tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558450985372591610.post8963727304951682091..comments2023-06-22T08:18:01.390-07:00Comments on Dennis the Eremite: A New World: Born in the Darkdennistheeremitehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10801567321734091885noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558450985372591610.post-10287817356760651662013-04-01T17:03:58.674-07:002013-04-01T17:03:58.674-07:00Very good sermon. You are right, there is so much ...Very good sermon. You are right, there is so much darkness.<br />Did you see the last Dateline? A young woman was raped and left for dead. She made it to the hospital but suffered a stroke from her injuries. She survived with severe disabiities. At the man's trail, she FORGAVE him. Her explanation was that he (the man who did this to her) was in fear and was in a very dark place.<br />She was one of the best examples I have seen of the light of Christ. It radiated from her. <br />By the way, I have heard the explanation before of death on the cross, but that did not stop my tears when I read your words.Kay G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07228498846814735537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7558450985372591610.post-51053933044909778672013-04-01T12:21:43.553-07:002013-04-01T12:21:43.553-07:00Hi Pastor,
Thank you for your kind words. And I a...Hi Pastor, <br />Thank you for your kind words. And I am so sorry to be away for so long. Forgive my absence!<br />here in Portugal teachers are having a lot of troubles keeping jobs. I am still teaching but...well...our Gov. wants to fire 25.000 teachers...this year.<br /><br />Your sermon is powerful :"But this is why none of the gospels tell us more this: simply, “and they crucified him.” <br />There are things we don’t want to know too much about. They are too humiliating, too brutal, too fearful, too mind-numbing, too desperate, too lonely, too dark. They are, in some ways, unspeakable. <br />You need to know that there is a special reason for this. We live in a world where it is human sin (the sin we share with all other human beings, and which they share with us) that makes this darkness <br />possible. "...<br />This is the world we are in.<br />But Jesus had to die so we could live.<br /><br />Thank you<br /> Thank You.<br /><br /><br /><br />BlueShellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03148935049535511754noreply@blogger.com