tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928836.post114408312395480506..comments2023-08-06T06:52:33.301-05:00Comments on Tent Pegs: Jesus on TrialPatrickMeadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00741720069221746106noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928836.post-1144264024385657422006-04-05T14:07:00.000-05:002006-04-05T14:07:00.000-05:00LOve it man.. you are so refreshing. When the pend...LOve it man.. you are so refreshing. When the pendelum swung from Works to GRace... somewhere along the way.. Grace that works and is responsible got lost. Keep it up...Lovell's Lookouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04104152239449581995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928836.post-1144192282646142452006-04-04T18:11:00.000-05:002006-04-04T18:11:00.000-05:00Patrick, I am on the road and needed a boost.........Patrick, I am on the road and needed a boost......and I knew I would get it at your blog. WOW! Keeping with the theme of the baseball season getting kicked off, that was a walk-off grand slam post! That'll preach, brother. Keep bringing em. That was a high-inside fastball, and we needs those from time to time. <BR/><BR/>God bless you!<BR/><BR/>DUDavid Uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04087224962012899721noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928836.post-1144181758598773832006-04-04T15:15:00.000-05:002006-04-04T15:15:00.000-05:00Wow! I guess I never thought of that parable that...Wow! I guess I never thought of that parable that way either. Thanks for revealing something new to me.<BR/><BR/>I didn't see The Passion of the Christ movie, and I don't plan to. (Too much for my eyes and heart at this point) One of my friends joked that he didn't need to see the movie because he read the book. In my opinion, the book is always better.<BR/><BR/>I'd rather have Jesus than Caiaphas, as hard as that is sometimes.Nikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11939695756973039908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928836.post-1144171096709910962006-04-04T12:18:00.000-05:002006-04-04T12:18:00.000-05:00Renee, I meant Luke 22:70,71. Thanks for the corre...Renee, I meant Luke 22:70,71. Thanks for the correction and comment.PatrickMeadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00741720069221746106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928836.post-1144170270136800672006-04-04T12:04:00.000-05:002006-04-04T12:04:00.000-05:00I had to chew on your post for a few days. There ...I had to chew on your post for a few days. There was a lot in there! <BR/><BR/>I have only been able to watch the Passion of Christ once, it was so painful to visualize his death so graphically. Like you, I felt cheated that the movie didn't tell the whole of the story. I am thankful I wasn't dependent on Hollywood to show it to me. What is sad is that there were probably many who watched that movie that think that was all there was to the story. <BR/><BR/>The reason I know the whole story is not just in what I have read in the Bible but because others have shown it to me. They showed me Christ's story by the way they live and how they die to themselves. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the reminder that in order for me to follow the cross, for me to explain the whole story to others, I have to do the same thing, too, even in what we might call the little things. If we neglect all the little weeds others might not see the beauty of what we are tending and pass by. <BR/><BR/>In my gardens outside, I've been overwelmed pulling bunches of little weeds. It feels good to pull out a great big root and shake off the dirt but those little weeds are just plain tedious. They are hard to grab hold of, they break off at the root and come back up. They seem inconsequenial when they are so small. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes I've waited until they get bigger thinking they will be eaiser to pull later. But the abundance of lots of little weeds get away from me until before I know it they have grown into lots of big weeds and choked out the harvest. No matter how tedious, I've learned the hard way, to pick at those little weeds even if I need to use a tweaser to do it. With your reminder, I'm thinking life is very much like that. I've got to go pull some little weeds. <BR/><BR/>Luke doesn't have a verse 70,71. Were you seeing if we were paying attention?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928836.post-1144164293570536772006-04-04T10:24:00.000-05:002006-04-04T10:24:00.000-05:00Great lesson Patrick. I never heard those thoughts...Great lesson Patrick. I never heard those thoughts about the parable of the tennants before. Thanks for challenging me. I've got lots to think about!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10593292323644117795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928836.post-1144110586141837052006-04-03T19:29:00.000-05:002006-04-03T19:29:00.000-05:00Wow, very thought provoking, and convicting. Than...Wow, very thought provoking, and convicting. Thanks for making me think (I mean that).salguodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14707268782911156269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928836.post-1144108586547225332006-04-03T18:56:00.000-05:002006-04-03T18:56:00.000-05:00Glad you made it back safe and sound Patrick. Int...Glad you made it back safe and sound Patrick. Interesting story about the man that felt the Sermon on the Mount was another set of rules he couldn't keep. That thought process needs to be tuned on it's ear. Show me someone that makes the committment every day to operate their business ethically and morally, and they do something, however small it may be, to pursue Jesus everyday -- and I'll show you someone that will gladly run their business just like Jesus would - to the best of their ability of course.KentFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15085780221762105706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928836.post-1144087045032669882006-04-03T12:57:00.000-05:002006-04-03T12:57:00.000-05:00Patrick,Thank you for a very encouraging and convi...Patrick,<BR/>Thank you for a very encouraging and convicting post. It’s really good to be reminded in an honest and loving way that we need to choose to honor Jesus in/with our lives in everything everyday. <BR/>Why is dying to self so hard??!!jamie rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13161240229587198168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9928836.post-1144086313482778582006-04-03T12:45:00.000-05:002006-04-03T12:45:00.000-05:00Yes! I agree with your assessment: We cannot let h...Yes! I agree with your assessment: We cannot let his teaching die in our lives and then expect our special relationship with God to save us. <BR/><BR/>While the word is so easily written—Y.E.S., the sentiment is so much more difficult to “walk out” on a daily basis. Still, devotion to Christ’s teaching and abiding in Him as the True Vine (John 8:31, 32; 15:1-8) are, it seems, precisely what makes it possible for us to enjoy a special relationship with God. <BR/><BR/>And so, because of your prompting, my earnest prayer this day is: “O Heavenly Father, please help my life to be a reflection of your love. Help me choose your Son’s way for my life over my way of life so that I will not crucify Him all over again, thus subjecting Him, once again, to public disgrace.”Bill Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06604123892329482768noreply@blogger.com