tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post2778078053543347544..comments2023-10-24T05:35:00.084-05:00Comments on SoulPastor: What do you believe?SoulPastorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16895899771239455942noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-6537224510299476912007-05-17T17:42:00.000-05:002007-05-17T17:42:00.000-05:00hi , I just happened upon this blog and my interes...hi , I just happened upon this blog and my interest was caught by your comment, Karen! <BR/>You have excellent questions that are difficult to answer fully in a few words but I tried! I copied your comment and inserted my answers... Hope my thoughts help you at least a little ! Keep searching!<BR/><BR/>Karen: <BR/>This is an interesting blog because the question is "what do you believe" and yetJuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02029451742280017744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-6163546490864249692007-05-03T13:53:00.000-05:002007-05-03T13:53:00.000-05:00Some thoughts to the question of immortality....Wh...Some thoughts to the question of immortality....<BR/><BR/>When considering the concept of immortality there have come a lot of questions….. <BR/><BR/>Does an adopted child have the same inheritance as a biological child of the parents? Or, to put it another way: Are the adopted children entitled to receive the same inheritance as the natural children of the parents?<BR/><BR/>Jesus, as God’s Son, SoulPastorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16895899771239455942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-83339012993779294902007-04-19T18:43:00.000-05:002007-04-19T18:43:00.000-05:00In response to Why I believe. I guess first you h...In response to Why I believe. I guess first you have to understand what you believe if you are to answer why, but as for me, I believe because there is so much beauty that surrounds us. Look at anything in nature and tell me that it's not completely incredible! Even a mosquito, as annoying as they are, is amazing! When I take the time to think about the things I am seeing around me I find it Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13413133557770213400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-29662169352682809722007-04-19T00:10:00.000-05:002007-04-19T00:10:00.000-05:00In response to Karen's question regarding the Trin...In response to Karen's question regarding the Trinity:<BR/><BR/>When I first started exploring Christianity a year and a half ago, I didn't even know about the Holy Spirit or that it even existed. I had even read through the New Testament and still didn't differentiate between The Holy Spirit and what people refer to as "God the Father." It wasn't until I started attending the Soul Searching Bradhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04706706202383566342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-81856181593314578372007-04-18T23:47:00.000-05:002007-04-18T23:47:00.000-05:00Hi anonymousI am not commenting on the tragedies i...Hi anonymous<BR/><BR/>I am not commenting on the tragedies in Virginia or Bagdad because I have no answers for you but I wanted to leave you something to look into regarding the end of your previous comment.<BR/><BR/>“‘See now that I, even I, am he,<BR/>and there is no god beside me;<BR/>I kill and I make alive;<BR/>I wound and I heal;<BR/>and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.<BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-20191148967055163912007-04-18T13:47:00.000-05:002007-04-18T13:47:00.000-05:00Something that bothers me especially today with Vi...Something that bothers me especially today with Virgina Tech and the bombings in Bagdad is the Why - is it God - or is it just people acting in their belief that it is what is wanted, needed...A God of love doesn't always shine through but then neither do a people of love seem to be acting in his behalf..How can anyone see killing as God's will or how can one accept a God which allows innocent Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-83194252094985271602007-04-18T08:38:00.000-05:002007-04-18T08:38:00.000-05:00I would be interested in a follow-up to this serie...I would be interested in a follow-up to this series, entitled "Why I believe it."<BR/><BR/>My biggest struggle of late has been trying to understand the bases for people's beliefs.<BR/><BR/>Of course, many Christians offer 'personal experience' as the basis for their belief. And yet, that same basis underlies my Sikh neighbours' beliefs in their Gods.<BR/><BR/>An earlier commenter put forward Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-34493245204643509462007-04-17T20:57:00.000-05:002007-04-17T20:57:00.000-05:00Thanks for taking me out of my comfort zone! I be...Thanks for taking me out of my comfort zone! I believe I have a lot of reading to do here. I think I just believe that I believe, but I have never really thought about what that is completely. Yes I believe there is a God and that he is the only God and he sent his Son to die and to be raised. I also believe that he sent his Holy Spirit to guide us here on earth. As to how the whole trinity Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13413133557770213400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-75329145556273433402007-04-17T17:39:00.000-05:002007-04-17T17:39:00.000-05:00This is an interesting blog because the question i...This is an interesting blog because the question is "what do you believe" and yet no one has really come out and stated what they believe!<BR/><BR/>I spent some time today reading over various churches, statements of beliefs. I actually called a church to ask a question about a point, and got an explanation from a staff member that contradicted what the churches statement of beliefs is. This Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-34679047214192358362007-04-16T16:41:00.000-05:002007-04-16T16:41:00.000-05:00I know what I believe! The challenge for me lies i...I know what I believe! <BR/><BR/>The challenge for me lies in one of Gerry's questions posed yesterday (April 15-07) - Can I articulate what I believe? THerein lies my uncertainty. <BR/><BR/>I am fairly at ease discussing matters of faith including what I believe with other believers. I'm a little less at ease discussing these matters with a non-believer or seeker who has a working knowledge of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-73663267933694331902007-04-12T09:57:00.000-05:002007-04-12T09:57:00.000-05:00"Perhaps faith is less defined by what we know... ..."Perhaps faith is less defined by what we know... perhaps it's more defined by the questions we're asking."