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Monday, May 21, 2007
faith
Posted by Kristi at 2:23 PM
what wisdom would you share with someone who says they "want" faith but "can't" have faith...?
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  Comment by Blogger Jared at 3:33 PM, May 31, 2007
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  Comment by Blogger Dwight at 12:43 PM, June 18, 2007
Share with them that guy who said to Jesus "Lord I believe, help my unbelief..."
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Saturday, May 05, 2007
John the Baptist
Posted by Kristi at 5:50 AM
Was John the Baptist considered a prophet? He only identified himself as “the voice of one crying in the wilderness…”
If he was a prophet, why did he deny being “the Prophet” in John 1:21? My Bible has a cross reference for Deut. 18:15,18 for “the Prophet.” Who is “the Prophet” referring to? (In Deut. and in John?) Jesus?
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  Comment by Blogger Dwight at 9:07 AM, May 05, 2007
if you look in-between 15 and 18, this prophet was instituted by God when the people said that they could not hear or see God or they would die.

I think in Deut. God is talking about how he will speak to Israel, i.e. through prophets. They get their authority from God.

Jesus was "the prophet" along with being a priest (according the the order of Melchizedek) and a King.
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Confession
Posted by Kristi at 5:50 AM
What sort of practices in regards to confession are helpful for you? How do you understand confession? Some people have told me they view confession more of a spoken, forthright honesty with God about everything you think and feel and do, and not just a spoken litany of your wrongs, known and unknown, in seeking forgiveness. What is your perspective?
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  Comment by Blogger Dwight at 8:59 AM, May 05, 2007
can it be both?
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  Comment by Blogger Jackson at 11:31 AM, May 08, 2007
that's what I was going to say. I remember in Switchfoot's song "Living is Simple" where the line goes "I'm down on my knees, confessing my needs again." it seems to me that confession is just getting together with God and being open with Him. you can confess sins, and it's very important to confess sins, but sins are just one of the many things that one can confess. it seems to me that the book of Job is highly confessional.
does anyone know of any scripture that directly addresses confession? how does confession go down in the Torah? in the Psalms? what does Paul have to say about it? if anyone's got anything there, that'd be great.
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