Comments for Cor Deo

Comment on How do you Pray for Fellow Believers? by Johan Jooste

Johan Jooste — Fri, 12 May 2023 19:40:20 +0000

A noted reminder that, like marriage, our relationship with God is alive and should grow and expand in all posible avenues.Likewise our ingrained calling to ignite others with the same flame that got us fire-up. thanx

Comment on Cor Deo Online Launches! by Tom Hopkins

Tom Hopkins — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 20:21:25 +0000

Great overview of the structure of John’s gospel and its key testimonies by Nathaniel, Martha and Thomas. Enjoyed the commentary and explanation of key points.

Comment on Seeing Jesus by Jarm Del Boccio

Jarm Del Boccio — Sun, 02 Feb 2020 14:01:04 +0000

Thanks for sharing your heart, Gretchen. Yes, I have experienced those times, and they are precious! There is always something more to grasp in the goldmine of Scripture. See you soon!

Comment on Update #70 John Feast by Leon M. Green

Leon M. Green — Fri, 19 Jul 2019 17:02:51 +0000

I don’t recall when I first did it, but reading the Gospel of John and nothing else five times in a row was recommended many years ago. I didn’t do it when first suggested, probably soon after my conversion in July 2000, but probably 4 or five years later. Since then I have done it two more times, about once every 5 years: next one due in 2020. Maybe the next time in some group. Thanks for the write-up. Blessings.

Comment on Christopher Hitchens Was Right by Tmorris

Tmorris — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 08:32:47 +0000

“What can be asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence”.

Christopher Hitchens. How Religion Poisons Everything,

Comment on Seeing Jesus by Alun

Alun — Fri, 08 Jun 2018 11:00:20 +0000

Richard’s point is a good one. However, thank you so much Gretchen for this wonderful, amazing reminder of God’s transforming love …and what it means. I pray that the Spirit would continue to reveal these mind-boggling truths from the word, that we might be energised, convicted and encouraged in gospel living. Thank the Lord for his grace. Love your meditations, keep serving with great joy.

Comment on Seeing Jesus by Gretchen

Gretchen — Fri, 01 Jun 2018 02:58:49 +0000

It will be a beautiful day when we finally see Jesus face to face, won’t it? And you’re absolutely right about John 3:16. I was depending on readers knowing the context but some may not. Thank you for adding that clarification. It’s critically important!

Comment on Seeing Jesus by Richard F

Richard F — Wed, 30 May 2018 11:52:46 +0000

That is a lovely and up-building thought. I had recently been thinking that I would be unable to recognise myself as Richard once all the ugliness of my (current) personality is removed. But this verse reassures me

(PS – It is important to quote John 3.16 accurately otherwise it is easy for people to believe that everyone goes to heaven. The verse reads

For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM shall not perish but have eternal life).

Comment on Sharing a Fresh View of Christ by Richard F

Richard F — Wed, 18 Apr 2018 13:45:32 +0000

Amen!.

Repeated injections of Law do not restore life and, to continue the medical analogy, can even worsen the illness or add in depression as a secondary illness.

The gospel brings life but perhaps we do not trust it to or, even worse, because we are preaching a sub-gospel in which we cling to the Son because we are afraid of the Father.

Comment on Repentance in Acts by Kirk Importante

Kirk Importante — Fri, 02 Feb 2018 09:00:39 +0000

Thank you for the reminder of this relational stress of repentance.