm learning more and more the value of balance.<BR/><BR/>Romi, thank you for the encouragement! It means a lot, and it's definitely your gift!Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01193953363432489217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265097302551523460.post-84200239139593039792009-03-13T12:57:00.000-07:002009-03-13T12:57:00.000-07:00RIGHT ON and well-said, Richard!! You bring to li...RIGHT ON and well-said, Richard!! You bring to light some really excellent points and questions. I too have wrestled on this topic and especially this question you articulated so well..."wonder if this new emphasis on "freedom" is less like a liberation and more like a reaction, the creation of another option for those looking for a place to fit. Rather than being released from our old prison of legalism, are we simply moving to a nice new cell pretentiously named "liberty"?" <BR/><BR/>And here's some SNOE (side note of encouragement)for you....in all your post topics I see God totally stretching and growing you!! It really is an awesome thing to see and allow your readers to share and journey along with you in that. I really appreciate your willingness to always be authentic and say what's on your heart whether it ruffles feathers or not! You talk about the stuff most people won't take the time and thought to write about. I also love how you take a simple observation and build it into a really relevant and interesting post. All that to say, you've got ALOT of keen insight in that TX sized brain of yours (but don't u go letting that make your head big(ger), k?! lol ; )Romihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13228918015693146833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265097302551523460.post-52062972957540238432009-03-13T09:31:00.000-07:002009-03-13T09:31:00.000-07:00This is a very insightful post Richard. I have had...This is a very insightful post Richard. I have had these same thoughts. I think our tendency is to move to one of the extremes and make enemies out of the other side. The challenge, is to find the healthy balance in between.<BR/><BR/>And btw...this is a brilliant sentence:<BR/>"As I was sitting in my Humidor, with an exquisite whiskey, cussing out my hampster and sharing the gospel with the meth addict I hired to organize my TWLOHA shirts, this thought came to me..."Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065248844077114603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7265097302551523460.post-68458116248991022272009-03-13T04:59:00.000-07:002009-03-13T04:59:00.000-07:00at first this sounds a lot like the Protestant Ref...at first this sounds a lot like the Protestant Reformation, with their crazy ideas and their spitefulness of the church's legal system. then i remember what they were fighting for. I remember that many of them died to have freedom from the church that ruled over them. They wanted to follow the freedom of love that God offered and wanted to be set free of the freedom of law that binds us from love. <BR/>I don't know if this is the same.. <BR/>and i was going to rebuttal what i just said.. but i think where i'm getting is that we're driven to follow a freedom of love, and we're inclined to follow a freedom of everything. <BR/>just my before 7 am thoughts.. love you richard!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com