tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212890428051515494.post6626131476319607868..comments2024-03-19T09:47:02.249-05:00Comments on Say What?: Losing My Religion, part 1Kevin Gilmorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07689287179985777963noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212890428051515494.post-61722423725915813672015-03-30T21:19:56.600-05:002015-03-30T21:19:56.600-05:00Hi, Andrea,
I hope you're right. I'd be c...Hi, Andrea,<br /><br />I hope you're right. I'd be curious to see how a vote would turn out today among the congregation with respect to gay marriage. <br /><br />I'll have nothing to do with the church as long as Bill is still at the helm. He (his actions) is (are) too much of a distraction for me.. Kevin Gilmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07689287179985777963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212890428051515494.post-91121398931355811292015-03-29T22:20:21.792-05:002015-03-29T22:20:21.792-05:00I think there are a lot of people at Hosanna that ...I think there are a lot of people at Hosanna that support gay marriage. I'm one of them! I am hopeful that as the younger pastors move into power that change will take place. Andreanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212890428051515494.post-4624370357406340452012-10-26T15:50:12.639-05:002012-10-26T15:50:12.639-05:00Thanks, Tom. That's an interesting way of look...Thanks, Tom. That's an interesting way of looking at our God that I've never heard expressed before. I like it. <br /><br />There's so much about this which to me is anything but black and white although there was a time when I truly felt it was much simpler. I don't want to be one who continually questions what I read in the Bible but neither do I want to be one who goes with first, second or third impressions either. There have been too many times in my life where I've had to rethink things that I thought I either agreed with or knew to be true but weren't.<br /><br />I hope all is well and thanks for your comment!Kevin Gilmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07689287179985777963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1212890428051515494.post-16527596162917491262012-10-26T15:21:30.381-05:002012-10-26T15:21:30.381-05:00Kevin, consider this: one of the most poignant ima...Kevin, consider this: one of the most poignant images of The Lord in the Hebrew Scriptures is a cloud, or pillar of smoke. (Exodus 13) Consider how apt an image this is. Smoke appears to become more clear as you get into it (your visibility improves). But try to grasp it, and it eludes you. But so many fail to get that part of God. Instead of realizing the "ungraspability" of the Lord, they get closer, and feel that they have Him. They have a handle on Him. And that leads to a false certainty about who God is. Maybe your pastor suffers from this illusion, as many of us do. Instead, The Lord calls us closer, and as we see better as we come closer, we find that God's Truth is even harder to grasp, not because it's a cruel game, but because of the unfathomable depth to the truth. people who see it as black and white are missing God, the God who led His people as a cloud.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com