Recent content by quietthinker

A gratitude which elicits a certain body language is a different kettle of fish than a body language which is imposed or expected.

Interpreting the Old Testament by the New Testament is the objective of Jesus, not the other way around.

The first about me, the second about your reply to my post #12

I don't think his affection for his erring children has ever stopped.....even those who kill him.

Please tell me what you think is nasty and rude in what I post?

Are you aware you make my point? :Broadly:

Just as the older brother, in the story Jesus coined, felt totally justified in not going into the celebrations the Father turned on for his wayward Son, so too those who justify their tightfistedness disqualify themselves of the joy freely given. Has it been forgotten that Jesus said, 'he who...

Look at your posts. Did you come here just to be rude? What's your deal? Please don't go away. I see, you don't want to expound anything to me? Is it because your preference is to superimpose your sense of justice onto God?.....and you want me to pray, for what? that I take on the same sense of...

You quote a text you do not understand....then you draw a conclusion and ask a question that is equally without understanding!

The very conclusion the unrenewed heart savours!

Open ears will hear, closed ones use any logic to justify their position.

hmmmm, a convoluted deduction if ever there was one.....resulting in the your final inaccurate conclusion!

Demonising the opposition....what a great approach!..... it keeps ones pride and self assessed rightness in a place where blaming others becomes a coveted exercise.

Yeah yeah, we know the world is going to sh.t but why focus on the stuff we already know about? It appears people are infected with a fascination of horror and violence.....and these things rivet the attention of people. They publish it and repeat and keep the meat grinder in their focus even...

Actually, I think he's quite polite. He does however believe that the scriptures are a crystal ball to primarily reveal the ins and outs of the present day political trajectory in Palestine and cosmic activity.