Comment highlights for week of February 6, 2011

Posted by Alan Knox on Feb 12, 2011 in comment highlights | Comments Off on Comment highlights for week of February 6, 2011

As I mentioned in the first post in this series, I want to highlight some of the comments that have been left on my blog posts during the past week. Hopefully, this will give more visibility to some of the reasons that I love blogging – dialog and interaction.

First, I want to highlight this excellent comment from Frankie at “The Gathering Lakeside” on my post “Jesus will lead you to ‘the least’.” I’m not going to copy the entire comment, but here is part of it:

first is the Gathering Lakeside. It started with me and my Bible over a cup of coffee at the lake.. i guess three years ago or more..

now it is a small congregation of mostly homeles, with a few men and woman from different churches that have passed by while we were gathered.

we gather on Saturdays so it does not interfere with us attending wherever we go on Sunday mornings…

have just recently received a complaint from a city parks dept worker about church in the park. he complained there are no more beer cans to collect due to the homeless all getting sober…

Here is another very good comment from Art at “Church Task Force” on my post “Learning from a Martial Arts Camp.” Art is answering my question concerning the purpose of discipleship:

To be conformed to His image.

I believe this happens bit by bit as we follow Him (doing), and in following Him, we come to know Him (not merely “about Him”). Following Him will bring us into contact with other followers, and into contact with the lost.

“Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

For me, the classic line describing this “action bringing His leading” comes from a servant:

Gen 24:27 “…I being in the way, the LORD led me…”

Tommy from “Christ en vous l’espérance de la gloire” (“Christ in you the hope of glory”) also left a good comment on my post “Colossians – Paul’s service for the gospel“:

it seems to me that Colossians 1:24 is a kind of “hot potatoe” for protestants/evangelicals (and I include myself in this)
I’m beginning to think that maybe Paul was saying more than “I am the servant of God”, that actually he was truly believing that he was participating in Christ work.
That sounds very heretical and “catholic” to our “reformed” ears, but this is what is written. (and we could relate it to Jesus’ words in John 17: “As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.”)

Finally, and certainly not least, Rick from “Dry Creek Chronicles” left a series of good comments on my post “Dave Black’s essay on ‘The Lord’s Supper’.” Here’s the first. You can follow the conversation from there:

How do you see this fitting together with Paul’s response to the problem of “private suppers” (1 Cor 11), which was not to share all things, but for the hungry to eat at home before coming to the assembly?