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Re: Chaplain's Chat
By: guest8 Date: November 29, 2020, 5:42 pm
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[quote author=patrick jane link=topic=11.msg21224#msg21224
date=1606625156]
Hasn't there been more than 2,000 years of silence from God now?
[/quote]
Yes, but!...the four hundred years of silence was between two
time where GOD/Jesus was active. One can look at the Bible as a
History Book and this 400 years of history was thought to be
left out. It was not...
From the time of Jesus' ascension tlll now there has been plenty
of writers who recorded every bit of history as it unfolded.
Also, this silent years are open ended yet, even a overall
history of the Gentiles and the Jewish people is also written in
the Bible.
Blade
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Re: Chaplain's Chat
By: guest116 Date: November 29, 2020, 8:36 pm
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I think a lot of how you look at what is called the years of
silence has to do with the individual's viewpoint of what
activity means coming from God and Jesus. While we continue to
see their daily miracles big and small and the grace they give
and the lessons they provide, I am thinking, and this is just
me, that the THeologians and Religions Scholars are meaning a
more direct involvement.
If you are using that viewpoint, then it is easy to see how come
they call it silent. However, if you look at all of the
various books of the bibles and the apocrhypha you can easily
see they were not silent, just that the compilers of the books
making up the bible do not feel that there were inspired works
being shared by God during that time, therefore, it is silent.
Just my thoughts.
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Re: Chaplain's Chat
By: guest8 Date: November 30, 2020, 7:08 pm
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[quote author=Chaplain Mark Schmidt
link=topic=11.msg21273#msg21273 date=1606703786]
I think a lot of how you look at what is called the years of
silence has to do with the individual's viewpoint of what
activity means coming from God and Jesus. While we continue to
see their daily miracles big and small and the grace they give
and the lessons they provide, I am thinking, and this is just
me, that the THeologians and Religions Scholars are meaning a
more direct involvement.
If you are using that viewpoint, then it is easy to see how come
they call it silent. However, if you look at all of the
various books of the bibles and the apocrhypha you can easily
see they were not silent, just that the compilers of the books
making up the bible do not feel that there were inspired works
being shared by God during that time, therefore, it is silent.
Just my thoughts.
[/quote]
the silent years I was speaking of is from the OT to the NT. The
time in question is the time from Alexander's death until the
writing of the NT (except Rev). with brings us another 63-64
years after 1 AD. Thus the 400 silent years is given in Daniel's
chapter 11:5-35...
There was so much that happened during this 400 years and yet
nothing in the bible except for Daniel 11 is said.
This is what I was speaking of...Mark, apologize I did not
specify in the first post.
Blade
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Re: Chaplain's Chat
By: guest116 Date: November 30, 2020, 7:16 pm
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I poorly worded my response Blade. I was trying to explain why
I thought they called them silent years even so much was going
on. I was pretty sure I understood what you meant, but the
clarification confirmed it.
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Re: Chaplain's Chat
By: guest8 Date: December 1, 2020, 8:43 am
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[quote author=Chaplain Mark Schmidt
link=topic=11.msg21283#msg21283 date=1606785384]
I poorly worded my response Blade. I was trying to explain why
I thought they called them silent years even so much was going
on. I was pretty sure I understood what you meant, but the
clarification confirmed it.
[/quote]
thanks
Blade
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Re: Chaplain's Chat
By: guest116 Date: December 10, 2020, 12:20 pm
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THE NARCISSISM OF SMALL DIFFERENCES
This terminology was coined by Sigmund Freud. He based on one
of Ernst Crawley’s early works. It has since found its way into
philosophy, political science, and religious studies to explain
specific types of behaviors. What is this and how does it
apply to religion you ask?
Let first look at how this is defined. It is easiest to define
it as the in-fighting between like-minded groups that share
similar ideas in order to distinguish themselves. It was
originally proposed as a way to show the difference in
individuals, egos, one’s personal goals, and feelings. It has
been applied over time from the individual to groups,
organizations, and even beliefs. This is oversimplified, but it
will work for this brief writing.
In the last year, I have experienced and seen this concept of
behavior act itself out. I have always searched for a way to
explain it. Recently a professor from a religious studies
program and I were discussing the modern Christian movement and
the traditional church. He brought up this to explain what is
causing the friction.
He gave this example: I and him agree on everything in our
beliefs except one small but salient point. Salient to each of
us as we disagree on it. Now we are passionate about this small
difference. We both take a stand. Our ego and our feelings are
on the line in our minds. We both passionately believe we are
right and the other is wrong. At first, it is a gentle ribbing.
But, our egos keep getting offended so it escalates, maybe too
polite insults. It just keeps going from there to the point of
heated hatred. We still agree on everything but that one small
point. We just chose to dig in on that point and was willing to
let it rule over everything else, including common sense and
willingness to agree to disagree on something small, minor, and
not of any consequence compared to all that we agree on.
Now take this to a larger scale, a church or politics. I am
going to use church because politics are way too sensitive at
this writing to even use as an example. Now imagine a church
that has a sister church. They both agree on everything in their
dogma and rituals. Then one day a new pastor takes over and one
little thing he starts doing differently. Nothing major. It
does not change anything in the dogma or rituals, but it is
different. Very minor. The Church members like the change so
they share the news or the change. The other church is
offended. At first, it is quiet mutterings. Then the Pastor
starts to bring it up as how their church is now in a better
position as they did not make changes. This escalates and now
you have two hostile churches.
