tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954704673033939964.post7389724664718961882..comments2020-03-31T05:09:52.833-05:00Comments on Part-Time Preacher, Full-Time Curmudgeon: You Are My Son... Now Go Act Like It!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16517060258057744432noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954704673033939964.post-69221109736930798872013-01-14T10:38:49.923-06:002013-01-14T10:38:49.923-06:00Happy New Year to you, too! I *love* your blog pos...Happy New Year to you, too! I *love* your blog post, by the way. I think the criteria for "belief" were very different in the first century. There doesn't appear to be a defined belief in the Virgin Birth until Luke's Gospel appeared, and who knows *what* they understood about the Trinity?<br /><br />Your blog mentioned "trust," and that's the best word i can find for it. As time went on, and Christianity spread enough to get on the Roman radar, it became apparent that saying "Jesus is Lord" meant that Caesar could NOT be Lord, which was an act of treason... so simply believing something to be true wouldn't be enough in the face of persecution, torture, and death.<br /><br />I have creeds and ancillary beliefs which guide and define my faith journey, but at its core, if there isn't trust in the risen Christ, witnessed to my through the Holy Spirit, then those creeds and beliefs are not enough to stand on.<br /><br />Thanks for reading and commenting, my friend.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16517060258057744432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2954704673033939964.post-87742842803001263972013-01-13T18:34:24.610-06:002013-01-13T18:34:24.610-06:00Happy New Year! I have a question for you...when y...Happy New Year! I have a question for you...when you say the Samaritians "believed", I always wonder, "believed what?" Growing up in church, I was taught I had to believe the correct things in order to go to heaven. Therefore, people who believed the wrong things went to hell. All of that type of understanding has been turned upside down for me--and for many it seems. Here is some more thoughts I had on belief.<br /> http://kellbell-justmythoughts.blogspot.com/2011/10/faith-vs-belief.html<br />P.S. thanks for posting your sermons again; I missed them. :)kellbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12892216026330380554noreply@blogger.com