tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558279154584900089.post2986675144323528925..comments2023-10-21T05:39:19.105-05:00Comments on The Tribulation Times Herald-Exhorter: Mount AthosAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558279154584900089.post-69858557279065653672012-01-05T04:29:40.650-06:002012-01-05T04:29:40.650-06:00Yes, but have they not been quite reluctant to hav...Yes, but have they not been quite reluctant to have anything to do with the outside world? Please keep in mind that it took months of begging before the 60 Minutes crew was allowed access, and this was the first time in years that they were willing to let outsides see what they were really trying to accomplish (the tourist spots, notwithstanding).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558279154584900089.post-77498367589471322942012-01-04T09:23:30.753-06:002012-01-04T09:23:30.753-06:00It's an indirectly shining lamp. Remember, it...It's an indirectly shining lamp. Remember, it's not just waving a Bible on a street corner and passing out tracts that gives out our testimony.... it's the way we act and the things we say and do before the eyes of the unbelieving world (which, I must confess, I personally don't always present the best testimony of. But I'm working on it...)Rational νεόφυτοςhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08373754020926594940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558279154584900089.post-2876074944133563442012-01-01T02:45:39.511-06:002012-01-01T02:45:39.511-06:00What lamp? For they are on a mission to find the ...What lamp? For they are on a mission to find the One who has been with them since the womb.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558279154584900089.post-64329344447686810632012-01-01T02:39:32.787-06:002012-01-01T02:39:32.787-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558279154584900089.post-65209891677604706432011-12-31T21:29:02.004-06:002011-12-31T21:29:02.004-06:00People can still see their lamp, even in a monaste...People can still see their lamp, even in a monastery, as evidenced by this TV program, no?Rational νεόφυτοςhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08373754020926594940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558279154584900089.post-59472271388058898612011-12-31T06:51:09.324-06:002011-12-31T06:51:09.324-06:00Yes, if everything in this world really wasn't...Yes, if everything in this world really wasn't going in accordance to the plan that our Heavenly Father set into motion long before He created it, there might be some validity to thinking that He is holding off the utter destruction of it because of the efforts of a few monks and nuns. Besides, isn't there something about not hiding your Lighted lamp under a bowl in the Bible?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5558279154584900089.post-42873890013828247332011-12-30T21:26:18.161-06:002011-12-30T21:26:18.161-06:00I read something once about monastic Christianity,...I read something once about monastic Christianity, along the lines of an interpretation of passages like Gen. 18:24, "What if there are fifty righteous people in the city?"... the monastic separation apparently being that "fifty good men", or a body of devoted aesthetics removed from the world and devoted only to holiness. Perhaps there's something to that - I won't write it off completely.Rational νεόφυτοςhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08373754020926594940noreply@blogger.com