Comments on: My Life: simul iustus et peccator (2) http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2007/06/my-life-simul-iustus-et-peccator-2/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:42:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: bonnie sue http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2007/06/my-life-simul-iustus-et-peccator-2/#comment-884 bonnie sue Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:03:48 +0000 http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/devblog/2007/06/14/my-life-simul-iustus-et-peccator-2/#comment-884 Again, you are telling my story, Michael. Ilived like that for 20 years and it began my senior year of Bible college! Until now I didn't have a name for it and until now I thought I had committed the unpardonable sin and God no longer wants to use me in ministry. Your testimony is inspiring me to seek God out more and search His will for my usefulness to Him. The bar scenes you described were me-only at Officers Clubs on military bases where I was stationed. This is significant for two reasons-1. the availability of men to go home with after drinking at Happy hour, and 2. How ugly and damaging is for a woman to behave the way I did. The fact that I ended up married to a good Christian man is a miracle in itself. Keep writing Michael, your flock is listening. bonnie sue Again, you are telling my story, Michael. Ilived like that for 20 years and it began my senior year of Bible college! Until now I didn’t have a name for it and until now I thought I had committed the unpardonable sin and God no longer wants to use me in ministry. Your testimony is inspiring me to seek God out more and search His will for my usefulness to Him. The bar scenes you described were me-only at Officers Clubs on military bases where I was stationed. This is significant for two reasons-1. the availability of men to go home with after drinking at Happy hour, and 2. How ugly and damaging is for a woman to behave the way I did. The fact that I ended up married to a good Christian man is a miracle in itself. Keep writing Michael, your flock is listening.
bonnie sue

]]> By: Parchment and Pen » My Life: simul iustus et peccator http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2007/06/my-life-simul-iustus-et-peccator-2/#comment-885 Parchment and Pen » My Life: simul iustus et peccator Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:07:52 +0000 http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/devblog/2007/06/14/my-life-simul-iustus-et-peccator-2/#comment-885 [...] Continue . . . [...] [...] Continue . . . [...]

]]> By: Parchment and Pen » My Life: simul iustus et peccator (3) http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2007/06/my-life-simul-iustus-et-peccator-2/#comment-879 Parchment and Pen » My Life: simul iustus et peccator (3) Sat, 16 Jun 2007 06:00:01 +0000 http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/devblog/2007/06/14/my-life-simul-iustus-et-peccator-2/#comment-879 [...] forward under such circumstances is never easy. Sin is a part of us. It does not want to let go. Failure after failure quickly [...] [...] forward under such circumstances is never easy. Sin is a part of us. It does not want to let go. Failure after failure quickly [...]

]]> By: reidc http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2007/06/my-life-simul-iustus-et-peccator-2/#comment-883 reidc Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:43:35 +0000 http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/devblog/2007/06/14/my-life-simul-iustus-et-peccator-2/#comment-883 Michael, Wow, I can definitely relate on several levels to the struggles you've been through. Thank you for your courage in posting these. I know it can be a fearful thing to be transparent like this, but I want to let you know that you been a great encouragement to me. I think we all struggle as believers with the knowledge that our sin is displeasing to God. Seems that the bottom line in all of it is that we don't trust God that His ways are better than ours, that he's just a cosmic kill-joy out to spoil all the "fun." Reid Michael,

Wow, I can definitely relate on several levels to the struggles you’ve been through. Thank you for your courage in posting these. I know it can be a fearful thing to be transparent like this, but I want to let you know that you been a great encouragement to me.

I think we all struggle as believers with the knowledge that our sin is displeasing to God. Seems that the bottom line in all of it is that we don’t trust God that His ways are better than ours, that he’s just a cosmic kill-joy out to spoil all the “fun.”

Reid

]]> By: bpratico http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2007/06/my-life-simul-iustus-et-peccator-2/#comment-882 bpratico Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:35:06 +0000 http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/devblog/2007/06/14/my-life-simul-iustus-et-peccator-2/#comment-882 Better than "reality tv", Michael. :-) Bob Better than “reality tv”, Michael. :-)
Bob

]]> By: The Boar’s Head Tavern » http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2007/06/my-life-simul-iustus-et-peccator-2/#comment-881 The Boar’s Head Tavern » Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:32:41 +0000 http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/devblog/2007/06/14/my-life-simul-iustus-et-peccator-2/#comment-881 [...] Michael at Pen and Parchment is doing a personal testimony series called “Simul Justus et Peccator.” Good stuff. Here’s part 2. [...] [...] Michael at Pen and Parchment is doing a personal testimony series called “Simul Justus et Peccator.” Good stuff. Here’s part 2. [...]

]]> By: stpattykid http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/blog/2007/06/my-life-simul-iustus-et-peccator-2/#comment-880 stpattykid Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:34:50 +0000 http://www.reclaimingthemind.org/devblog/2007/06/14/my-life-simul-iustus-et-peccator-2/#comment-880 Seriously Michael...the only thing missing from these posts is you saying (or writing), "I'm talking to someone out there right now". B.A. Hill Seriously Michael…the only thing missing from these posts is you saying (or writing), “I’m talking to someone out there right now”.

B.A. Hill

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