Changed treatment of each other

A question about being forgotten

Ian Johnson August 20, 2024 0 Comments

Many times it seems to me that people have decided to treat me as non-existent. How should I love them?

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About “Turn, Turn, Turn” by “The Byrds”

Ian Johnson August 20, 2024 0 Comments

This is my fear and my hope. There is a time to dance, although I could never dance. There is a time to hug each other. There is a time for peace. There is a time to love. Will that time come during my lifetime? I do not know.

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God highly values reconciliation

Ian Johnson August 16, 2024 0 Comments

God values conciliation very much. And the responsibility is mine, not yours. I can’t serve God while I know that you hold something against me.

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The Fruit of Righteousness and the Fruit of the Spirit

Ian Johnson December 8, 2022 3 Comments

When Jesus says that he has chosen us to bear fruit that will last, the fruit he has in mind is the fruit of the Spirit–that is, the work the Holy Spirit does within us as we yield to him to make us like Christ. It is not our work, our “fruits,” at all–it is all his work.

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Anger

Ian Johnson October 12, 2022 0 Comments

I write this post to myself. I was once a very angry man. But I believed I now had anger under control. More recently, I’m not so sure. Manipulative people and manipulative institutions both deliberately goad the anger of those they want to control–anger is a great motivator. The media, celebrities, politicians, organizations and advertisers do the same thing. Other people, though, habitually but unconsciously manipulate by continually rehearsing their angry reveries for others to hear, wishing either to bring their hearers into their angry world or to intimidate by fear of what they might do in anger. And I am weak to all of these ploys. So I present the following study, which consists only of quotations from Scripture about human anger, its causes and antidote.

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A Few Comments on the Overall Process

Ian Johnson August 21, 2022 0 Comments

Most of the currents of modern Western history can ultimately be traced to the well-meaning decisions of Christian leaders in the early centuries to seek political sponsorship. This led to the inversion of the Gospel message, forced exile of “heretics,” the rise of Islam through the influence of exiled “heretics,” and most of the subsequent upheavals in the Western world.

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Godly sorrow and repentance which leads to salvation, 2 Corinthians 7:8-10

Ian Johnson March 27, 2022 2 Comments

In Corinth, Godly sorrow over a letter Paul regretted writing led the members of the church to a zeal to put away their sins which is the definition of repentance. After that repentance, they were told to accept back among themselves even those who had lapsed into the “worst” sins, but had repented.

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Paul’s sermon at Pisidian Antioch places repentance in John the Baptist’s message, Acts 13:24

Ian Johnson February 13, 2022 1 Comment

Paul’s use of the word “repentance” in Antioch in Pisidia did not directly connect it with obedience. However, his references to the preaching of John the Baptist and to the contrast between Kings Saul and David implied this connection.

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“Repent and be Baptized,” in Acts 2:38

Ian Johnson October 24, 2021 1 Comment

After Peter preached his first sermon, on the day of Pentecost, his hearers asked “what must we do to be saved?” His answer was “repent and be baptized.” Those who believed his message repented by giving up their claims of self-ownership and self-reliance and starting to live in community with each other, sharing freely as any had need.

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Repentance in the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, Luke 16:19-31

Ian Johnson October 3, 2021 1 Comment

Like the rich man who ignored the needs of poor Lazarus in the parable, those who self-indulgently use their wealth and are indifferent to the needs of the poor need to repent. But, because they are accustomed to ignoring God, most have rendered themselves incapable of repentance–even if someone rises from the dead to warn them (as Jesus did).

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A question about being forgotten

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About “Turn, Turn, Turn” by “The Byrds”

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The Fruit of Righteousness and the Fruit of the Spirit

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A Few Comments on the Overall Process

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Godly sorrow and repentance which leads to salvation, 2 Corinthians 7:8-10

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Paul’s sermon at Pisidian Antioch places repentance in John the Baptist’s message, Acts 13:24

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