Comments on: Please Feel Free To Think http://blackandreformedministries.com/2008/07/31/please-feel-free-to-think/ "But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises." Hebrews 8:6 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:18:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mike Odlyzko http://blackandreformedministries.com/2008/07/31/please-feel-free-to-think/#comment-1943 Mike Odlyzko Sun, 03 Aug 2008 06:36:53 +0000 http://blackandreformedministries.wordpress.com/?p=464#comment-1943 Lionel- I trust that the 116 concert went well. I am glad for your insightful esteem of "holy hip hop," and passion to see it draw people to the God inspiring it. I've reflected for a few days about how to respond to this post. I've considered several possible tones and messages. My conclusion, before I go to sleep tonight, is that I would rather (at least initially) discuss the matter by email than in this comment thread. Send me a note if you're OK with that. If WordPress doesn't pass on the email I enter to submit comments, my address is modlyzko@yahoo.com Have a blessed Sunday, Mike Odlyzko Lionel-

I trust that the 116 concert went well. I am glad for your insightful esteem of “holy hip hop,” and passion to see it draw people to the God inspiring it.

I’ve reflected for a few days about how to respond to this post. I’ve considered several possible tones and messages. My conclusion, before I go to sleep tonight, is that I would rather (at least initially) discuss the matter by email than in this comment thread. Send me a note if you’re OK with that. If WordPress doesn’t pass on the email I enter to submit comments, my address is modlyzko@yahoo.com

Have a blessed Sunday,
Mike Odlyzko

]]> By: Joe Blackmon http://blackandreformedministries.com/2008/07/31/please-feel-free-to-think/#comment-1924 Joe Blackmon Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:51:52 +0000 http://blackandreformedministries.wordpress.com/?p=464#comment-1924 If you're not willing to have your beliefs challenged then you must not be that strongly convinced of them. I may not agree with someone on a point but I appreciate the challenge to my beliefs. Your blog is a real blessing, brother. Keep at it. Bless you and your family. If you’re not willing to have your beliefs challenged then you must not be that strongly convinced of them. I may not agree with someone on a point but I appreciate the challenge to my beliefs. Your blog is a real blessing, brother. Keep at it. Bless you and your family.

]]> By: MarvinMoses http://blackandreformedministries.com/2008/07/31/please-feel-free-to-think/#comment-1914 MarvinMoses Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:33:56 +0000 http://blackandreformedministries.wordpress.com/?p=464#comment-1914 "Great minds think alike," great post! It's true, free thinking is a must for true christian grow and development! I must be careful when I say free thinking, because someone may apply that to being free to believe and ascribe to any and every kind of doctrine because it apeals to your personality trait or selfesh desire! When I say free thinking, I mean the freedom to receive direct from scripture and the Holy Spirit what is revealed to you, based on your the understanding, interpretation and illumination the Lord gives you. Thoughts not completing influenced by former writers! This is scary for some christians, but I would rather trust the Holy Spirit's counsel and leading than men! This is not to say we devalue the great teachings of the saints of old and new! It just mean when we read commentaries and those teachings, we read them through the lense of scripture and with the blessings of the Holy Spirit! “Great minds think alike,” great post! It’s true, free thinking is a must for true christian grow and development! I must be careful when I say free thinking, because someone may apply that to being free to believe and ascribe to any and every kind of doctrine because it apeals to your personality trait or selfesh desire! When I say free thinking, I mean the freedom to receive direct from scripture and the Holy Spirit what is revealed to you, based on your the understanding, interpretation and illumination the Lord gives you. Thoughts not completing influenced by former writers! This is scary for some christians, but I would rather trust the Holy Spirit’s counsel and leading than men! This is not to say we devalue the great teachings of the saints of old and new! It just mean when we read commentaries and those teachings, we read them through the lense of scripture and with the blessings of the Holy Spirit!

]]> By: Mark R http://blackandreformedministries.com/2008/07/31/please-feel-free-to-think/#comment-1902 Mark R Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:01:51 +0000 http://blackandreformedministries.wordpress.com/?p=464#comment-1902 Free to think ...love it cause when are free to think, we can then be free to act!!! Blessings, brother. Free to think …love it cause when are free to think, we can then be free to act!!!

Blessings, brother.

]]> By: Carey http://blackandreformedministries.com/2008/07/31/please-feel-free-to-think/#comment-1899 Carey Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:59:36 +0000 http://blackandreformedministries.wordpress.com/?p=464#comment-1899 Exactly!! The problem is that most of the time we think we are deep because we can regurgitate all that we have read or listened too. Very rarely does the average Christian really have their own opinions or ask their own questions. We need to think and understand God's word for ourselves and not take everything someone says for granted. They may be correct but it's better to research and know they are correct rather than just assume they are because they have written a book or stand in a pulpit. Exactly!!

The problem is that most of the time we think we are deep because we can regurgitate all that we have read or listened too. Very rarely does the average Christian really have their own opinions or ask their own questions. We need to think and understand God’s word for ourselves and not take everything someone says for granted. They may be correct but it’s better to research and know they are correct rather than just assume they are because they have written a book or stand in a pulpit.

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