http://www.day12church.com/2010/01/what-ive-learned-about-church-part-viii/ don't wander. enter in. Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:21:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.day12church.com/2010/01/what-ive-learned-about-church-part-viii/comment-page-1/#comment-43 Brian Mon, 18 Jan 2010 05:51:08 +0000 http://www.day12church.com/?p=315#comment-43 brent...thanks for stopping by. glad the post spoke to you. sorry for the tardy reply, btw...been moving since returning from nyc on wednesday! brent…thanks for stopping by. glad the post spoke to you. sorry for the tardy reply, btw…been moving since returning from nyc on wednesday!

]]> http://www.day12church.com/2010/01/what-ive-learned-about-church-part-viii/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Brent Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:23:23 +0000 http://www.day12church.com/?p=315#comment-41 wow!! Good Stuff. wow!! Good Stuff.

]]> http://www.day12church.com/2010/01/what-ive-learned-about-church-part-viii/comment-page-1/#comment-40 Brian Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:49:35 +0000 http://www.day12church.com/?p=315#comment-40 joy...agree that living the Gospel, namely putting others before self, is very difficult. Yet Jesus says the burden is light...and it is, because there is nothing we have to do to earn His love. The is nothing we need to "know" to know His love. joy…agree that living the Gospel, namely putting others before self, is very difficult. Yet Jesus says the burden is light…and it is, because there is nothing we have to do to earn His love. The is nothing we need to “know” to know His love.

]]> http://www.day12church.com/2010/01/what-ive-learned-about-church-part-viii/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Joy Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:20:15 +0000 http://www.day12church.com/?p=315#comment-39 As I read the Gospel accounts...I am fascinated by what I missed for so many years. I am not negating the writings of Paul...but...somehow they have completely overshadowed the life and teachings and ministry of Jesus. Which for me, is a huge part of the good news. I think Jesus thought so as well. (o: I especially have been challenged by what the authors of those synoptic books as well as Jesus himself said in regards to 'the good news'. While it is arguably true the Gospel isn't about 'just' being moral...it never was about easy 'beliefism' either. There was certainly never a 'prayer' attached that by saying it made ione either 'in' or 'out' as we so often practice today. It seems to me (at least in my limited 35 year experience as a follower of Jesus)that there is an incompleteness as to what we now defend and sell as the gospel or good news of Jesus. It so simple and yet truly living the gospel is one of the most difficult things I have ever done. As I read the Gospel accounts…I am fascinated by what I missed for so many years. I am not negating the writings of Paul…but…somehow they have completely overshadowed the life and teachings and ministry of Jesus. Which for me, is a huge part of the good news. I think Jesus thought so as well. (o:
I especially have been challenged by what the authors of those synoptic books as well as Jesus himself said in regards to ‘the good news’. While it is arguably true the Gospel isn’t about ‘just’ being moral…it never was about easy ‘beliefism’ either. There was certainly never a ‘prayer’ attached that by saying it made ione either ‘in’ or ‘out’ as we so often practice today.
It seems to me (at least in my limited 35 year experience as a follower of Jesus)that there is an incompleteness as to what we now defend and sell as the gospel or good news of Jesus. It so simple and yet truly living the gospel is one of the most difficult things I have ever done.

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