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Recent content by GraceSeeker

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    It's Been A Long Time

    Hello everyone, It's been a long time since I was last here. Years in fact. Not sure why I disappeared, and don't know whether or not this is going to be a one-time post or a return. But, I came upon this forum today and had fond memories of my time here, so I thought I would drop in again...
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    Long time no see.....

    Talk about resurrecting an old thread. I see that it has once again been a year since I last posted. 369 days in fact. Life has certainly changed for me. My D.S. called me in to the conference office and told me that she had decided that I should seek early retirement effective December 31...
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    Catholic vs. Protestant – why is there so much animosity?"

    Wow!! 36 pages of responses. You must have hit a nerve. I confess I can't read them all, so I haven't. And it wouldn't surprise me if few get so far as to read my response, but here it is anyway. No doubt in a forum like this you're going to find lots of people willing to take the bait and...
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    How do people who are "unconditionally loved" end up in hell?

    I'll answer this question with a question, how could a loving God condemn people who have rejected him and his love to be forced to spend all of eternity in his presence?
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    Religion can take a hike

    Christ didn't even give us a relationship, he didn't give us anything other than a way to be connected with the Father. And the Father gave us Christ as the means for that connection (and sealed it with his Spirit), so it is the Father who has given the relationship even. However, I do think...
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    Uniting Methodist Movement

    Well, I could find how to leave you a message on your profile, but not a private message. However, I also found you on Facebook and left a PM for you there.
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    Religion can take a hike

    There is plenty of divisive theology based on scripture as well. Whenever two different people read scripture and see in it two different things or believe it is meant to be applied in two different ways there is the potential for divisive theology. Of course we could all try to love one...
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    Long time no see.....

    So, how is everyone. After years if posting on CF and in the WP almost daily, I suspect it's been a year or more since I've been here. I still see a few familiar names, and some that will have no idea who I am. But, I just thought I would stop back by to say "Hi!" to those who are still...
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    Uniting Methodist Movement

    Me too. Are you driving or flying and where are you staying? I'm driving (going to be a late night) and am staying at the Westin Peachtree Plaza. Love to have a chance to meet you in person.
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    Religion can take a hike

    I always laugh a little bit to my self when I read a statement of this nature. W2L, don't you understand that "Jesus however, and love, these make me joyful" is itself a theological statement. Theology is nothing more or less than conversation about God. So, you too, my friend, are just as...
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    Why Is It Acceptable for Christians to Dress Like Slobs to Church?

    Whether or not one is dressing like a slob is a matter of opinion, a corollary related to the concept that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Might I suggest if one's eye was focused more on the worship God than the appearance of one's neighbor, this question wouldn't even come up.
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    Which comes first, the theology or the hymnody?

    Interesting, you're the second person today to share with me the concept of an incarnational view of the atonement.
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    Regarding the theology of our hymnody...

    Good stuff, Rawtheran. Thanks!
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    Which comes first, the theology or the hymnody?

    Thank-you for taking the time to reply with your favorite hymn. Can you now answer the rest of the question, please: What view(s) of the atonement do you understand it to present?