Monthly archive: November, 2004

Relieving Reliance

November 20, 2004, by Doug No comments yet

Living on a wage that is less than I’ve ever lived on, and still being able to pay my bills and save just a little, has been a blessing for me over the past several months. While sometimes I get a little nervous, it has been relieving to wait on the Lord for provision and blessings. And God has blessed me quite well in accordance with his will for me. I have everything I need, plus some. And I have the freedom to do a few things I am not entitled to be able to do, like go on dates and hang out with friends.

God is good. It’s actually happening to me now, which reminds me of a quote: “Knowledge without experience will always dwell in the realms of doubt.”

Doug

Doug Stuart is a committed follower of Jesus and passionate about building for the Kingdom of God through education and mobilization. He is a regular writer at LibertarianChristians.com as well as the founder of Living Loud.

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Some Contemplative Thoughts

November 18, 2004, by Doug 3 comments

Here are a few thoughts I’ve been pondering lately, all from books (or quotes from books) I’ve been reading lately;

“If you give God the right to yourself, he will make a holy experiment out of you. God’s experiments always succeed.” — Oswald Chambers
“Duty is only a substitute for love (of God and of other people), like a crutch, which is a substitute for a leg. Most of us need the crutch at times; but of course it’s idiotic to use the crutch when our own legs (our own loves, tastes, habits, etc.) can do the journey on their own.” –C.S. Lewis
“If by evangelicalism we mean a commitment in every generation to the perennially saving message and person of Jesus himself, then we do not have to depend on a historically conditioned and beguiling epistemology that sprang largely out of the social and political ruins of England in the mid-seventeenth centure after a disastrous war.” — Carl Raschke

Doug

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Updated: Essay on Salvation

November 17, 2004, by Doug 2 comments

I’ve updated the essay I wrote last year about the message of salvation to a postmodern culture. The updated version is aimed less toward a philosophy of youth evangelism, and more toward evangelizing anyone.

It is not finalized, as nothing like this I write really is. Hopefully it’s a step in the right direction. I’m sure I’ll update and clarify it in the future.
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Counting Conversations

November 16, 2004, by Doug No comments yet

Never thought I’d say I just got back from a conversation at a bar with a lesbian. Anyway, a friend from work and I went out afterward to chat about things–politics, religion, Jesus, Christianity, war. She’s a wonderful person with pretty high morals, and in general is a great girl. We have a lot of fun working together.

It was just a reminder to me that, after nearly three hours of talking over hot wings and a game of pool, whether or not I won an argument or gave her extremely well-crafted answers about my faith, the conversation made a difference to both of us. She’s not given up on her atheism, and I’ve not lost my faith. But we’ve both come to understand more about each other, about our respective beliefs, and even life in general.

Her worldview is quite ironically one in which she would fit well in the Kingdom of God. She doesn’t see it, and there are still discrepancies, but many of her ideas sound a lot like Jesus’.

Wow, I’ve not written for two weeks!