tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7095763.post4309123508649920749..comments2023-10-11T22:49:40.128-03:00Comments on emerging sideways...: how is this any different?bobbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09236324338161051924noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7095763.post-7210236224184150442006-10-28T03:12:00.000-03:002006-10-28T03:12:00.000-03:00Feel free.Feel free.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751703156927048027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7095763.post-1052084729118266782006-10-27T09:14:00.000-03:002006-10-27T09:14:00.000-03:00Amen and amen and amen!!
Guarding our hearts and...Amen and amen and amen!! <br /><br />Guarding our hearts and our bodies helps us build muscles we'll be using for the rest of our lives--YES!!<br /><br />Because ultimately, the only response we can guarantee is our own, and even we are fickle, all the time. <br /><br />bobbie, keep writing on this. It is so important and so misunderstood. Thank you and thank you and thank you.Sarah Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00251034210962259082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7095763.post-44658266716949625952006-10-27T08:00:00.000-03:002006-10-27T08:00:00.000-03:00YES! that is it - i LOVE this connection matt!
i...YES! that is it - i LOVE this connection matt!<br /><br />i truly believe that the imbalance of power (especially in the church) distorts everything.<br /><br />i can trade my lust for sex for lust for food, lust for consumer goods, lust for power - i truly believe that when we say the word lust it should conjure up EVERYTHING that we look to meet our needs apart from God's provision.<br /><br />you have made a great connection here, i will have to look through SMK's archieves to find the posts you are speaking about. (he's so prolific in his posts i can hardly keep up!)<br /><br />i truly believe that this happens when our theology is messed up. we believe something to be true about god or creation that is a lie and it works itself out into our lives in distortion.<br /><br />i don't have the time to do this justice this morning, do you mind if i use your comment as a blog post later this weekend?? it has stirred a lot of thoughts here.<br /><br />thanks for interacting with it matthew, it means a lot to me!bobbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09236324338161051924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7095763.post-19707479527570572722006-10-27T04:12:00.000-03:002006-10-27T04:12:00.000-03:00Hey Bobbie,
I've been following with great intere...Hey Bobbie,<br /><br />I've been following with great interest your posts over the last few months that have explored the theme of what's going on inside our heads, both in terms of sexual addiction or blaming others for what I'm thinking about.<br /><br />You're right when you say that it is about, "guarding our own hearts and taking our own thoughts captive".<br /><br />I'm preaching through 1 Peter and last night I was thinking about the "sinful desires that war against our souls." Scott McKnight did a great series on 1 Peter earlier this year and when he pointed his readers in the right direction when showed how Peter wasn't talking primarily about sexual stuff when he wrote that but about power and position as expressed through relationships.<br /><br />As I was thinking I made a connection to what you've been writing about. What if, as a society, we've become so consummed with the sexualization of everything that we've forgotten about the other lusts that wage war on our souls.<br /><br />The pastor who is struggling with sexual addiction could be blinded to the truth that he is letting other lusts (power, control, prosition, acclamation) run rampant in his life.<br /><br />I'm not diminshing the reality of the sexual stuff I'm just wondering to what degree are we missing the other battles.<br /><br />If I'm writing about this it's because I've seen too much of these battles and I fully agree with you that "guarding our own hearts and taking our own thoughts captive" is the serious work that we are called to.<br /><br />Thanks so much for talking about what we don't like to talk about.<br /><br />Peace<br /><br />MattMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12751703156927048027noreply@blogger.com