tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.comments2023-07-13T06:34:31.965-05:00Fear and TremblingJ. K. Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comBlogger1187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-47200172916578731102023-01-05T14:46:34.036-06:002023-01-05T14:46:34.036-06:00I don’t think there would be much difference.
I ...I don’t think there would be much difference. <br /><br />I believe that every time a non-believer gets COVID, a believer gets COVID just so the world can see the differences between them. Christians have always died well, and that is still the case. <br /><br />Besides, my prayer covers non-Christians as well. I also see that the pandemic has slowed. Maybe it all did work after all. J. K. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-56314422309338125912023-01-05T14:43:08.135-06:002023-01-05T14:43:08.135-06:00Anonymous,
Are you ever going to t ll us who you ...Anonymous,<br /><br />Are you ever going to t ll us who you are? Is this Sunny D from all those years back? If so, good to hear from you again. <br /><br />The decline of Christian profession in the West has been simultaneous with the growth of Christian profession in some of the least likely of places, such as Iran and China. The light has also come on in “Deepest, Darkest Africa.” You will J. K. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-82546374311262583852023-01-05T12:06:49.791-06:002023-01-05T12:06:49.791-06:00I wonder if we run the numbers we will see any dif...I wonder if we run the numbers we will see any difference in COVID 19 outcomes between Atheists and Believers. I mean all those prayers have to have some effect right, Right? Although with all requests for prayers from Herman Cain Award nominees I am suspecting that we will see a measurable difference between them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-11172111581485813942023-01-05T12:00:58.702-06:002023-01-05T12:00:58.702-06:00This makes me sooooo happy to read! My 14 year old...This makes me sooooo happy to read! My 14 year old comments alluded to this trend and it's nice to be see it's fulfillment. It is honestly refreshing to see that your advice as a "Christian Leader" is to double and triple down on what you've always done and increase your efforts in driving thoughtful and kind people away from your religion. It reminds me of the old jokes Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-22298360536923831712022-06-29T15:17:45.434-05:002022-06-29T15:17:45.434-05:00Please do not judge my motives.Please do not judge my motives.J. K. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-42419644350440558132022-06-29T15:14:59.203-05:002022-06-29T15:14:59.203-05:00You have obviously never studied the Christian app...You have obviously never studied the Christian approach to the Old Testament. There's plenty of material out there. <br /><br />Basically, certain OT laws are called "moral," and are still binding. The moral law is summarized in The Ten Commandments.<br /><br />Certain other OT laws are called "ceremonial," and are fulfilled in Christ. The law against getting a tattoo J. K. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-38996732553099752892022-03-21T16:52:36.156-05:002022-03-21T16:52:36.156-05:00I love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning, it s...I love the smell of hypocrisy in the morning, it smells like xtianity. <br /><br />Regardless how how you interpret various contradictory verses of the bible. You were willing (? while deliberately using a phrase indicating your disapproval) that to leave the subject of tattoos up to a person and god. But Hey since the NT is all about casting aside all the old rules and confirming and setting up Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-52766775797789856662022-03-21T16:25:53.937-05:002022-03-21T16:25:53.937-05:00"Why would my call to address concerns please..."Why would my call to address concerns please you?"<br /><br />Because your efforts are comical. Imagine misunderstanding a situation so utterly that you think increasing the activities that drive people away will bring them back. <br /><br />Please continue harnessing several dead horses together in your attempts for more power. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-61728394043092068952022-03-01T20:43:41.196-06:002022-03-01T20:43:41.196-06:00Sunny D, is that you, or do I have a new anonymous...Sunny D, is that you, or do I have a new anonymous commentator? If it is you, I hope you are doing well. <br /><br /><br />Like it or not, there are fixed moral laws that govern human behavior in this universe. What I say is not a matter of my personal likes and dislikes. There are many valid and rational reasons to think so <br /><br />Slavery has been common practice for almost all of human J. K. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-59581846605359863472022-03-01T18:38:46.291-06:002022-03-01T18:38:46.291-06:00It's always hilarious when a religious person ...It's always hilarious when a religious person opines about morality as if what they like should be freely embraced and what they don't like should be shunned. <br /><br />A brief reminder that if we were to "follow the teachings of the bible" women and children would still be property of their husbands and fathers. Slavery would still be totes OK. And, we'd be regularly Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-27470497768096623212021-10-19T20:26:57.102-05:002021-10-19T20:26:57.102-05:00Yet the fact remains that God has revealed what I ...Yet the fact remains that God has revealed what I believe concerning salvation in the Bible. Jesus Christ was a Calvinist. So was the Apostle Paul. I use what is clearly defined in the Bible in defense of my doctrine/dogma/orthodoxy. To fail to believe what God has revealed once it is understood is sin in and of itself. <br /><br />It's it time we abandon this line of argument and start J. K. