Comments for Ebenezer Stone http://ebenezerstone.org A collection of observations and memories Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:26:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Inconvenience by Brighteyes http://ebenezerstone.org/2006/08/24/inconvenience/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Brighteyes Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:26:04 +0000 http://www.ebenezerstone.org/2006/08/24/inconvenience/#comment-58 ~~~~~~~~~~ very puzzled but :^) ~~~~~~~~~~ very puzzled but :^)

]]> Comment on Inconvenience by Mike http://ebenezerstone.org/2006/08/24/inconvenience/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Mike Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:17:44 +0000 http://www.ebenezerstone.org/2006/08/24/inconvenience/#comment-57 My disagreement is not with the idea of a higher standard (which I prefer to think less in terms "high standards" and more in terms of "following Jesus"... who was thought of by some in His day to have an offensively low standard). Jesus calls us to practice and teach the sermon on the mount. The letters of the apostles are also filled with teaching on the characteristics that should identify those who follow Jesus (Galatians 5 and I John 4 come immediately to mind). My disagreement is in the area of emphasis and tone. I realize that the nature of blogs enable an oddly emboldening venue for communication between strangers. You don't know who I am, yet you've taken the liberty to speak candidly into my life as well as put a question mark by my faith. I cherish those moments when my friends speak words of "encouraging discipline" to me in love. But when they come from a stranger, I only sense a spirit of casual, indifferent judgment. In closing, I had no intention to use offensive language, and rest assured that when we meet on the other side of the Jordan, I will do my best never to use that expression in your presence. My disagreement is not with the idea of a higher standard (which I prefer to think less in terms “high standards” and more in terms of “following Jesus”… who was thought of by some in His day to have an offensively low standard).

Jesus calls us to practice and teach the sermon on the mount. The letters of the apostles are also filled with teaching on the characteristics that should identify those who follow Jesus (Galatians 5 and I John 4 come immediately to mind).

My disagreement is in the area of emphasis and tone. I realize that the nature of blogs enable an oddly emboldening venue for communication between strangers. You don’t know who I am, yet you’ve taken the liberty to speak candidly into my life as well as put a question mark by my faith. I cherish those moments when my friends speak words of “encouraging discipline” to me in love. But when they come from a stranger, I only sense a spirit of casual, indifferent judgment.

In closing, I had no intention to use offensive language, and rest assured that when we meet on the other side of the Jordan, I will do my best never to use that expression in your presence.

]]> Comment on Inconvenience by Brighteyes http://ebenezerstone.org/2006/08/24/inconvenience/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Brighteyes Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:42:59 +0000 http://www.ebenezerstone.org/2006/08/24/inconvenience/#comment-56 mmmmmmmmmm so u don't think we should hold ourselves to a higher standard [our speech, our actions, etc] than the ungodly world around us? I hope u will be convicted about that..the lost and seeking out there need to see something different in us. mmmmmmmmmm so u don’t think we should hold ourselves to a higher standard [our speech, our actions, etc] than the ungodly world around us?

I hope u will be convicted about that..the lost and seeking out there need to see something different in us.

]]> Comment on Inconvenience by Mike http://ebenezerstone.org/2006/08/24/inconvenience/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Mike Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:15:43 +0000 http://www.ebenezerstone.org/2006/08/24/inconvenience/#comment-55 Wow. I guess I appreciate your effort to admonish a stranger in light a higher standard of verbal purity, but I have to say that I disagree with you. Sorry. Wow. I guess I appreciate your effort to admonish a stranger in light a higher standard of verbal purity, but I have to say that I disagree with you. Sorry.

]]> Comment on Inconvenience by Brighteyes http://ebenezerstone.org/2006/08/24/inconvenience/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Brighteyes Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:27:57 +0000 http://www.ebenezerstone.org/2006/08/24/inconvenience/#comment-54 Just accidentally landed in the middle of your thoughts while searching "ebenezer stone]..enjoying 'amazing Grace' then on to "Inconvenience" Your point, good intentions, etc was Totally Lost when you [a Christian?] used the 'common' phrase "P O'd" no, I won't spell it out. This is one of the places we who wear the badge saying "Christian" lose people and blend into the crowd of Ungodliness around us..when we take on their language [& other things} They see no difference in Us & them..why should listen to what we are all about? I hope u appreciate the Challenge to a higher standard :^) Just accidentally landed in the middle of your thoughts while searching “ebenezer stone]..enjoying ‘amazing Grace’ then on to “Inconvenience”

Your point, good intentions, etc was Totally Lost when you [a Christian?] used the ‘common’ phrase “P O’d” no, I won’t spell it out. This is one of the places we who wear the badge saying “Christian” lose people and blend into the crowd of Ungodliness around us..when we take on their language [& other things} They see no difference in Us & them..why should listen to what we are all about?

I hope u appreciate the Challenge to a higher standard :^)

]]> Comment on Amazing Grace by Kim http://ebenezerstone.org/2006/10/30/amazing-grace/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Kim Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:44:33 +0000 http://www.ebenezerstone.org/2006/10/30/amazing-grace/#comment-61 Ah, a sweet sound indeed. Ah, a sweet sound indeed.

]]> Comment on Inconvenience by Mike http://ebenezerstone.org/2006/08/24/inconvenience/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Mike Thu, 24 Aug 2006 18:32:11 +0000 http://www.ebenezerstone.org/2006/08/24/inconvenience/#comment-53 NP. NP.

]]> Comment on Inconvenience by Darren Allen http://ebenezerstone.org/2006/08/24/inconvenience/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Darren Allen Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:48:44 +0000 http://www.ebenezerstone.org/2006/08/24/inconvenience/#comment-52 Yeah... I was a little out of hand. Entirely to drunk for that early in the day. The part you missed, was upon entering the store, I was singing (at what I thought was my inside voice) "I Love You, You Love Me" by that winsom sage, Barney. It soon became apparent that no love was to be had that day. Anyway, thanks again for cooling me off with your 32 oz. beverage. Yeah… I was a little out of hand. Entirely to drunk for that early in the day. The part you missed, was upon entering the store, I was singing (at what I thought was my inside voice) “I Love You, You Love Me” by that winsom sage, Barney. It soon became apparent that no love was to be had that day. Anyway, thanks again for cooling me off with your 32 oz. beverage.

]]> Comment on A List for Rick Bennett (and friends) by Mike http://ebenezerstone.org/2006/08/24/a-list-for-rick-bennett-and-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Mike Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:06:55 +0000 http://www.ebenezerstone.org/2006/08/24/a-list-for-rick-bennett-and-friends/#comment-51 Hey Stephen. Nice to see someone else taking a stand against the candied, purple beast! Thx for the article. Hey Stephen. Nice to see someone else taking a stand against the candied, purple beast! Thx for the article.

]]> Comment on A List for Rick Bennett (and friends) by Stephen Caudill http://ebenezerstone.org/2006/08/24/a-list-for-rick-bennett-and-friends/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Stephen Caudill Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:32:12 +0000 http://www.ebenezerstone.org/2006/08/24/a-list-for-rick-bennett-and-friends/#comment-50 Don't worry, Barney will be getting his soon enough: http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_08.php#004884 cheers and good to see you writing :) Don’t worry, Barney will be getting his soon enough:

http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_08.php#004884

cheers and good to see you writing :)

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