Comments for Pastor Rant http://pastorrant.wordpress.com Rant - "To speak or shout at length in a wild, impassioned way." Webster Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:18:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on John Piper and the Prosperity Gospel by L.Maduna http://pastorrant.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/john-piper-and-the-prosperity-gospel/#comment-644 L.Maduna Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:18:58 +0000 http://pastorrant.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/john-piper-and-the-prosperity-gospel/#comment-644 Amen! Amen!

]]> Comment on An Open Letter to Michael Prowse by jim nievar http://pastorrant.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/an-open-letter-to-michael-prowse/#comment-638 jim nievar Mon, 11 May 2009 01:10:20 +0000 http://pastorrant.wordpress.com/2007/08/16/an-open-letter-to-michael-prowse/#comment-638 Deep!! just wondering if Mr. Prowse ever responded and what did he do, if anything, with the truth given by Mr. Piper. Deep!! just wondering if Mr. Prowse ever responded and what did he do, if anything, with the truth given by Mr. Piper.

]]> Comment on The Neighborhood MC group — What does it look like? by mike http://pastorrant.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/the-neighborhood-mc-group-what-does-it-look-like/#comment-636 mike Mon, 04 May 2009 21:50:48 +0000 http://pastorrant.wordpress.com/2009/05/04/the-neighborhood-mc-group-what-does-it-look-like/#comment-636 Good thought Gilles!! Good thought Gilles!!

]]> Comment on John Piper on the Economic Downturn by Greg Wright http://pastorrant.wordpress.com/2009/02/13/john-piper-on-the-economic-downturn/#comment-635 Greg Wright Tue, 03 Mar 2009 03:43:01 +0000 http://pastorrant.wordpress.com/?p=105#comment-635 My dad used to use the "where the treasure is" Scripture to justify the belief that people's hearts will invest in the work of the Church if you can just convince them to put their money there. Syntactically, though, the Scripture doesn't argue cause and effect. Instead, it is an evidenciary fact: the two simply correlate. That is, follow the money and you will find out what people care about; find out what people care about, and you can predict that's where they'll put their money. God wants to change hearts first and foremost, not deal with finances. Once he changes hearts, and hearts become obedient, he'll lead those hearts through all sorts of lessons -- including finances. My dad used to use the “where the treasure is” Scripture to justify the belief that people’s hearts will invest in the work of the Church if you can just convince them to put their money there.

Syntactically, though, the Scripture doesn’t argue cause and effect. Instead, it is an evidenciary fact: the two simply correlate. That is, follow the money and you will find out what people care about; find out what people care about, and you can predict that’s where they’ll put their money.

God wants to change hearts first and foremost, not deal with finances. Once he changes hearts, and hearts become obedient, he’ll lead those hearts through all sorts of lessons — including finances.

]]> Comment on Who The? by Michael Tim http://pastorrant.wordpress.com/about/#comment-634 Michael Tim Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:28:15 +0000 #comment-634 I love your site! :) _____________________ Experiencing a slow PC recently? <a href="http://tinyurl.com/makemypcfaster" rel="nofollow">Fix it now!</a> I love your site! :)

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]]> Comment on John Piper on the Economic Downturn by sermonrant http://pastorrant.wordpress.com/2009/02/13/john-piper-on-the-economic-downturn/#comment-633 sermonrant Thu, 19 Feb 2009 22:31:24 +0000 http://pastorrant.wordpress.com/?p=105#comment-633 Especially after including #2 and #5. Overall, pretty good stuff! Especially after including #2 and #5. Overall, pretty good stuff!

]]> Comment on John Piper on the Economic Downturn by Gilles http://pastorrant.wordpress.com/2009/02/13/john-piper-on-the-economic-downturn/#comment-632 Gilles Tue, 17 Feb 2009 01:04:33 +0000 http://pastorrant.wordpress.com/?p=105#comment-632 Good stuff, until he gave the basis for all of that... raise money for a church campus?? Is that the best use of donor's funds when we are so "freshly" awakened to poverty and needs in the world. Does this strike anyone else as oddly placed in the Piper's blog? Good stuff, until he gave the basis for all of that… raise money for a church campus?? Is that the best use of donor’s funds when we are so “freshly” awakened to poverty and needs in the world. Does this strike anyone else as oddly placed in the Piper’s blog?

]]> Comment on Better Than Heaven and Worse Than Hell by clay http://pastorrant.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/better-than-heaven-and-worse-than-hell/#comment-631 clay Tue, 10 Feb 2009 21:22:46 +0000 http://pastorrant.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/better-than-heaven-and-worse-than-hell/#comment-631 The picture as heaven as a home that we have always longed and yet have never seen strikes a cord with me. i think that as we (believers) live our lives a since doubt creeps in and makes us think God woul'd NOT be happy to have our lives bear remarkable treasures for heaven. Or how do we do that, its impossible. But doesn't JC say " Its to my Father's glory that you bear much fruit"? (jn 15). The picture as heaven as a home that we have always longed and yet have never seen strikes a cord with me.

i think that as we (believers) live our lives a since doubt creeps in and makes us think God woul’d NOT be happy to have our lives bear remarkable treasures for heaven. Or how do we do that, its impossible.

But doesn’t JC say ” Its to my Father’s glory that you bear much fruit”? (jn 15).

]]> Comment on Harambee = Renton? by Gilles http://pastorrant.wordpress.com/2009/01/02/harambee-renton/#comment-629 Gilles Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:48:47 +0000 http://pastorrant.wordpress.com/?p=95#comment-629 Right. Harambee’s mission to the homeless and the after school HS needs are two MC activities in that location, and because of their use of the building it seems to have a higher profile. We also gather there for worship and mutual encouragement, so naturally these activities elevate the sense of “this is where church is.” I guess we need to keeping beating the drum that church comes in many different forms and in different locations, working to have a gospel effect on different areas of society. Or we can rent buildings all over the area so that people can feel more connected to “church”. Okay, I’m being sarcastic with that last suggestion. The goal is to help people refresh their sense of where church is...in the community, with the People, like Jesus practiced, and still does through us his "soma" on earth. Right. Harambee’s mission to the homeless and the after school HS needs are two MC activities in that location, and because of their use of the building it seems to have a higher profile. We also gather there for worship and mutual encouragement, so naturally these activities elevate the sense of “this is where church is.” I guess we need to keeping beating the drum that church comes in many different forms and in different locations, working to have a gospel effect on different areas of society. Or we can rent buildings all over the area so that people can feel more connected to “church”. Okay, I’m being sarcastic with that last suggestion. The goal is to help people refresh their sense of where church is…in the community, with the People, like Jesus practiced, and still does through us his “soma” on earth.

]]> Comment on Get As Much As You Can!! by sermonrant http://pastorrant.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/get-as-much-as-you-can/#comment-628 sermonrant Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:59:33 +0000 http://pastorrant.wordpress.com/?p=93#comment-628 Touche! Touche!

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