Fallen and Flawed

Amen and Amen. Good post. Been reading a while.. I enjoy this blog.

Thank you Julie!

Powerful stuff. Straight to the point and so full of truth. Thank you!

Whew! Sounds like you really needed to get that off your chest Demian! Especially after the recent mind-melds with atheists. Thanks for sharing!

wow… you just keep them coming! Excellent…. as usual…

Demian,
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This post is so heartfelt… heart first, head second. Rather unlike you, but truly resonates with me.
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You asked what it is that I return to. It’s the fact that God sought me out before I sought Him. That “While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
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I continually come back to the fact that He called me. Predestined. Foreknew. Justified. Glorified.
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I’m often asking Him if He’s sure He got the right guy. But nevertheless He called me. Nothing else really matters after that.
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P.S. Sorry I’ve been absent for the last several posts. Sometimes it harder than others for me to engage, particularly as I try not to do so lightly. This last week or so has been one of those harder ones.
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Keep up the great work. It’s good for my heart and head!

Prosetry!
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This post moved me to coin a word to describe such prose as cries out impossibly to be set to symphonic expression; which turns one’s soul ablaze or aglow with appreciation and desire. This is such speech as moved Peter to say, “It is good that we are here; let me pitch tents so we can stay awhile.”
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Yes, let us [we must] return all the day and night long to the simplicity of the Good News of Jesus Christ– such that a child can effortlessly embrace, but which breaks the teeth of the proud and haughty over whom Jesus weeps for their hardheartedness, while we who believe shake our heads in wonder that our own hard hearts have not kept us from receiving God’s grace extended to us in His Son.
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Prosetry.
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Thank you, Brother!

Matthew: You could tell?
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Richard: I always look forward to your replies…so I am sad when there’s a minor drought…but I understand.
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Al and everyone else who’s shared kind words: I can not tell you how much your support and encouragement means. I love to hear from you. It fans the flame. So thank you. Thank you very much, indeed!
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[Al, I owe you a special thanks for the overstated pitching-a-tent compliment...truly, I am in over my head and nothing more than a broken man in the hands of a merciful God. Thank you, friend.]

…a broken man in the hands of a merciful God.

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…sounds very much like my Lord and Savior. There’s no one from whom I’d rather hear.

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The gospel in 10 words or less:

Fallen, picked up, given new life in Messiah Yeshua.

Gospel in 10 words:
“Jesus died on the cross, and rose from the dead.”

Just stumbled across your blog… I’m so grateful. You have the amazing ability to communicate and I am so thankful you do so for the Lord. I am an English teacher and writer myself who is constantly drawn to people of various religious backgrounds. I love to speak the power of the gospel to people, there is nothing greater. I will be a frequent reader now that I have found you. May the Lord give you greater vision and more power at your computer.

Thank you, Amanda. I’m honored by your kind words. And appreciate your prayer and support. I look forward to talking to you again.

The Gospel = God’s Creation – Satan’s Deception – Christ’s Substitution – Our Restoration

Some who preach say we should come to Christ to get peace in our hearts while you rightly state the gospel says we need to make peace with God. We are the ones who caused the seperation and, since Christ has done everything for salvation, He eagerly awaits our return.