tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post1685538620548133850..comments2024-03-01T21:01:15.174-06:00Comments on Biblical Christianity: Afterthought on the crucial nature of pastoral/Christian sufferingDJPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-69807931262530752662007-08-03T15:57:00.000-05:002007-08-03T15:57:00.000-05:00...I figured it out finally. *shew*...I figured it out finally. *shew*4givenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604421713579961024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-21938394539829139782007-07-24T15:09:00.000-05:002007-07-24T15:09:00.000-05:00Yes... he does. :-DI especially recall one instanc...Yes... he does. :-D<BR/>I especially recall one instance in which he was <B>supposed</B> to be downstairs studying for his anesthesia board exam. He had just left a comment on a Challies post... so I left a comment that said "Hi Jon... honey... husband of mine... aren't you supposed to be studying?" *snicker*<BR/><BR/>If you see a comment under his name that is not signed by me... or accompanied by an "oops... forgot to tell you this is Lisa" comment, then it is him. :-D<BR/><BR/>He reads more than comments (his favorites are Pyro and Challies)<BR/><BR/>Oh... and the only reason I leave these comments under his name is because I can't seem to access my blogger account and I am too techno-challenged to figure it out. :-/<BR/><BR/>Ummm..... this is Lisaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745048138757906197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-73559872674315667752007-07-24T08:08:00.000-05:002007-07-24T08:08:00.000-05:00So, Lisa... does Jon ever actually post comments o...So, Lisa... does Jon ever actually post comments on blogs?DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-23550406052389286542007-07-24T07:50:00.000-05:002007-07-24T07:50:00.000-05:00Excellent Dan. My husband mentioned to me that som...Excellent Dan. My husband mentioned to me that sometimes it is the participation in others suffering in which the Lord can also mightily use to conform us to Christ. I was thinking about Philippians when he said this.<BR/><BR/>Lisa @ <A HREF="http://4ever4given.com" REL="nofollow">Deo Volente</A> (Jon's wife)ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745048138757906197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-90725741190692454862007-07-22T00:06:00.000-05:002007-07-22T00:06:00.000-05:00ScarBook 7 is a winnerScar<BR/><BR/>Book 7 is a winnerDavid A. Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00465387359523299616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-49417994600917342102007-07-20T15:28:00.000-05:002007-07-20T15:28:00.000-05:00I have a private journal and in the dim and distan...I have a private journal and in the dim and distant past, before I was a blogger, I wrote it in a <EM>lot</EM>.<BR/><BR/> I read it back when I was in a happy, reasonably stress-free time of my life, and it was like reading the words of another woman. She was the woman I really want to be, and she was only in my journal because of suffering. I shall be her again one day, I hope...Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873728356115837593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-19666524866602748122007-07-19T13:09:00.000-05:002007-07-19T13:09:00.000-05:00Great post, Dan, as usual. I'm reading James Mont...Great post, Dan, as usual. I'm reading James Montgomery Boice's Commentary on Philippians, and he has a good discussion of Phil. 3:10, about the sharing of, the fellowship in, Christ's sufferings.<BR/><BR/>Boice says, among other things, that Paul "wished to stand with Christ in such an indivisible union that when the abuses and persecution that Christ suffered also fell on him, as he knew they would, he could receive them as Jesus did." As you've noted, "conformed to the image of His son"...<BR/><BR/>Thanks for another great reminder!<BR/><BR/>ScottUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05397172952048926482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-55138264304120762752007-07-19T10:39:00.000-05:002007-07-19T10:39:00.000-05:00I recall a time of suffering. I refer to it as a ...I recall a time of suffering. I refer to it as a desert walk. It was a time I was the most closest to God. I know more awaits me. Perhaps I shall pray for endurance now. Maranatha. Thanks Dan.philnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04393311811604119321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-40817021338458721752007-07-19T10:07:00.000-05:002007-07-19T10:07:00.000-05:00Thanks for this :-)Thanks for this :-)Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02288648996304246570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-34429969893395004462007-07-19T09:23:00.000-05:002007-07-19T09:23:00.000-05:00Thank you for this.I don't know how the "health an...Thank you for this.<BR/><BR/>I don't know how the "health and wealth" folks or the "prosperity gospel" crowd can even open their mouths so long as the NT has this theme running through it from one end to the other. What Bible are they reading?<BR/><BR/>it does pose something of a pastoral problem, particularly with preaching. The fear that taunts me is that I'll handle this very common theme in the Bible so as to discourage (rather than encourage) the flock, or that I'll come off like one of those stereo-typical sourpuss preachers who think that if it's fun it's also sin.<BR/><BR/>James says we should rejoice in trials. It's not always obvious how to do this, but there it is -- we should do it, not out of teeth-grinding duty, but out of sheer joy.Fr. Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05583524465037937508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9313009.post-72828571947830986382007-07-19T09:02:00.000-05:002007-07-19T09:02:00.000-05:00So suffering is not merely something we endure or ...So suffering is not merely something we endure or something by which the Lord tests, chastises, or purifies us—but <I>an essential part of our discipleship.</I> Interesting.Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.com