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Recent content by Groundskeeper

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    Jesus as a person to serve and obey above all others

    Thank you for this conversation. It's even better than what I was hoping for.
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    Jesus as a person to serve and obey above all others

    I'm having trouble finding words for what I'm thinking, but it's that the right kinds of prayers for people in authority can help improve our ways of thinking about social issues and about all people, in ways that benefit us and everyone around us.
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    Jesus as a person to serve and obey above all others

    Wow. Thank you! That was a new and helpful idea for me also. Praying for those in authority helps us improve our attitudes and behavior in general. *If* we do it for Him.
  4. Groundskeeper

    Jesus as a person to serve and obey above all others

    Good. Thank you. But does it ever change your way of thinking about anything?
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    Jesus as a person to serve and obey above all others

    I'm curious now, is there anyone here who reads the gospels in an actual Bible sometimes, to see if there's anything in them that they don't already know? Not just searching for proof texts or verses quoted by others, but to see if there's anything in them that they don't already know, or that's...
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    Jesus as a person to serve and obey above all others

    Maybe it will help if I say more about what I believe and don't believe. Not to argue about it, but just for people to know where I'm coming from. I don't believe that Jesus took the punishment or paid a debt for the sins of all people. I do believe that His death and resurrection work in some...
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    Jesus as a person to serve and obey above all others

    No. I'm just trying to find out if there's anyone else in the world who sees what I see in the gospels, that I think Jesus wants for us most of all, that is, to recognize and accept Him as a person to serve and obey above all others, learning together to live the way He says to live. In my...
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    Jesus as a person to serve and obey above all others

    Maybe Christian Churches are encouraging people to study together and continually make conscious efforts to improve their character and capacities in accordance with the teachings of Jesus, everything that He says in the gospels about how to live our lives, but I don't remember ever seeing any...
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    Jesus as a person to serve and obey above all others

    Maybe I should try to clarify this some more. In the gospel stories, it looks to me like what Jesus wants people to know most of all is that the best life they can live, for themselves and for the world, is learning together to live the way He says to live, with conscious efforts to continually...
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    Jesus as a person to serve and obey above all others

    Apologies, that was harsh. It does grieve me, but I’m not here to complain. I just wanted to find out if Christians think and talk about the Lordship of Jesus more than I’ve seen them doing.
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    Jesus as a person to serve and obey above all others

    I never see Christians talking about Jesus as a person to serve and obey above all others, learning together to live the way He says to live. I'm wondering if that's true of most Christian evangelism, or only the parts of it that I've seen. I've been in many discussions with Christians, online...
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    Jesus as a person to serve and obey above all others

    One reason this topic is important to me is because I think that it's important for people to be aware of the authority and power of God behind what Jesus says about how to live our lives, and what I've seen Christian evangelism doing seems to me to mostly be diverting attention from that, and...