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God Has Not Called Us to Be Nice
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| 8/26/2016
| Bryan Fischer
Posted on 08/27/2016 4:18:53 PM PDT by Gamecock
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posted on
08/27/2016 4:18:53 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
To: Alex Murphy; bkaycee; blue-duncan; boatbums; caww; CynicalBear; daniel1212; Dutchboy88; ealgeone; ..
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posted on
08/27/2016 4:20:04 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(There is always one more idiot than you counted on.)
To: Gamecock
Nice posting...
I mean good!
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posted on
08/27/2016 4:24:23 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: Gamecock
To: Gamecock
2nd and 3rd paragraphs are all that you need to know.
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posted on
08/27/2016 4:26:02 PM PDT
by
Vision Thing
(You know the depths of my heart, and You love me the same...)
To: Gamecock
Christians think Jesus was nice. . Only if you didn’t check for yourself could you believe that.
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posted on
08/27/2016 4:28:08 PM PDT
by
freedomjusticeruleoflaw
(Western Civilization- whisper the words, and it will disappear. So let us talk now about rebirth.)
To: Gamecock
Amen. An very important distinction that many in today’s churches don’t get. Too many church leaders in particular.
To: Gamecock
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posted on
08/27/2016 4:29:57 PM PDT
by
Parmy
(II don't know how to past the images.)
To: Gamecock
Gospel if Nice—sounds like the Methodists.
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posted on
08/27/2016 4:31:54 PM PDT
by
Mamzelle
To: Gamecock
Anger shuts down reason in favor of emotion.
Some would define “being nice” as the simple avoidance of “angering” others with our own anger.
This is different than avoiding a truth which will stir anger regardless of how “nicely” you say it.
Yes.. we ARE called to be nice. We are NOT called to avoid truth.
We need to understand personally in each circumstance we go through WHY we are choosing NOT to speak or WHY we should stop... and most importantly WHY we DO speak.
Sometimes exposing the truth of a matter itself is NOT helpful. It may be that someone is lying... but pointing out the lie may only serve to shut down the lines of communication as one example.
This is why I often prefer coming up with the right question, instead of the right “truthful” statement...
but even this will often times result in an angry response.
Don’t be afraid of someone else’s anger... be afraid of your own.
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posted on
08/27/2016 4:39:08 PM PDT
by
Safrguns
To: Gamecock
This needed to be pointed out.
Thank you.
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posted on
08/27/2016 4:45:14 PM PDT
by
Paulie
(America without Christ is like a Chemistry book without the periodic table.)
To: Gamecock
If we were all namby-pamby, nicey-nice Christians then Christianity would have been wiped out centuries ago.
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posted on
08/27/2016 4:47:25 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(That establishment heads from both sides are exploding over Trump is the very best part.)
To: Gamecock
Ping to share with others later
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posted on
08/27/2016 4:53:44 PM PDT
by
Teotwawki
(For a person to get a thing without paying for it, another must pay for it without getting it.)
To: Gamecock
People telling me about Jesus personality, always remind me of that scene at the table in Talladega nights. Asking someone to tell you about Jesus personality is a fairly effective rorschach test.
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08/27/2016 5:02:15 PM PDT
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DesertRhino
(Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
To: DesertRhino
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posted on
08/27/2016 5:04:50 PM PDT
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Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: Gamecock
Agreed. Being a holy righteous people does not mean everything we do can be interpreted as “nice.” Look at what happened to Jesus, he was a “friend of sinners and drunkards,” and was looked down on for it. The religious leaders of the day were confronted by Him and referred to as being a “brood of vipers.” He said things that were controversial for His day and was murdered because of it. So yes, doing what is right is not always interpreted as “nice.”
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posted on
08/27/2016 5:05:36 PM PDT
by
ducttape45
(Obama's legacy - Christianity outlawed, America shamed, morality destroyed. Need I say more?)
To: Big Red Badger
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posted on
08/27/2016 5:10:49 PM PDT
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DesertRhino
(Dogs are man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up....)
To: Safrguns
Don’t be afraid of someone else’s anger... be afraid of your own.It's more wise to fear God above all else.
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posted on
08/27/2016 5:13:34 PM PDT
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Vision Thing
(You know the depths of my heart, and You love me the same...)
To: Vision Thing
>>> It’s more wise to fear God above all else.
I don’t think that is the same kind of fear.
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posted on
08/27/2016 5:22:09 PM PDT
by
Safrguns
To: Gamecock
"We do not display our greatness by placing ourselves at one extremity, but rather by being at both at the same time, and filling up the whole of the space between them." --Blaise Pascal
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posted on
08/27/2016 5:31:54 PM PDT
by
AndyTheBear
(Hating Islam is the natural consequence of caring about people in the Middle East, including Muslims)
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