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RE: Pompous Religiosity - 6/29/2008 1:26:36 PM
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colliefan
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1 Pet 2:6 - 10 (ESV) 6For it stands in Scripture:
“Behold, I am laying in Zion
a stone, a cornerstone chosen and precious,
and
whoever believes in him
will not be put to shame.”
7So the honor is for you who believe,
but for those who do not believe,
“The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,”
8and
“A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense.”
They stumble
because they disobey the word,
as they were destined to do.
9 But you are
a chosen race,
a royal priesthood,
a holy nation,
a people for his own possession,
that you
may proclaim the excellencies of him
who called you
out of darkness
into his marvelous light.
10Once you
were not a people,
but now you
are God’s people;
once you
had not received mercy,
but now you
have received mercy.
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RE: Pompous Religiosity - 6/30/2008 10:00:55 PM
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makarizo
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quote:
ORIGINAL: Walker311
Pompous - 1. Characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; pretentious: 2. Full of high-sounding phrases; bombastic:
Religiosity - 1. The quality of being religious. 2. Excessive or affected piety.
I have a real problem with it.
I love the fact that there are those who have the theological and doctrinal right to be full of themselves yet are humble and thoughtful toward those not quite as knowledgeable or spiritually minded.
I greatly admire a pastor or evangelist who can hold a crowd with every word, expression, or quip yet remembers my name and is willing to shoot the breeze for a few moments.
Prideful, haughty, and egotistical Christian folk... is there such a thing?
I was reading John 5 (:39) this morning.
I have come across sooooooo many "i am right, you are wrong" christians.
oh my & LOL my brother has a degree in theology. and even tho he has never beaten me at a game of bible trivia, I have learned that when we talk about the bible - for the sake of family peace - i just need to nod my head and say ah huh a lot.
my pastor Jim Brown who is currently in Thailand visiting (loving on as he would put it) the children in one of the 2 orphanages our church just started, is a pastor that you would greatly admire for sure!!!!
studying the bible feeds some mens' heads, and feeds other mens' hearts.
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