<BR/><BR/>Don't get me wrong, I think asking questions is an integral and often ignored part of faith but it isn't enough. It's easy to become satisfied, maybe even self-satisfied, by sitting back and questioning everything - trading our faith for a sort of pseudo-intellectualism. <BR/><BR/>Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03089522784450627549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-18945803663251611502007-04-12T02:03:00.000-05:002007-04-12T02:03:00.000-05:00Perhaps faith is less defined by what we know... p...Perhaps faith is less defined by what we know... perhaps it's more defined by the questions we're asking.tonymyleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11396458619687708153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-26970994928749142362007-04-11T19:54:00.000-05:002007-04-11T19:54:00.000-05:00I believe the creed we read together Sunday & look...I believe the creed we read together Sunday & looking outside our normal liturgy box & pulled out something new & hey, if Gerry want's to share a Creed or two, I personally don't think it will hurt any of us or you shouldn't feel offended but be built Up! That's how I felt after reading it together as a community. <BR/><BR/>Now that I've read it and proclaimed it from my own mouth for the firstAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-9005674605084848172007-04-11T18:55:00.000-05:002007-04-11T18:55:00.000-05:00I believe in bumper stickers.I believe what people...I believe in bumper stickers.<BR/><BR/>I believe what people write about themselves on the internet.<BR/><BR/>I believe in campaign promises.<BR/><BR/>I believe in reality television.<BR/><BR/>I believe that Madalyn Murray O'Hair is still trying to get "Touched by an Angel" cancelled, despite both her death and the show ending its run - and I believe that if I love Jesus I need to forward that toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-14438982230664619092007-04-11T11:18:00.000-05:002007-04-11T11:18:00.000-05:00"Who is immortal?"Keith Richards, i have no idea w..."Who is immortal?"<BR/><BR/>Keith Richards, i have no idea why that guy is still living.<BR/><BR/>On a more serious note, a believe in the word that God sent me. And other than that I use these two pieces of ancient text from my childhood growing up in the Lutheran church.<BR/><BR/>1. I believe in God, the Father Almighty,<BR/> the Creator of heaven and earth,<BR/> and in Jesus Christ, HisScotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17733665513481947891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-23981198213258124312007-04-11T09:54:00.000-05:002007-04-11T09:54:00.000-05:00Who is immortal?God, the blessed and only Ruler, t...Who is immortal?<BR/><BR/>God, the blessed and only Ruler, the King of kings and the Lord of lords, who alone is immortal and who lives in unapproachable light, whom no one has seen or can see. 1 Timothy 6:15&16<BR/><BR/>If God alone is immortal, then mankind apart from God is not. <BR/><BR/>Can mankind gain immortality?<BR/><BR/>In the way of righteousness there is life; along that path is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-937479865574947682007-04-10T21:30:00.000-05:002007-04-10T21:30:00.000-05:00"Doubt your doubts and believe your beliefs." - Sw..."Doubt your doubts and believe your beliefs." - Switchfoot<BR/><BR/>I believe in a lot of things. My favorite one to focus on is that God is Love. I seems that when I am faced with issues in my life, just thinking about that fact helps me to figure out what the right answer is. <BR/><BR/>Which reminds me of the three P's. I forget if it was high school or college but when faced with problems or Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02408521023378422011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-17293503644315841092007-04-10T11:30:00.000-05:002007-04-10T11:30:00.000-05:00Even in the Apostle's Creed there is some room for...Even in the Apostle's Creed there is some room for translation questions... I missed that part of the service, when you say you used the 'older' version, would that be the one with 'He descended into hell'?<BR/><BR/>Since 'Hades' or 'Sheol' can be translated a number of different ways that line has been the source of all sorts of debate. I like the versions that leave it a little more ambiguous, Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03089522784450627549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-65601570865562202892007-04-09T22:52:00.000-05:002007-04-09T22:52:00.000-05:00It's funny, but this is a question we really shoul...It's funny, but this is a question we really should be asking ourselves on a regular basis. I find myself almost afraid to ask it because I don't know everything and admitting that is sometimes hard, but that leads to more learning and more learning to more wisdom...so really, what am I afraid of?Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13413133557770213400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-42843755049715066052007-04-09T14:06:00.000-05:002007-04-09T14:06:00.000-05:00I really enjoyed having the creed at the Easter ga...I really enjoyed having the creed at the Easter gathering. When I first heard the creed (several years ago) I was taken aback and probably a little offended. Actually to be totally honest, I didn't even stand up when the congregation read it aloud. That was my first time in a Lutheran church.<BR/><BR/>My offence came mostly because my Pentecostal tradition had never used this type of liturgy captivatinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15059164726610455462noreply@blogger.com