tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087443128769701074.post4677814624761171345..comments2023-05-20T08:15:32.309-07:00Comments on Somewhere in my Memory: Performance Based Acceptance SynchroblogMattityahuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05549061279827942555noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087443128769701074.post-42462259657082528842009-05-16T14:42:00.001-07:002009-05-16T14:42:00.001-07:00^edit ,I meant I feel like I am in the position yo...^edit ,I meant I feel like I am in the position you -were- at.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087443128769701074.post-17726344862850598892009-05-16T14:42:00.000-07:002009-05-16T14:42:00.000-07:00Thanks for writing this I feel like I am in the po...Thanks for writing this I feel like I am in the position you are at now....I need to go against what minds says ( it does not seem right) and jump in!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087443128769701074.post-67259340368061082772009-05-16T14:00:00.000-07:002009-05-16T14:00:00.000-07:00because I replied to Facebook first I completely m...because I replied to Facebook first I completely missed the point of you writing grace/works balance....and thought you meant balance of teaching, which may or may not be the same.<br /><br />i like when Juan carlos ortiz said "When you get to heaven they're gonna check your pulse."Chris Welch - 07000INTUNEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17932291173536070080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087443128769701074.post-11098805470478255122009-05-16T05:12:00.000-07:002009-05-16T05:12:00.000-07:00Thanks so much, Lydia. :) You're too good to me!!Thanks so much, Lydia. :) You're too good to me!!Mattityahuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05549061279827942555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087443128769701074.post-6418990214421236732009-05-15T18:44:00.000-07:002009-05-15T18:44:00.000-07:00Matt!! You rocked this post out good!! I am thinki...Matt!! You rocked this post out good!! I am thinking it's like a good portion of a chapter of a book I want to read!!!!lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01495924200222561417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087443128769701074.post-90110609700994247042009-05-13T17:10:00.000-07:002009-05-13T17:10:00.000-07:00The wrestling match was worth it. You're on the m...The wrestling match was worth it. You're on the money!<br /><br />Check out Reality Church's video link about what you wrote. This was a talk on Easter Sunday. From 25 minutes to about 32 minutes in the video you'll see what I mean.<br /><br />http://www.realitychurchhome.com/videoV2_hd.aspx?parentnavigationid=3911Steve Sileohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15678089914744414772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087443128769701074.post-37018543809678940202009-05-13T10:52:00.000-07:002009-05-13T10:52:00.000-07:00Matt, thanks for sharing, I always thought that ba...Matt, thanks for sharing, I always thought that balance was code for compromise.<br />BestLeonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13127809388107620419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087443128769701074.post-39579165851270357452009-05-13T08:45:00.000-07:002009-05-13T08:45:00.000-07:00I had no choice, Jamie! Damn was the only word tha...I had no choice, Jamie! Damn was the only word that accurately conveyed the emotion I felt when I was writing it. lol :)<br /><br />I think I'm the same way, Joel. I waited until the last minute with a recent essay I wrote in Adult Ed. My teacher said it was excellent. =D <br /><br />But you're right...It is sad. It makes me angry when I think about it...<br /><br />"Balance" is my most hated phrase in the Christianese language. It makes absolutely NO sense. How do you 'balance' two totally contrary Covenants? You CAN NOT pour new wine into old wineskins or they will BOTH be destroyed. <br /><br />As I said before, balance is this: "I'm not saying you work FOR your salvation - but you sure as hell better earn it!"<br /><br />I think we typically preach an Old Covenant 2.0 rather than an entirely New Covenant in Christ. <br /><br />It is either law or grace. There is no 'balance'.Mattityahuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05549061279827942555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087443128769701074.post-39800785803823294212009-05-13T07:58:00.000-07:002009-05-13T07:58:00.000-07:00Matthew... hehehe I gotta admit that I procrastina...Matthew... hehehe I gotta admit that I procrastinated with mine too. :) I had all the ideas in my mind, but then I kept putting it off and ended up going in sort of a different direction than I intended. That's what school was like for me too, by the way. I'd wait till the last minute to write papers. And I always got A's and B's! I 'performed' well under pressure... LOL.<br /><br />"Yes it's grace, BUT." Yep yep yep, that seems to be the story in the church today, wherever grace is taught. It's generally got conditions attached to it. And so that whole "balance" thing is prevalent.<br /><br />Like you say, it leads to a life of a cat chasing its tail, and to people seriously thinking they're insane or are heading there. That is SO SAD... that in God's <I>church</I>, which is supposedly built upon love, grace and freedom, so many people are living with church-induced schizophrenia, depression, sadness, pain, etc, etc.<br /><br />Anyway, it's been great getting to know you and the others over the past year or two, as we've shared the life of grace with each other! It's truly been a huge part of my growing in grace and freedom.Joel Bruesekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10395847887953875757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087443128769701074.post-41264604300620325842009-05-13T07:40:00.000-07:002009-05-13T07:40:00.000-07:00Ummmm, there is the leetle matter of the BAD WORD!...Ummmm, there is the leetle matter of the BAD WORD!! <br /><br />Ahahahhahahahahahahaha!!<br /><br />Love you.<br /><br />Hip Mama CatJamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16376340819465748862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087443128769701074.post-42670200564066516742009-05-12T19:04:00.000-07:002009-05-12T19:04:00.000-07:00Glad ya'll liked it. :)Glad ya'll liked it. :)Mattityahuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05549061279827942555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087443128769701074.post-73917159762466143382009-05-12T15:46:00.000-07:002009-05-12T15:46:00.000-07:00Mathew, great post! Thanks!Mathew, great post! Thanks!Bino M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02303467552834533436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2087443128769701074.post-83831839891889918772009-05-12T15:05:00.000-07:002009-05-12T15:05:00.000-07:00OH YES!!!
WONDERFUL POST, MATT!!!! :DOH YES!!!<br /><br />WONDERFUL POST, MATT!!!! :DJamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16376340819465748862noreply@blogger.com