tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post1755280669488936313..comments2023-10-19T10:34:33.030-05:00Comments on Praisegod Barebones: Meditations Upon Proverbs 1:7Bart Barberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-88239561384292442342010-03-21T16:02:33.051-05:002010-03-21T16:02:33.051-05:00I feel like a bunch of democrats are about to jump...I feel like a bunch of democrats are about to jump off that dam and take all of America with them. selahVselahVhttp://selahvtoday.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-42610688613745404512010-03-12T09:22:55.866-06:002010-03-12T09:22:55.866-06:00r. grannemann said...
To the detriment of predest...<i>r. grannemann said... <br />To the detriment of predestinationists, such feelings confirm what we understand about our freedom and our power to use it for good or evil.</i><br /><br />To the detriment of free-will-ists, reality, in contrast our feelings, confirms what we understand about the sovereignty of God and His power to use good and evil to accomplish His ends.<br /><br />:)Tom Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07843658496931624572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-30495135695025236272010-03-12T06:33:47.684-06:002010-03-12T06:33:47.684-06:00Concerning your impulse to jump off Royal Gorge Br...Concerning your impulse to jump off Royal Gorge Bridge: No, it was not because of some psychological defect within you. Most EVERYONE has similar thoughts and fears -- I've asked people. Driving down the road we might have the thought of driving off the cliff to one side, or into another car, or into a bridge. Such feeling arise NOT because we're insane, but because we recognize the powerr. grannemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06634508382376106171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-62595792254015951522010-03-11T19:41:40.998-06:002010-03-11T19:41:40.998-06:00Bart...you need to write more of these. Thanks fo...Bart...you need to write more of these. Thanks for taking me to the edge and lifting me up to meet my Creator. This is beautiful. selahVselahVhttp://selahvtoday.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-58424934433917523452010-03-10T16:33:53.800-06:002010-03-10T16:33:53.800-06:00Awesome post!Awesome post!ann claryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05493688698809167650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-27239068372356558472010-03-10T11:58:48.807-06:002010-03-10T11:58:48.807-06:00Bart,
Excellent illustrations of fear, and I think...Bart,<br />Excellent illustrations of fear, and I think you nailed it (and FDR didn't): We fear the possibility of self-destruction. We realize that that we have the capability/tendency to spurn caution and behave foolishly. Is that because we are adventure seekers, bent on expressing individuality at any cost? Some would say such an urging is the result of the Fall.<br /><br />That fear B Nettleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11840792631008943962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-31853492551589827502010-03-10T10:12:02.696-06:002010-03-10T10:12:02.696-06:00Good word Bart. It is interesting that there are ...Good word Bart. It is interesting that there are more of us who experience that strange sensation of fear of jumping from heights like that. Those who don't just don't get it and I'm not sure we who do get it either, but it's real.Scotty Karberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698293649487262793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-13886935760574833742010-03-10T08:21:08.956-06:002010-03-10T08:21:08.956-06:00I have sensed for some time that there is less fea...I have sensed for some time that there is less fear of God in our American culture. The media, I suppose, has affected this cultural attitude. The average American household has the TV on 8 hours per day. I wonder if the greater casualness in corporate worship style and dress these days is somehow related to this apparent lack of fear. Of course, hardly anyone wears a tie anywhere these days,Baptist Theologue (Mike Morris)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07474676457367164444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-58864235788791237152010-03-09T15:16:53.636-06:002010-03-09T15:16:53.636-06:00Great word, Bart, and a gentle rebuke for those wh...Great word, Bart, and a gentle rebuke for those who speak of our Creator in an overly familiar way. I have had the same experience of fearing that I would jump many times (most recently at the Grand Canyon). I have talked with others who have had the same experience. I'm sure there is a word for this sensation. Blessings.kwsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-55810851705707179612010-03-09T14:00:38.508-06:002010-03-09T14:00:38.508-06:00Hi Bart,
Thanks for the reminder, brother!
The f...Hi Bart,<br /><br />Thanks for the reminder, brother!<br /><br />The fear of God is so important to a right understanding of who He is. Proverbs 2:1-5 points the way.<br /><br />And 1 John 4:18 gives us the perfect balance in which we find certain hope. <br /><br />As His Spirit keeps me hovering between fear and perfect love I find myself in the infinite and eternal adventure. Eternal life is Jerry Corbaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11243600698760272202noreply@blogger.com