Comments on: Quick Takes – 4/25/2009 http://www.rayfowler.org/2009/04/25/quick-takes-4-25-2009/ Thoughts on God and life from a Christian perspective Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:51:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ray Fowler http://www.rayfowler.org/2009/04/25/quick-takes-4-25-2009/#comment-7639 Ray Fowler Thu, 07 May 2009 17:21:27 +0000 http://www.rayfowler.org/?p=3462#comment-7639 <b>G</b> - I am not sure where you are coming from in your responses. You clearly have a lot of zeal for the Lord -- which is a good thing! But you also seem to have taken all three quotes and tried to find something negative about each of them rather than engage them in a positive manner. I would encourage you to take more time to try and grasp what each of these men are saying and then consider what God may be teaching you from that. Thanks for commenting, and I hope you will be back! G – I am not sure where you are coming from in your responses. You clearly have a lot of zeal for the Lord — which is a good thing! But you also seem to have taken all three quotes and tried to find something negative about each of them rather than engage them in a positive manner. I would encourage you to take more time to try and grasp what each of these men are saying and then consider what God may be teaching you from that. Thanks for commenting, and I hope you will be back!

]]> By: G http://www.rayfowler.org/2009/04/25/quick-takes-4-25-2009/#comment-7636 G Thu, 07 May 2009 15:39:19 +0000 http://www.rayfowler.org/?p=3462#comment-7636 1) God says God will win; and if you don't believe it, he will kill you; but do other folks say? Don't be stupid. The Bible also says ... that many who think they are Christians, will have been deceived; will have been following a false idea of Christ. 2) If Nagel talks of fear of Religion of God, then after all, God himself commands us to "fear" him. Nagel here isn't being weak; ironically, he is obeying one of God's commands. Christians should fear him too. "Fear the Lord" and obey him. 3) If we are not supposed to try to understand God's ways ... then why did the Bible devote most of its pages, to trying to explain them? And if their exaplanations are incoherent? "Always be prepared to give a reason for your faith." 1) God says God will win; and if you don’t believe it, he will kill you; but do other folks say? Don’t be stupid. The Bible also says … that many who think they are Christians, will have been deceived; will have been following a false idea of Christ.

2) If Nagel talks of fear of Religion of God, then after all, God himself commands us to “fear” him. Nagel here isn’t being weak; ironically, he is obeying one of God’s commands. Christians should fear him too. “Fear the Lord” and obey him.

3) If we are not supposed to try to understand God’s ways … then why did the Bible devote most of its pages, to trying to explain them? And if their exaplanations are incoherent?

“Always be prepared to give a reason for your faith.”

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