God's blessing does not look like a blessing it looks like a breaking you cannot explain. you will be called to something, and the call will take more than you have. you will pray for easier work and get harder work, and then you will pray for strength and get even harder work, because God does not answer by removing the weight, he answers by thickening your bones
@DrJordanBCooper@becomelutheran Very helpful, thank you. Future video topic suggestion: Lutheran Monergism: What is it and why it matters. You could compare and contrast with synergism and help clear up misunderstandings.
@DrJordanBCooper "The difference is primarily exegetical, not philosophical" is the crux of the issue. The million-dollar question, then, is whether "justification by faith alone," as understood by the Reformers, is the proper interpretation of what Paul actually meant.
"Have you sinned? Come to Church. Tell God, 'I have sinned.' I do not demand anything else of you than this. Holy Scripture states, 'Be the first one to tell of your transgressions that you may be justified.' Admit the sin to annul it. This requires neither labor nor a circuit of words, nor monetary expenditure, nor anything else whatsoever such as these. Say one word, think carefully about the sin, and say, 'I have sinned.'" -St. John Chrysostom
@ShozanJHaubner is the book “Manifesting Zen” worth the $60 price? I am willing to purchase at $30, maybe $40, but $60 seems too high. Unless you highly recommend it, even at the $60 price point.
@GrailCountry Yes, the Proclaimer became the Proclaimed; thus, the question becomes, is our proclamation of Jesus the same proclamation that Jesus proclaimed?
@MattThiessenNT Eastern Orthodox baby....I left Evangelicalism in 2007...couldn't go back, thus thankful that I can express my faith through the EO tradition.