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Yeah, I have yet to work out what this so-called "loving the sinner" entails. It could mean: striving to feel compassion, maybe, and concern; witnessing one's own beliefs peacefully, and allowing the "sinner" to listen with their heart and find their own path; protecting the "sinner" from those who would hurt them and, in fact, denying people's right to persecute the "sinner" ('Let he amongst you who is without sin...'); acknowledging that we're all God's both-perfect-and-flawed creations just as we are. Perhaps it is possible? Still working this out.

Oh my goodness! You haven't been invaded by one of those weird "spirit" things have you? I'm pretty sure that's not allowed in Christianity.

Kia ora e hoa. Just wanted to say - what's this with pointing out people's spelling and grammar errors and stuff? Have we lost sight of the multiple reasons why some people in the country might not be as fabulous with their written communications as others? And who cares? I reckon it's probably not the most important thing about their messages.

I was on an email list once where someone posted for the first time - coincidentally, one of very few Maaori list members - and was absolutely slaughtered by another list member about her spelling. She was a Spelling Bully. The first woman just ended up not posting eventually.

Personally, I think it's a stink point to score.

Apart from that - more power to you! I'm checking your blog every day and am more and more interested by the developing conversations. Another friend said to me today that his perspective has changed in the last week. It wasn't really a protest, he thinks now - more like a Media Launch. And our group was kind of irrelevant - in that it could just as easily have been a group of pro-Choice people, or even a No-Bypass group, perhaps. We were really just a way for them to augment their launch.

Another friend says she is making sure to remind herself that there are only 5,000 of them at the most, out of 4 million people in the country. And even if it may have seemed like there were a huge number of them on the day, that's really not very many at all.

Still can't believe what a gift it is that the pastor's name is Brian...heh heh...

Aroha
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Hinemoana

Yeah, fairy nuff. I’ve taken out the comments on spelling cos, well, it doesn’t matter.

We live in a humanist, materialist culture that has ostensibly denied any and all claims to a spiritual realm or a supreme Deity. But acknowledgement of a spiritual component to life is pretty much par for the course throughout human history.

One logical result of a spiritual view of life is the idea of spirits floating around the place. Freaky I know but also a thoroughly biblical and orthodox concept. Jesus was a pretty handy exorcist.

Bible teaching is clear that those who do not follow Jesus are walking in darkness, but Christians are supposed to be spreading good news and light.

There's some passage in the NT that says we cannot judge those outside the church, but we are to speak the truth in love. I recall the book of Acts where the unequivocal Gospel message sparked riots in Ephesus or someplace.