Comments on: Confessions of A Junk Food Junkie http://augustrose.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/confessions-of-a-junk-food-junkie/ (flur' ish) to grow vigorously; succeed; thrive; prosper. Sun, 12 Apr 2009 01:46:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: faithwalk http://augustrose.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/confessions-of-a-junk-food-junkie/#comment-586 faithwalk Tue, 15 Jan 2008 08:30:00 +0000 http://augustrose.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/confessions-of-a-junk-food-junkie/#comment-586 We are as you basically said, spirits housed in mortal flesh; bodies which we have a responsibility to take care of. May we do everything in moderation that we may function as God created us to. Our physical, spiritual, mental and emotional well being is so intertwined whenever one is out of whack it can affect the other. And we have work to do in the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ! so... May the Lord help us to be good stewards of all He places in our hands! Blessings to you and thanks for a timely reminder and good post! Susan We are as you basically said, spirits housed in mortal flesh; bodies which we have a responsibility to take care of. May we do everything in moderation that we may function as God created us to.
Our physical, spiritual, mental and emotional well being is so intertwined whenever one is out of whack it can affect the other. And we have work to do in the Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ! so…

May the Lord help us to be good stewards of all He places in our hands!

Blessings to you and thanks for a timely reminder and good post!

Susan

]]> By: augustrose http://augustrose.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/confessions-of-a-junk-food-junkie/#comment-581 augustrose Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:04:39 +0000 http://augustrose.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/confessions-of-a-junk-food-junkie/#comment-581 Greetings, Trevor. I have to admit I'm not really a religious person. If you venture back through previous logs, I'm actually pretty opposed to religion -- religion being a set of rules and regulations man must follow to satisfy a performance-oriented God. That's just not me. And that's just not God, for that matter. I'm a believer in relationship. "Murphy teaches how to read between the lines and discover the real meanings." Frankly, I live a life of trust in God. I am pretty happy taking the Word at face value. I think it says plenty. Sometimes we have to work harder to complicate it. After all, the Bible says even a child can understand it. "Murphy is/was a Doctor of Divinity. In his books you learn to understand the true meanings of the scriptures. And of life." However, I'm not bedazzled by titles and long theological dissertations. For me, the true riches I have found within the Bible were amazingly simple and incredibly deep at the same time. Only God can create depth in simplicity. Mankind fouls it up with man-made ideas and foolish jargon. "There have been translations and mistranslations of the Bible. Some of the mistranslations may have been made deliberately - for financial gain." The Bible says that all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work (2 Timothy 3: 16-17). I don't believe God's Word has an expiration date. You stated, "The Bible was written for a relatively primitive people." That would imply that God was short-sighted in planning for His creation, that we surprised Him by developing so much past His previously "primitive" creation or that He didn't have the foresight to know that as the sacred texts were passed down generation after generation someone somewhere would change a word inappropriately or inaccurately. However, I don't believe any of those scenarios are true. "You obviously view religion in black and white." I'm not sure what I said that triggered your response, but if you perceive me as "black and white" I don't have a problem with that at all. I don't use it on anyone else but me. God bless you, Trevor. I pray we can agree to disagree. Greetings, Trevor. I have to admit I’m not really a religious person. If you venture back through previous logs, I’m actually pretty opposed to religion — religion being a set of rules and regulations man must follow to satisfy a performance-oriented God. That’s just not me. And that’s just not God, for that matter. I’m a believer in relationship.

“Murphy teaches how to read between the lines and discover the real meanings.”

Frankly, I live a life of trust in God. I am pretty happy taking the Word at face value. I think it says plenty. Sometimes we have to work harder to complicate it. After all, the Bible says even a child can understand it.

“Murphy is/was a Doctor of Divinity. In his books you learn to understand the true meanings of the scriptures. And of life.”

However, I’m not bedazzled by titles and long theological dissertations. For me, the true riches I have found within the Bible were amazingly simple and incredibly deep at the same time. Only God can create depth in simplicity. Mankind fouls it up with man-made ideas and foolish jargon.

“There have been translations and mistranslations of the Bible. Some of the mistranslations may have been made deliberately – for financial gain.”

The Bible says that all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work (2 Timothy 3: 16-17). I don’t believe God’s Word has an expiration date.

You stated, “The Bible was written for a relatively primitive people.”

That would imply that God was short-sighted in planning for His creation, that we surprised Him by developing so much past His previously “primitive” creation or that He didn’t have the foresight to know that as the sacred texts were passed down generation after generation someone somewhere would change a word inappropriately or inaccurately. However, I don’t believe any of those scenarios are true.

“You obviously view religion in black and white.”

I’m not sure what I said that triggered your response, but if you perceive me as “black and white” I don’t have a problem with that at all. I don’t use it on anyone else but me.

God bless you, Trevor. I pray we can agree to disagree.

]]> By: Trevor http://augustrose.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/confessions-of-a-junk-food-junkie/#comment-578 Trevor Sun, 30 Dec 2007 17:48:33 +0000 http://augustrose.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/confessions-of-a-junk-food-junkie/#comment-578 You obviously view religion in black and white. May I recommend you read one or more of Joseph Murphy's books. Murphy is/was a Doctor of Divinity. In his books you learn to understand the true meanings of the scriptures. And of life. The Bible was written for a relatively primitive people. We have advanced enormously since then in our understanding of things. Murphy teaches how to read between the lines and discover the real meanings. There have been translations and mistranslations of the Bible. Some of the mistranslations may have been made deliberately - for financial gain. On the web site www.herballure.com I read that the Bible warned us against the pharmaceutical drugs used in medicine today. Recommending herbs instead. But the references to drugs and pharmaceuticals was mistranslated to read, 'sorcery and sorcerers'. Deliberate mistranslation? Maybe. But it shows the need to be able to 'read between the lines' to get at the truth. Are we taught Christianity? Or is it really Churchianity? For the benefit and power of the church and others? Murphy's books are available on Amazon for those who are ready to remove the mental blinkers. You obviously view religion in black and white. May I recommend you read one or more of Joseph Murphy’s books. Murphy is/was a Doctor of Divinity. In his books you learn to understand the true meanings of the scriptures. And of life.

The Bible was written for a relatively primitive people. We have advanced enormously since then in our understanding of things. Murphy teaches how to read between the lines and discover the real meanings.

There have been translations and mistranslations of the Bible. Some of the mistranslations may have been made deliberately – for financial gain.

On the web site http://www.herballure.com I read that the Bible warned us against the pharmaceutical drugs used in medicine today. Recommending herbs instead. But the references to drugs and pharmaceuticals was mistranslated to read, ’sorcery and sorcerers’. Deliberate mistranslation? Maybe. But it shows the need to be able to ‘read between the lines’ to get at the truth.

Are we taught Christianity? Or is it really Churchianity? For the benefit and power of the church and others?

Murphy’s books are available on Amazon for those who are ready to remove the mental blinkers.

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