Comments on: A Long Obedience in the Same Direction http://ceruleansanctum.com/2005/08/long-obedience-in-same-direction.html Looking for the 1st century Church in 21st century America Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:02:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Cerulean Sanctum » Testimony Tuesday at Cerulean Sanctum http://ceruleansanctum.com/2005/08/long-obedience-in-same-direction.html#comment-25832 Cerulean Sanctum » Testimony Tuesday at Cerulean Sanctum Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:02:10 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=100#comment-25832 [...] The Godblogosphere’s Powers That Be elected today “Testimony Tuesday,” so I thought I better fall in line lest I be numbered among the transgressors. As someone of whom it was once said, “He’s got the worst testimony I’ve ever heard,” don’t expect a whole lot. For the curious, that notorious testimony can be found here. [...] [...] The Godblogosphere’s Powers That Be elected today “Testimony Tuesday,” so I thought I better fall in line lest I be numbered among the transgressors. As someone of whom it was once said, “He’s got the worst testimony I’ve ever heard,” don’t expect a whole lot. For the curious, that notorious testimony can be found here. [...]

]]> By: Cerulean Sanctum » A Look Back at “Judgmental Christians…” http://ceruleansanctum.com/2005/08/long-obedience-in-same-direction.html#comment-3430 Cerulean Sanctum » A Look Back at “Judgmental Christians…” Fri, 19 May 2006 07:10:06 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=100#comment-3430 [...] A Long Obedience in the Same Direction is a cautionary tale of judging God's timetable in working out His perfect will in other believers' lives. [...] [...] A Long Obedience in the Same Direction is a cautionary tale of judging God's timetable in working out His perfect will in other believers' lives. [...]

]]> By: halfpastjack http://ceruleansanctum.com/2005/08/long-obedience-in-same-direction.html#comment-570 halfpastjack Sat, 27 Aug 2005 04:22:00 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=100#comment-570 Dan, I applaud your testimony X 100. It is the testimony I and God(Malachi 2:15) want for my kids. We do not need to explore the depth of sin to find our need for God. Dan,
I applaud your testimony X 100. It is the testimony I and God(Malachi 2:15) want for my kids. We do not need to explore the depth of sin to find our need for God.

]]> By: Paula http://ceruleansanctum.com/2005/08/long-obedience-in-same-direction.html#comment-569 Paula Sat, 27 Aug 2005 03:43:00 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=100#comment-569 When Jesus met a rich young man who wanted to follow him, the young man was able to say he had followed since he was a boy all the commandments Jesus mentioned. But when Jesus told him he lacked one thing and that was to give up his riches, the man went away sad. Indeed, "testimonies" aren't always a matter of "keeping commandments." For better or worse, God looks into our hearts where people don't see. He sees where our treasure lies. Dan, just before I came over here, I said to myself, "I'll go over to CS and see what Dan has up. I haven't been over in a few days." Then I was going to log off and write my post for tomorrow. You are so close to what I wanted to write. Thanks for sharing this. God bless. When Jesus met a rich young man who wanted to follow him, the young man was able to say he had followed since he was a boy all the commandments Jesus mentioned. But when Jesus told him he lacked one thing and that was to give up his riches, the man went away sad. Indeed, “testimonies” aren’t always a matter of “keeping commandments.” For better or worse, God looks into our hearts where people don’t see. He sees where our treasure lies.

Dan, just before I came over here, I said to myself, “I’ll go over to CS and see what Dan has up. I haven’t been over in a few days.” Then I was going to log off and write my post for tomorrow. You are so close to what I wanted to write. Thanks for sharing this. God bless.

]]> By: Colleen http://ceruleansanctum.com/2005/08/long-obedience-in-same-direction.html#comment-568 Colleen Sat, 27 Aug 2005 01:42:00 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/?p=100#comment-568 It was the sixties. Jeans, long hair, flannel shirts; I couldn't find my own son in a group of these 20-something people if his back was turned. They all looked alike. But they weren't alike at all. The leader of the church-in-the-park told my son he couldn't give a testimony. Forbade him. He had lived in a missionary family all his life. He hadn't taken drugs, never had a drink, even wine, and had never harmed anybody. But he loved God. My son was crushed. He went out and made himself a testimony. He drank, smoked pot, read the IChing, (chinese occult stuff), studied Buddhism, meditated while on drugs, drove under the influence. But by then he didn't want to testify because he had told God to get lost. God was ruining his life. He held a series of excellent jobs because of his advanced degrees, married, had two little boys. At age 48, he came back to faith in God. Then, he had a "testimony." Eight months later, he died of cancer at age 49. The last song he wrote contained these words, "My soul longs for You..." It was the sixties. Jeans, long hair, flannel shirts; I couldn’t find my own son in a group of these 20-something people if his back was turned. They all looked alike. But they weren’t alike at all. The leader of the church-in-the-park told my son he couldn’t give a testimony. Forbade him. He had lived in a missionary family all his life. He hadn’t taken drugs, never had a drink, even wine, and had never harmed anybody. But he loved God. My son was crushed. He went out and made himself a testimony. He drank, smoked pot, read the IChing, (chinese occult stuff), studied Buddhism, meditated while on drugs, drove under the influence. But by then he didn’t want to testify because he had told God to get lost. God was ruining his life. He held a series of excellent jobs because of his advanced degrees, married, had two little boys. At age 48, he came back to faith in God. Then, he had a “testimony.” Eight months later, he died of cancer at age 49. The last song he wrote contained these words, “My soul longs for You…”

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