tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386391.post115895799129942477..comments2023-09-19T05:17:11.177-07:00Comments on ginkworld.net' blog: the jesus i know, or the one i think i know.john o'keefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10028206413718784285noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386391.post-1161271294212530422006-10-19T08:21:00.000-07:002006-10-19T08:21:00.000-07:00graig,well bor, i think the way is not a campaign ...graig,<BR/><BR/>well bor, i think the way is not a campaign at all - websites, tee-shirts, coffee mugs, buttons, and more with slogans shouting "end the poor" seems a bit off to me - because the people doing it are getting rich in the process :)<BR/><BR/>it's like local food stores asking you to donate food to the hungry during the holidays - first, you buy the food from them, then you donate it john o'keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10028206413718784285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386391.post-1159839523519034862006-10-02T18:38:00.000-07:002006-10-02T18:38:00.000-07:00I see how wwjd could be seen by some to be in poor...I see how wwjd could be seen by some to be in poor taste. What I don't get is how 'make poverty history' is any better...<BR/>I mean, rich people joining together to sing songs and this is going to help these distant, innocent "poor" people...<BR/>(what is with our cultures obsesion with helping and loving the innocent?)<BR/><BR/>I'm more excited about the recent 'make affluence history' justsomenamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03630507858825391991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386391.post-1159218218174422272006-09-25T14:03:00.001-07:002006-09-25T14:03:00.001-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.john o'keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10028206413718784285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386391.post-1159218188216131022006-09-25T14:03:00.000-07:002006-09-25T14:03:00.000-07:00joy,thanks for all that - and i would never think ...joy,<BR/><BR/>thanks for all that - and i would never think you an idiot :) i am glad you like the message - i have found it to be the best version i have read in a very long time :)john o'keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10028206413718784285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386391.post-1159196033931384752006-09-25T07:53:00.000-07:002006-09-25T07:53:00.000-07:00I am not an idiot... I meant, thank you for introd...I am not an idiot... I meant, thank you for introducing me to The Message!<BR/><BR/>Here is the link to this passage in Jeremiah!<BR/><BR/>http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Jeremiah%201:1%20-%202:13&version=65K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06049357117023462480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386391.post-1159195916107100742006-09-25T07:51:00.000-07:002006-09-25T07:51:00.000-07:00symantics, wrangling with words... etc... etc... ...symantics, wrangling with words... etc... etc... etc...<BR/><BR/>John is gracious enough NOT to delete your less than gracious comments.<BR/><BR/>Personally, I think Sheldon would roll over in his grave if he knew he had been marketed!<BR/><BR/>John, you are still the punk monkey! I am getting brave enough to ask my own questions... I actually did ask questions yesterday during our fellowship K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06049357117023462480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386391.post-1159145471439392012006-09-24T17:51:00.000-07:002006-09-24T17:51:00.000-07:00craig,on the money bro - thanks :)craig,<BR/><BR/>on the money bro - thanks :)john o'keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10028206413718784285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386391.post-1159134740071214422006-09-24T14:52:00.000-07:002006-09-24T14:52:00.000-07:00I think that he's writing about the questions of w...I think that he's writing about the questions of who is jesus? and how do we know him?<BR/>He's using 'wwjd' as an antithesis of his position and to show the gap that often exists between theoretical beliefs and practiced beliefs. <BR/>I think that there are also implied further divisions of the who is jesus question, ie<BR/>who is jesus as a marketing product?<BR/>who is jesus in sunday school justsomenamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03630507858825391991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3386391.post-1159128258104578632006-09-24T13:04:00.000-07:002006-09-24T13:04:00.000-07:00thank you - can i have another :)notice, i never s...thank you - can i have another :)<BR/><BR/>notice, i never said i was going to define jesus, i only say "the jesus i know, or at least the one i think i know"<BR/><BR/>is it better to ask a follower "what would jesus do?" or "what would you do?" please reread the post and notice i am not "against" something, as much as i am "for" doing it different - i don't know, maybe we should live the faith?john o'keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10028206413718784285noreply@blogger.com