Comments on: Crushing Lostness… http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/07/10/crushing-lostness/ Let these stones be a witness to what we have done here this day. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 19:54:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Lu http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/07/10/crushing-lostness/#comment-7458 Lu Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:57:25 +0000 http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/07/10/crushing-lostness/#comment-7458 Sorry that should be "thanks" for the post. :) who know stuffy noses translated into misspellings by the fingers. :) Sorry that should be “thanks” for the post. :) who know stuffy noses translated into misspellings by the fingers. :)

]]> By: Lu http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/07/10/crushing-lostness/#comment-7457 Lu Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:56:15 +0000 http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/07/10/crushing-lostness/#comment-7457 I'm at a loss for words. Such a powerful video. It breaks my heart. I used to see kids like this all the time in Hollywood and at my church in East LA and I would weep for hours. I realized tonight reading your post that I don't spend enough time in urban Nashville. That's for the post. It's good stuff. I’m at a loss for words. Such a powerful video. It breaks my heart.

I used to see kids like this all the time in Hollywood and at my church in East LA and I would weep for hours. I realized tonight reading your post that I don’t spend enough time in urban Nashville.

That’s for the post. It’s good stuff.

]]> By: Bob Cleveland http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/07/10/crushing-lostness/#comment-7455 Bob Cleveland Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:34:49 +0000 http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/07/10/crushing-lostness/#comment-7455 The million-dollar money quote: "Church, especially Youth Ministry, works well when it supports the Spiritual Discipleship in the home." To that I say .... and seldom when it doesn't. I don't know what accounts for the lack of that in "church" homes today, but if we don't solve that, we're talking to a wall. I get the same feelings when I see all those famous lives filled with riches but not values. The million-dollar money quote: “Church, especially Youth Ministry, works well when it supports the Spiritual Discipleship in the home.” To that I say …. and seldom when it doesn’t.

I don’t know what accounts for the lack of that in “church” homes today, but if we don’t solve that, we’re talking to a wall.

I get the same feelings when I see all those famous lives filled with riches but not values.

]]> By: John Daniels http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/07/10/crushing-lostness/#comment-7445 John Daniels Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:28:52 +0000 http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/07/10/crushing-lostness/#comment-7445 the hurting world around us sometimes puts in true perspective the small non important crisis' that we put up with in our local congregations. the color of paint on the walls, so and so did not get a visit, someone did not get on a certian committee, on and on. Perhaps our youth culture cries out so much because they watch us respond to so many petty problems in the church instead of them. the hurting world around us sometimes puts in true perspective the small non important crisis’ that we put up with in our local congregations. the color of paint on the walls, so and so did not get a visit, someone did not get on a certian committee, on and on. Perhaps our youth culture cries out so much because they watch us respond to so many petty problems in the church instead of them.

]]> By: David Phillips http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/07/10/crushing-lostness/#comment-7442 David Phillips Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:50:26 +0000 http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/07/10/crushing-lostness/#comment-7442 Avril has quite a few songs like this. Her social commentary music like this ought to break our heart. In the context of my community, we have people who think all is well, but then their husband beats them up, or they get sick and all is no longer well. That's when we have to be ready. Avril has quite a few songs like this. Her social commentary music like this ought to break our heart. In the context of my community, we have people who think all is well, but then their husband beats them up, or they get sick and all is no longer well. That’s when we have to be ready.

]]> By: Tim Sweatman http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/07/10/crushing-lostness/#comment-7431 Tim Sweatman Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:35:56 +0000 http://www.twelvewitnesses.com/2007/07/10/crushing-lostness/#comment-7431 Art, Your last two sentences are much needed words of conviction. I would say that most of us complain about how the actions of lost people offend us far more than we step outside of our comfort zone to engage---not confront, but engage---lost people in the midst of their lostness. Of course, recognizing the problem is one thing; doing something about it is another thing. Something that I have not found a solution to in my own life. Art,

Your last two sentences are much needed words of conviction. I would say that most of us complain about how the actions of lost people offend us far more than we step outside of our comfort zone to engage—not confront, but engage—lost people in the midst of their lostness. Of course, recognizing the problem is one thing; doing something about it is another thing. Something that I have not found a solution to in my own life.

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