Honest Questions about a Parable for anyone reading this…

I wanted to gauge people’s opinions of this parable with a few questions. There are no right or wrong answers. I just want to hear people’s thoughts about it.

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Apology to Richard Dawkins

I had a post on here where I stated that Mr. Dawkins had added “fool” to his list of accolades due to his lack of belief in God.

I realized today the profound message of Christ in loving your neighbor includes even an enemy [though I don't consider Dawkins an enemy per se].

However, in the message of love that Christ brought, there is no room to accuse a neighbor of anything that stems from a lack of love.

Call it what you will, but Christ’s message of love is unconditional I think. I am unfit to judge someone who I disagree with and to accuse them of anything. Having done so, I realize that I stepped out of a message of real love and tried to justify my accusation.

I know that may sound crazy or extreme, but if Dawkins is my “neighbor” then it was a very unloving thing to do and extremely short-sighted.

So, my sincere apologies to Mr. Richard Dawkins.

In Christ,
Chris

Summary of Paul’s Message from Paul Himself

Stumbled across this today while studying something else.

Kind of jumped out at me for some reason.

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Is There Anything Good in Man? Poll and Discuss

Take a moment and answer the following poll.

Some definitions:

Good = Truly Good. Like the very essense of goodness.

Man = mankind. All of mankind – not only redeemed but unredeemed as well.

 

I’d love to hear your reasons if you’re willing to share!

In Christ,
Chris

To people who do not see, and do not hear

There are many people who refuse to acknowledge God…those who refuse to see God’s handiwork.

Those who refuse to hear the message that God is proclaiming.

Are you one of them?

Here is another work of God proclaiming His glory and authority.   Calling us to turn back to Him and worship Him in spirit and truth.

Then the disciples came and asked Jesus, “Why do you speak to them in parables?”

Jesus said, “The reason I speak to them in parables is that ’seeing they do not perceive, and hearing they do not listen, nor do they understand.’

With them indeed is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah that says: ‘You will indeed listen, but never understand, and you will indeed look, but never perceive.

For this people’s heart has grown dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes; so that they might not look with their eyes, and listen with their ears, and understand with their heart and turn– and I would heal them.’

But blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.  (Matthew 13:10, 13-16)

The signs are all around us all the time.  Some are big, but most are small.  Look and listen…pray for eyes to see, and ears to hear.