Comments on: 2 Questions for Examining Our Spiritual Condition

By: Ruth

Ruth — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:51:20 +0000

Thank you, Daniel! I greatly appreciate your prayers.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:54:43 +0000

Good stuff. I’ve asked the question often, “Is the Bible true? Why?” It’s really interesting the answers you’d get. Even from learned folks. Try it to your classmates.

Question 2 is interesting. In Acts 2, at the end, it says that others were filled with awe daily, and that people were being saved daly. I know this is largely due to the fact that God was establishing the Church. But this must have been quite attractive to non-believers.

By: Daniel C. Wilson

Daniel C. Wilson — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:29:54 +0000

I will be praying, especially that “according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your heart through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”
Filled with grace, not guilt.

By: Daniel C. Wilson

Daniel C. Wilson — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:22:42 +0000

Amen, particularly to that last line – Our Lord is gracious to fan the ember to blaze again.

Maybe I should start putting quotes or other things hidden away in the image captions.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:18:13 +0000

Thank you for sharing these questions, Daniel. I know I can always find a challenge here; I will be thinking about these and working on answering them in my journal. And speaking of challenges, I’ve just been watching the “Bravehearted Thot” videos put out by Ellerslie School of Honor… some very powerful, heartwrenching, and convicting stuff. (http://www.ellerslie.com/Bravehearted_Thots.html)

I’ve run into so many challenges concentrated in the past few days that seem to confirm that I’m on the right track but that are heightening my sense that it’s time to be going deeper and doing more. I’m wondering and praying about what that is…as always, I’d appreciate your prayers, brother!

By: al

al — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:36:45 +0000

I love that when I pass my cursor over the photo accompanying this post, a caption appears: “Light Bulb of Thought.” What amuses me is that the filament glows quite dimly, which seems appropriate to the idea that we may not be aware of why we do the things we do pertaining to our professed faith… Do I coast like a dead leaf upon the stream of time, or swim upstream in the river of Life, seeking its Source at the Tree of Life which is Jesus Christ our Lord? Idle floaters would be dim bulbs; smoking flax barely a moment short of whiffing out completely. But our Lord is gracious to fan that ember to blaze againf, if we will but seek for Him to do so…

By: Daniel C. Wilson

Daniel C. Wilson — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:48:29 +0000

Great point, I missed that connection. Makes sense though…if seminary is divorced from “real life,” then it can be just as useless as environmental faith in other contexts.

By: Don

Don — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:02:05 +0000

The second question fits in well with the “Why Seminary?” conversation on Twitter right now. Good question(s). I feel weird saying that because one of them is mine….