Comments on: cartoon: the crucifixion stage http://nakedpastor.com/archives/2126 david hayward is an artist trapped inside an pastor's body Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:19:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: steve martin http://nakedpastor.com/archives/2126#comment-44773 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:05:14 +0000 http://nakedpastor.com/archives/2126#comment-44773 Dan, I think so Dan. I die daily as well (as Luther said, I return to my baptism daily), but not because of anything I , or my old Adam, does or will do. It's the Holy Spirit that leads us to repentance...we wouldn't go there if it were up to us. That's what I meant by us not wanting to die. "Romans 3 " No one seeks for God" "No one is righteous, no not one." My point here, Dan, is that when it comes to our relationship with the living God...God pretty much has to begin it, nurture it or keep it going, and bring it to fruition. Dan,

I think so Dan. I die daily as well (as Luther said, I return to my baptism daily), but not because of anything I , or my old Adam, does or will do. It’s the Holy Spirit that leads us to repentance…we wouldn’t go there if it were up to us.

That’s what I meant by us not wanting to die. “Romans 3 ” No one seeks for God”

“No one is righteous, no not one.”

My point here, Dan, is that when it comes to our relationship with the living God…God pretty much has to begin it, nurture it or keep it going, and bring it to fruition.

]]> by: Dan http://nakedpastor.com/archives/2126#comment-44747 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:01:46 +0000 http://nakedpastor.com/archives/2126#comment-44747 I beg to differ. I die daily. Do you know what that means? I beg to differ. I die daily. Do you know what that means?

]]> by: steve martin http://nakedpastor.com/archives/2126#comment-44732 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 03:20:07 +0000 http://nakedpastor.com/archives/2126#comment-44732 Great observation, np. It just goes to show you that the old Adam dies hard. We will not die...even when we are dying. Great observation, np. It just goes to show you that the old Adam dies hard. We will not die…even when we are dying.

]]> by: nakedpastor http://nakedpastor.com/archives/2126#comment-44724 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:59:26 +0000 http://nakedpastor.com/archives/2126#comment-44724 I hardly ever, if ever, explain my cartoons. But doesn't anybody get the irony of someone being crucified even being CONCERNED about church size, etc? Which, if we are to die daily, should say something about our present concern for church size, etc.. I hardly ever, if ever, explain my cartoons. But doesn’t anybody get the irony of someone being crucified even being CONCERNED about church size, etc? Which, if we are to die daily, should say something about our present concern for church size, etc..

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