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-39504070724096125192021-10-19T17:48:28.246-05:002021-10-19T17:48:28.246-05:00John, There is a big difference in a doctrinal sta...John, There is a big difference in a doctrinal statement or confession of beliefs, and a creedal statement, the latter of which some men use as a standard of what is necessary to believe to be right. When men use, as the standard for truth, other men's writings, they have strayed from the truth. Clearly, man can see revealed truth, in God's Word, but man's writings, and understandingsPhillipnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-53553360836633997032021-10-19T16:12:05.485-05:002021-10-19T16:12:05.485-05:00My religion defines orthodoxy as what the Bible sa...My religion defines orthodoxy as what the Bible says, not what culture says. Please be careful that in your comments you don't make knowledge of God and the Bible impossible. You come close to doing just that. <br /><br />As soon as you explain to me what the Bible says you have established a creed or confession. In that sense, creeds and confessions are unavoidable. You can say, for J. K. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-60759366846605989862021-10-19T11:57:33.800-05:002021-10-19T11:57:33.800-05:00John, You stated, on FB "Orthodoxy is by defi...John, You stated, on FB "Orthodoxy is by definition what the Bible teaches..."<br /><br />Webster defines orthodox as "conforming to established doctrine especially in religion" But how is that "doctrine" established?<br /><br />The Cambridge English Dictionary narrows it down to "the generally accepted beliefs of society at a particular time."<br /><br />Phillipnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-72905714174811119892020-06-28T21:00:25.993-05:002020-06-28T21:00:25.993-05:00The question is whether Old Testament prohibitions...The question is whether Old Testament prohibitions of tattoos are part of the laws that were fulfilled in the New Testament. If they are, they are no longer in force. Besides, Jesus wears a tattoo on his leg in the book of Revelation on his return to earth in judgment.<br /><br />Romans Chapter 1, Mathew Chapter 19, and 1 Corinthians Chapter 6 contain clear New Testament prohibitions for J. K. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-70269389822020693982020-06-28T20:54:11.544-05:002020-06-28T20:54:11.544-05:00Why would my call to address concerns please you?
...Why would my call to address concerns please you?<br />J. K. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-69239205629488162412020-06-24T15:03:04.194-05:002020-06-24T15:03:04.194-05:00"As to tattoos, I do not ‘have a dog in that ...<br />"As to tattoos, I do not ‘have a dog in that fight.’ I think it is a matter between a person and God...."<br /><br />Are you Gay? You don't have a dog in that fight either. LOL, there is more scripture disapproving about tattoos than there are about homosexuality but you're totes OK about it? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-45961333022177855892020-06-24T14:56:38.503-05:002020-06-24T14:56:38.503-05:00This pleases me:
" …58 percent of responde...This pleases me:<br />" …58 percent of respondents between the ages of 18 and 29, who grew up with some type of Christian background, either no longer identify as Christian or do not regularly attend church even if they still identify as Christian. <br /><br /> Nearly half of young adults who said they left the Christian church reported being active in their church during their teen Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-19013825048537084562018-11-19T15:23:50.612-06:002018-11-19T15:23:50.612-06:00This is something to be celebrated, not derided as...This is something to be celebrated, not derided as a bad thing. <br /><br /><br /><br />" The Hartford Institute of Religion Research estimates that only twenty percent of the people in the USA go to church regularly. Thom Rainer, a researcher with Lifeway Christian Resources, makes an educated guess that 8,000 to 10,000 churches in the USA close each year.<br /><br />According to Wycliffe Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-14521901267020453242017-01-10T06:13:09.715-06:002017-01-10T06:13:09.715-06:00Amen :-)Amen :-)Paul Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15227545422232659930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-26349923838688467902016-12-22T10:19:20.346-06:002016-12-22T10:19:20.346-06:00David,
I no longer find your email or profile at ...David,<br /><br />I no longer find your email or profile at the link. Are you still out there?<br /><br />I am finding that your analogies explain a few things that have always troubled me, and I would like to have further discussion.<br /><br />JKJ. K. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-24829680787899130982016-10-12T07:41:05.051-05:002016-10-12T07:41:05.051-05:00Is that you, Sunny D.? Been a long time.Is that you, Sunny D.? Been a long time.J. K. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-41905376609489920272016-10-12T01:53:45.351-05:002016-10-12T01:53:45.351-05:00Yeeesh! You said a prayer hoping to turn the USA i...Yeeesh! You said a prayer hoping to turn the USA into hell. <br />No wonder so many evangelicals are voting for the living antithesis of Jesus. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-46535153747349931782016-02-08T13:28:10.391-06:002016-02-08T13:28:10.391-06:00I had a comment on Facebook that I would like to a...I had a comment on Facebook that I would like to address here. It was basically the idea that E. T., not God designed the Earth and not God. Strictly speaking, the argument above does not prove that the Christian God designed the world we live in, but that is not the full story.<br /><br />The argument from design or purpose is part of a larger set of arguments that have to be taken together. J. K. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5392276397477014575.post-87950506922653002642016-01-23T01:50:10.369-06:002016-01-23T01:50:10.369-06:00Thanks, Antonio!
I hope your serach leads you to ...Thanks, Antonio!<br /><br />I hope your serach leads you to Jesus Christ as the only hope for your soul. I know He is th eonly hpe for mine.J. K. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329537522697826005noreply@blogger.com