tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post6487189106430877630..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: May I have persmission to talk about Jesus?Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-26912997294739925322016-08-19T16:01:43.553-05:002016-08-19T16:01:43.553-05:00I had a funny experience with Jehovah's Witnes...I had a funny experience with Jehovah's Witness folks. Awhile back I was up on a ladder, painting my front porch ceiling. (The color was traditional "Haint blue" of course, as I live in the Southeast and we must keep the restless souls of the departed away, as well as wasps) I was busily working and then glanced down to see two immaculately dressed JW ladies. Once they saw they had my attention, they commenced preaching to me. Lord have mercy, I was treed up the ladder and could not escape. Finally they concluded I was a heathen with a paintbrush and departed. I had to come down the ladder and howl with laughter for awhile so I wouldn't fall off. --- MabelMabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03122873995483573876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-56444883577926072692016-08-18T11:05:15.537-05:002016-08-18T11:05:15.537-05:00@Mabel: if the proselytizers were well-mannered t...@Mabel: if the proselytizers were well-mannered the libtards would complain about their breath. BTW instead of warning your neighbors about the JW's, shouldn't you inviting them in so that you could witness to them?Kirk Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06142889734004402296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-7509353913905723162016-08-18T08:33:29.300-05:002016-08-18T08:33:29.300-05:00Perhaps there would not have been complaints about...Perhaps there would not have been complaints about evangelizing on a public university campus had the proselytizers been more polite and less aggressive. I recall how at my college, I'd be studying in the student union and couple of people from a local evangelical church would park themselves down next to me and tell me that I must accept Jesus as my personal savior or else I would surely burn in hell. I would inform them that I liked my Lutheran church off campus but no, that was not enough, I must be properly "saved". They made it clear that the Lutheran church was inadequate and they would not go away. At age 18, I found this to be intimidating, I felt chased out of my favorite study spot.<br /> <br /> After this, I was able to spot the "God Squad" types as they were known around campus and make myself scarce but they had plenty of other victims. They especially would target Jewish students to the point of harassment. <br /> <br /> This is like how now my neighbors and I will send around emails and texts when there are Jehovah's Witnesses in the neighborhood.<br /> Mabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03122873995483573876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-22452819331607387602016-08-17T11:46:17.257-05:002016-08-17T11:46:17.257-05:00"In many respects, progressives and academics...<i>"In many respects, progressives and academics in our society are as intolerant and anti-Christian as any dedicated Communist bureaucrat. Yet, the American people have allowed and enabled them to become overseers in our land, and not a day goes by when they remove one more part of our free expression of religion"</i><br /><br />And particularly disgusting is that the Missouri Synod Lutherans have continued their misguided quietist nature, when, in fact, the U.S. Lutheran (and here I'm not referring to liberal Lufauxrans) should be demanding as part of their responsibility as members of the Kingdom of the Left, that these traitors (the proper name for progressives) be indicted, tried, convicted, sentenced, and then publicly hanged for giving aid and comfort to the enemy.<br /><br />Has a member of a LCMS congregation ever been excommunicated for unrepentantly maintaining a car bumpersticker promoting a Demonicrat politician? If not, one might has well allow an ordained LCMS member on the Board of Directors of Planned Murderhood... or the Lufauxran Immigration and Refugee Service.Carl Vehsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348831096001668813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-25452002305867370612016-08-17T08:02:46.027-05:002016-08-17T08:02:46.027-05:00I have been reading a book about the lives of Chri...I have been reading a book about the lives of Christians living under Communusm in China over the tumultuous times of the Cultural Revolutiin. Mao's devoted followers persecuted, imprisoned, and executed thousands of Christians and caused many to deny their faith. Still..today there are an estimated 75 million or more underground house church Christians who risk all, refuse to acknowledge the official registered churches, and faithfully practice their Faith in small villages throughout China. Sometimes church services are held in caves and in secret outdoor areas. The major cities are more controlled by the religious police of the government, and thus much of the growth is outside urban areas. In many respects, progressives and academics in our society are as intolerant and anti-Christian as any dedicated Communist bureaucrat. Yet, the American people have allowed and enabled them to become overseers in our land, and not a day goes by when they remove one more part of our free expression of religion, and thus far they continue their assaults against Christianity. Where does it stop? Will we be like the Chinese Christians at some point? I can only wonder what will be our condition here in 20 years.John Joseph Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596324816480709495noreply@blogger.com