Comments on: Relationships and Recovery http://www.nacronline.com Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:40:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: JM http://www.nacronline.com/recovery-issues/relationships-and-recovery/comment-page-1#comment-6615 JM Tue, 30 Jun 2009 00:38:56 +0000 http://www.christiansurvivors.com/cri/nacr/wordpress/?page_id=146#comment-6615 You stated: "The Kingdom of God is not intended to be the playground of need-less heroic individuals. It is intended by God to be a place where needy people who are prepared to share the journey with others will find a community of safety and healing." I won't disagree that this was indeed God's intention, but it is certainly not the reality. It must feel nice to have this kind of community at your side. I once thought that the Christian community was this kind of place too, until I realized that they were gunning for my destruction. Some people can't afford the vulnerability you call for because a strategically placed blow between the armor mail could be the last. You stated:

“The Kingdom of God is not intended to be the playground of need-less heroic individuals. It is intended by God to be a place where needy people who are prepared to share the journey with others will find a community of safety and healing.”

I won’t disagree that this was indeed God’s intention, but it is certainly not the reality. It must feel nice to have this kind of community at your side. I once thought that the Christian community was this kind of place too, until I realized that they were gunning for my destruction. Some people can’t afford the vulnerability you call for because a strategically placed blow between the armor mail could be the last.

]]> By: Al Soto http://www.nacronline.com/recovery-issues/relationships-and-recovery/comment-page-1#comment-6129 Al Soto Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:21:38 +0000 http://www.christiansurvivors.com/cri/nacr/wordpress/?page_id=146#comment-6129 I really enjoyed this article and think it has a message that many Evangelicals should consider. We are committing the same error that the Pharisees did in the time of Jesus which was they had a bad case of the "Hardening of the categories." When we do not desire to deal with something which includes people we just place them into a category that distances them from our world. I really enjoyed this article and think it has a message that many Evangelicals should consider. We are committing the same error that the Pharisees did in the time of Jesus which was they had a bad case of the “Hardening of the categories.” When we do not desire to deal with something which includes people we just place them into a category that distances them from our world.

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