Comments on: Reality http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/09/19/reality/ Bible Blog - Growing Closer to God through the Scriptures Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:27:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Nathan Stitt http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/09/19/reality/comment-page-1/#comment-2078 Nathan Stitt Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:49:43 +0000 http://www.scripturezealot.com/?p=773#comment-2078 This past week I listened to 1 & 2 Cor during my commute. I was really challenged by them and I'm thinking of listening through them both again. This past week I listened to 1 & 2 Cor during my commute. I was really challenged by them and I’m thinking of listening through them both again.

]]> By: Scripture Zealot http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/09/19/reality/comment-page-1/#comment-2051 Scripture Zealot Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:07:23 +0000 http://www.scripturezealot.com/?p=773#comment-2051 Not very seeker sensitive is it? It's interesting how Paul speaks about the thing so foolish to the Greeks, a man dying and apparently defeated on a cross, as a message which becomes the power of God to save. <br /><br />It seems that Jesus and Paul wanted to make sure it was through the power of the Holy Spirit that people were drawn to Him, not through "eloquent words of wisdom" which could start people out on rocky soil if they didn't truly believe and only made an intellectual decision because it sounded good.<br />Jeff Not very seeker sensitive is it? It’s interesting how Paul speaks about the thing so foolish to the Greeks, a man dying and apparently defeated on a cross, as a message which becomes the power of God to save.

It seems that Jesus and Paul wanted to make sure it was through the power of the Holy Spirit that people were drawn to Him, not through “eloquent words of wisdom” which could start people out on rocky soil if they didn’t truly believe and only made an intellectual decision because it sounded good.
Jeff

]]> By: Robert Jimenez http://www.scripturezealot.com/2008/09/19/reality/comment-page-1/#comment-2049 Robert Jimenez Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:19:52 +0000 http://www.scripturezealot.com/?p=773#comment-2049 Jeff, I too ponder on those verses.  "For to those who are perishing the message of the cross is foolishness" This verse really makes me wonder. Jeff, I too ponder on those verses.  “For to those who are perishing the message of the cross is foolishness” This verse really makes me wonder.

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