Comments on: Char and the Dog https://lucindajkinsinger.com/char-and-the-dog/ Movement, Color, Sound, Story Sat, 16 May 2020 21:22:36 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Dena https://lucindajkinsinger.com/char-and-the-dog/#comment-73 Mon, 07 Apr 2014 13:59:28 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=323#comment-73 I wonder too, if maybe you don’t have to feel so much like a Mennonite, but let us be more concerned about being a Christian and living like Jesus did…along with that, if we can focus more on the Biblical principle behind the application, it can change the entire way we look at the application. For instance, the Bible teaches modesty, not outward adorning, having a meek and quiet spirit…and if we are really striving for these principles, it won’t be so hard to live by the applications that we’ve agreed to by being a part of the church!! So many live by the ‘law’, and the minute they get somewhere that the ‘law’ doesn’t say…well, they don’t have anything left to stand for!! So search the Scriptures, there really are Biblical principles behind most of what we stand for!! :-)

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By: BobeRob https://lucindajkinsinger.com/char-and-the-dog/#comment-70 Tue, 01 Apr 2014 04:04:00 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=323#comment-70 In reply to Arla.

Your so cute Lucinda, Your so honest with your feelings and how you perceive things its very refreshing. As to your questions bout being Mennonite? Would you rather worry more that you are one of those or more so to be the reflection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? Stick with the later and you will never lose. So many put more importance upon their affiliation than their relationship and devotion to the One true God.
Eph 4:3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Eph 4:4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
Eph 4:5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism,
Eph 4:6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.

Joh_14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Our focus only need be these, Lest we get caught up in the pride that over took the Pharisee’s, where their affiliation and position were more important than God himself, missing all that truly is important, and all common sense lost. Like healing on the Sabbath or saving an animal on the Sabbath for a couple of examples. They then added more traditions, and services to God’s plan.

Mar 7:5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
Mar 7:6 He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Mar 7:7 Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Mar 7:8 For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do.
Mar 7:9 And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition.

Sorry I am a stickler for scripture, but I know of no other authority to look to.

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By: Dorcas https://lucindajkinsinger.com/char-and-the-dog/#comment-69 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:10:32 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=323#comment-69 Oh how I like you, Luci, and what you say, and how you say it.

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By: sweaters4u https://lucindajkinsinger.com/char-and-the-dog/#comment-68 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 14:29:38 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=323#comment-68 Luci, I don’t feel like a Mennonite either. I remember one time we were at the Library and a bunch of kids my age came in. They looked at me like I was some type of alien. I have never felt so glaringly Mennonite in my life. But then, another time, we went to a garage sale that some very conservative Mennonites were having, and I felt so liberal. Sometimes I wonder if I’ll ever truly fit in. But I don’t think the point is “feeling like a Mennonite”. I think the point is living so people can tell that we have Jesus in us. Sometimes I don’t even want to be a Mennonite, because I feel that sometimes people use the name to cover up what they truly are. ~Lavina

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By: Arla https://lucindajkinsinger.com/char-and-the-dog/#comment-67 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:47:28 +0000 https://lucindajkinsinger.com/?p=323#comment-67 But it is our pet popular thing to analyze: feeling like a Mennonite or not. Don’t take away the fun. Ok, I’m schputting. You came to the right conclusion, I think. There is little point in trying to kick a culture and who it has made us today. It really is a goodly heritage and people trying to get away from it are even more awkward somehow. It is like trying to change our skin color. The only legitimate change we should pursue is to ” put off the old man….and put on the new…” Colossians 3:9,10.

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