Comments on: When God Shows Up… And Ruins Everything http://inamirrordimly.com/2008/05/17/when-god-shows-up-and-ruins-everything/ A theology and culture blog with the Bible in one tab and a news feed in the other. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 23:31:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Jason_73 http://inamirrordimly.com/2008/05/17/when-god-shows-up-and-ruins-everything/#comment-1624 Jason_73 Sat, 17 May 2008 17:07:37 +0000 http://inamirrordimly.com/2008/05/17/when-god-shows-up-and-ruins-everything/#comment-1624 Thanks for the last couple of posts. I'm glad to come across something that makes sense to me. I've deleted a couple of long comments I tried to write cause they became disjointed and confusing. Exactly how I've felt through all this. I agree with your thinking though. I don't want to be the guys that wanted to throw Jesus off a cliff when he opened the Isaiah scroll in the book of Luke because he was nothing more than the carpenters son... And yet, to there knowledge he was the carpenters son! It's been a long road wading through this. Up until recently I was one of the pastors at a church that has been through a big split over Todd Bentley and these new charismatic ministries. Complicating it all, Todd's HQ and school of ministry are in our town. He lives here and hosts 4 big conferences here a year. Opinion of him is hot and heavy around here. But I'm starting to get disjointed again so I'll stop... but I still go to our little church. I'm uncomfortable myself with a lot of what comes out of these ministries, and therein lies my struggling. But I don't want to be apart of the mob that tries to kill Jesus or what he is trying to do either... I try to believe the best and pray the rest. All while still trying not to abandon testing the spirits and discernment. There is so much tension there. But I remember God likes tension! I'm blabbing again! Thanks for your posts. I hope there can be some good discussion over this stuff. Thanks for the last couple of posts. I’m glad to come across something that makes sense to me. I’ve deleted a couple of long comments I tried to write cause they became disjointed and confusing. Exactly how I’ve felt through all this.

I agree with your thinking though. I don’t want to be the guys that wanted to throw Jesus off a cliff when he opened the Isaiah scroll in the book of Luke because he was nothing more than the carpenters son… And yet, to there knowledge he was the carpenters son!

It’s been a long road wading through this. Up until recently I was one of the pastors at a church that has been through a big split over Todd Bentley and these new charismatic ministries. Complicating it all, Todd’s HQ and school of ministry are in our town. He lives here and hosts 4 big conferences here a year. Opinion of him is hot and heavy around here.

But I’m starting to get disjointed again so I’ll stop… but I still go to our little church. I’m uncomfortable myself with a lot of what comes out of these ministries, and therein lies my struggling. But I don’t want to be apart of the mob that tries to kill Jesus or what he is trying to do either…

I try to believe the best and pray the rest. All while still trying not to abandon testing the spirits and discernment. There is so much tension there. But I remember God likes tension!

I’m blabbing again! Thanks for your posts. I hope there can be some good discussion over this stuff.

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