Comments on: Discussion about One of the Greatest Books of the Bible

By: Human Guides « Child Of The Stars

Human Guides « Child Of The Stars — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:56:11 +0000

[...] Discussion about One of the Greatest Books of the Bible [...]

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:05:01 +0000

@Robert: Done!

By: Robert Sutherland

Robert Sutherland — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:20:17 +0000

It’s after the 14th. Would you please take down the download?

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:14:53 +0000

@Evan: What an interesting retort to that question. Really resonates with the statement:

“Shall we accept good from God and not trouble.”

Yeah I am so psyched that on my first try I actually helped us move beyond reflection and investigation to action. I am psyched

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:11:58 +0000

@kelly: I think your view is almost exactly the one that Job had, except from the superficial impressions I have of the book, Job didn’t ever blame his problems on the devil. He always looked to God as though he had sinned and was willing to do whatever it took to purge himself of that.
Anyway hope this helped you in the midst of your soul stirring to lift your spirit even higher.

By: Evan

Evan — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 07:15:51 +0000

Hi Mwangi,

That it resulted in action is truly awesome.

Tony Compalo was interviewed on Radio National’s Law Report (an Australian radio station) when he was counselling Bill Clinton after his adultery was exposed.

The host asked him if he just wasn’t being exploited by Bill Clinton for PR purposes. Tony Compalo’s response (I paraphrase) was: if your not prepared to be betrayed don’t sign up. To the point and very thought provoking.

By: kelly

kelly — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:06:03 +0000

Finally got to it. This was a fantastic topic to have as a Bible study. As one who dismisses people on strike one, I think it’s a challenge, when you relate Job’s story to our relationships..
As for taking trials from God, I have a kind of warped thinking on this. I never really imagine that God would set out to torture me, so when I’m going through hard times, I attribute it to something I have done to anger God, or Satan is messing with me.

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:01:12 +0000

@Robert Sutherland: Thank you for sharing. I will also attach the document that you sent me and hopefully that will spark some thought in anyone reading this:

I HAD TO DELETE THIS FILE (The file is an MS Word document)

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:27:54 +0000

@Barry: Thank you for the kind words. Though of course in the spirit of honesty I must of course come clean and say I am far from born again and far from an intimate day to day walk with God. But I have always loved and admired the church and love so much being a part of the church and a lot of the teachings of the good book.

I am a huge fan of Erwin, he is part of the reason I am still in church today. I have been trying to get an interview with him for a couple of weeks now. Any ideas?

By: Mwangi

Mwangi — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:25:11 +0000

@mwasjd: As always, glad to be of service. Hope I help you when there is a bible study coming up and nothing is stirring in you. I have given you a quick cheat sheet/reference guide What is Peace and reconciliation?

Btw, whatever happened to your love sickness? Mine faded away over time and is now to a large extent gone and now we are just fantastic friends.