Comments on: Outpost on the Wild Frontier http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/07/outpost-on-the-wild-frontier.html Looking for the 1st century Church in 21st century America Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:05:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Dan Edelen http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/07/outpost-on-the-wild-frontier.html#comment-28739 Dan Edelen Tue, 24 Jul 2007 04:48:43 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/07/outpost-on-the-wild-frontier.html#comment-28739 Wyeth, Oops! Wyeth,

Oops!

]]> By: Cheryl http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/07/outpost-on-the-wild-frontier.html#comment-28731 Cheryl Mon, 23 Jul 2007 22:01:08 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/07/outpost-on-the-wild-frontier.html#comment-28731 I lived and worked in rural Alaska for a time. Attended a christian college, I had a definite culture shock when I returned to NYS. Outhouses,sleddogs yapping in the neighborhood,riding a snowmachine or skiing to school was the norm. I remember shopping in malls and cable TV when I returned. All my friends were still drinking and drugging .the same as when I left. I remember an evangelist encouraged us to practice " living like a missionary". I have never forgotten that. I had no TV for 11 years and don't have cable now. If I could live in levis,clogs and a chunky sweater ,short hair I would be happy as a lark! I think as Christ followers we all could live alot more simply than we do. I never saw a hearse pulling a U -haul. Materilaism is a problem for american christians No doubt about it If riches increase were not to set our heart on them right? I liked you article and understood what you are saying. You can be poor and have everything. It is hard for the rich to enter the kingdom ... I lived and worked in rural Alaska for a time. Attended a christian college, I had a definite culture shock when I returned to NYS. Outhouses,sleddogs yapping in the neighborhood,riding a snowmachine or skiing to school was the norm.

I remember shopping in malls and cable TV when I returned. All my friends were still drinking and drugging .the same as when I left.

I remember an evangelist encouraged us to practice ” living like a missionary”. I have never forgotten that. I had no TV for 11 years and don’t have cable now. If I could live in levis,clogs and a chunky sweater ,short hair I would be happy as a lark!
I think as Christ followers we all could live alot more simply than we do. I never saw a hearse pulling a U -haul. Materilaism is a problem for american christians No doubt about it If riches increase were not to set our heart on them right?

I liked you article and understood what you are saying.

You can be poor and have everything. It is hard for the rich to enter the kingdom …

]]> By: Wyeth Duncan http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/07/outpost-on-the-wild-frontier.html#comment-28723 Wyeth Duncan Mon, 23 Jul 2007 16:29:34 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/07/outpost-on-the-wild-frontier.html#comment-28723 As an avid TV watcher way back in the day, I have to correct you: In Green Acres, the Lisa Douglas character was played by the late Eva Gabor, not her sister, Zsa Zsa. :-) As an avid TV watcher way back in the day, I have to correct you: In Green Acres, the Lisa Douglas character was played by the late Eva Gabor, not her sister, Zsa Zsa.

:-)

]]> By: Nathanael http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/07/outpost-on-the-wild-frontier.html#comment-28714 Nathanael Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:55:15 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/07/outpost-on-the-wild-frontier.html#comment-28714 mmm...yet another good word. The part that resonated most with me was, "...And most of all, she [Zsa Zsa] understands that the frontier kicked out all her supports. Who was there to catch her? Jesus Christ..." Our Lord has been kicking out my supports recently. And as annoying as that may be sometimes, it forces me to fall into Christ. I am the most uncertain now of anything ministry-related than I've ever been. And yet, I am the most at peace because I know that it is my God who has called into His ministry. I know that He's got this thing. I know that He loves me and wants the best for me. (His best...not my warped perception of "best") I want what He wants for me. I don't want anything He does not want me to have. I want Him. mmm…yet another good word.

The part that resonated most with me was, “…And most of all, she [Zsa Zsa] understands that the frontier kicked out all her supports. Who was there to catch her? Jesus Christ…”

Our Lord has been kicking out my supports recently. And as annoying as that may be sometimes, it forces me to fall into Christ. I am the most uncertain now of anything ministry-related than I’ve ever been. And yet, I am the most at peace because I know that it is my God who has called into His ministry. I know that He’s got this thing. I know that He loves me and wants the best for me. (His best…not my warped perception of “best”)

I want what He wants for me.
I don’t want anything He does not want me to have.

I want Him.

]]> By: Karen in Wichita http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/07/outpost-on-the-wild-frontier.html#comment-28713 Karen in Wichita Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:52:39 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/07/outpost-on-the-wild-frontier.html#comment-28713 I'm with Bene up yonder... the metaphor was expressed a little too literally, because my first impresssion was "Why is the country more spiritual than the city?" And I say that as someone already living in Wichita (which already gives some people _Green Acres_ mental images) and about to move out to the outskirts of a small Mennonite town nearby. I’m with Bene up yonder… the metaphor was expressed a little too literally, because my first impresssion was “Why is the country more spiritual than the city?”

And I say that as someone already living in Wichita (which already gives some people _Green Acres_ mental images) and about to move out to the outskirts of a small Mennonite town nearby.

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