This is how reformations happen, how new denominations happen,
and how religious wars have started.
Next time you find yourself focused on something minor and
fixated on making it a point to argue over, think about this
simple but dangerous contextual thinking pattern.
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Re: Chaplain's Chat
By: guest116 Date: December 15, 2020, 7:26 am
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In today’s Gospel, Jesus speaks with the authority figures of
the Jewish faith, He asks them to tell him which of two children
is truly obedient to the wishes of their parent. When the
parent asks the two “kids” to perform a certain task, the first
refuses, but latter does what is asked. The second one, in
contrast, say yes he will do it but does not do what is being
asked. Jesus compares the religious leaders to the second son
who says “yes” but fails to do what is requested. The
repentant, public sinners are compared to the first child who
initially refuses to do the parent’s demands, but later fulfills
what is asked.
As we draw to the end of this first part of the Advent season,
we are called to reflect on our response to doing God’s will.
It is easy to say “yes” to God, but it is harder to actually do
what God asks of us. On the other side of the coin, there is
hope for us who have sinned and had said “no” to the Lord God.
We can still change our ways and begin to more fully respond to
God by doing what we know is being asked of us.
We need to lead a responsible Christian life, saying “yes” to
God. We should become men and women who profess our Faith in
word and deed, knowing that, the Christian way lies in
performance, not just promise, and the mark of a Christian is
obedience, graciously and courteously given.
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Re: Chaplain's Chat
By: patrick jane Date: December 15, 2020, 8:02 am
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Excellent posts Mark.
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Re: Chaplain's Chat
By: guest116 Date: December 24, 2020, 4:23 pm
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As Mary and Joseph gaze on their child lying in the manger.
They are filled with wonder at the beauty of this new creation.
But they are not just filled with wonder. They are also filled
with awe. Mary knows that the child came from God, from the
overshadowing of the Holy Spirit.
God has worked His wonders in her. Joseph knows that this is
the child of his dream, the child that the angel told him would
come. So Mary and Joseph gazed at their child, overwhelmed that
this child was the Son of the Most High. They gazed at Him with
wonder, with reverence, with veneration, with awe.
Then the shepherds came. They had heard about this child. They
came not just to see a baby, but to witness the fulfillment of
the angel’s message. For today in the city of David, a savior
has been born for you who is Christ and Lord. And this will be a
sign for you: you will find an infant wrapped in swaddling
clothes and lying in a manger.
Jesus was born, and everything changed. Mankind was no longer
be in the grips of evil. The devil would be defeated through
the sacrificial love of the one born in Bethlehem. Pride would
be defeated with humility, disobedience with obedience, and
hatred with love.
Just as Mary and Joseph look at their infant and know that their
lives have to change, and just as the shepherds looked at the
infant in the manger knowing that somehow through this child the
world was changing, so we look at the baby in the manger and
agree, “Everything must change. We are Christians. We must
walk in the Presence of the Lord.
Everything must change in our lives. We need to be the people
who value the spiritual over the material. We need to join the
Lord in creating a new culture, one where the work of the
Kingdom takes precedence over the work of the world. We need to
be kind. We need to be loving. We need to be Christian.
Mother Teresa, St. Teresa of Calcutta, summed this up in a
beautiful prayer she would say every day:
Dear Jesus, help me to spread your fragrance
everywhere I go. Flood my soul with your Spirit and love.
Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life
may only be a radiance of your life.
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Re: Chaplain's Chat
By: guest8 Date: December 24, 2020, 6:50 pm
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[quote author=Chaplain Mark Schmidt
link=topic=11.msg22744#msg22744 date=1608848636]
As Mary and Joseph gaze on their child lying in the manger.
They are filled with wonder at the beauty of this new creation.
But they are not just filled with wonder. They are also filled
with awe. Mary knows that the child came from God, from the
overshadowing of the Holy Spirit.
God has worked His wonders in her. Joseph knows that this is
the child of his dream, the child that the angel told him would
come. So Mary and Joseph gazed at their child, overwhelmed that
this child was the Son of the Most High. They gazed at Him with
wonder, with reverence, with veneration, with awe.
Then the shepherds came. They had heard about this child. They
came not just to see a baby, but to witness the fulfillment of
the angel’s message. For today in the city of David, a savior
has been born for you who is Christ and Lord. And this will be a
sign for you: you will find an infant wrapped in swaddling
clothes and lying in a manger.
Jesus was born, and everything changed. Mankind was no longer
be in the grips of evil. The devil would be defeated through
the sacrificial love of the one born in Bethlehem. Pride would
be defeated with humility, disobedience with obedience, and
hatred with love.
Just as Mary and Joseph look at their infant and know that their
lives have to change, and just as the shepherds looked at the
infant in the manger knowing that somehow through this child the
world was changing, so we look at the baby in the manger and
agree, “Everything must change. We are Christians. We must
walk in the Presence of the Lord.
Everything must change in our lives. We need to be the people
who value the spiritual over the material. We need to join the
Lord in creating a new culture, one where the work of the
Kingdom takes precedence over the work of the world. We need to
be kind. We need to be loving. We need to be Christian.
Mother Teresa, St. Teresa of Calcutta, summed this up in a
beautiful prayer she would say every day:
Dear Jesus, help me to spread your fragrance
everywhere I go. Flood my soul with your Spirit and love.
Penetrate and possess my whole being so utterly that all my life
may only be a radiance of your life.
[/quote]
thank you Mark
Blade
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