Comments for coltsneckreformed.org http://coltsneckreformed.org/CNRCblog Church Blog Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:18:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Frederick Buechner on Faith by T Alan Trautman http://coltsneckreformed.org/CNRCblog/2011/05/09/frederick-buechner-on-faith/comment-page-1/#comment-1538 T Alan Trautman Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:18:28 +0000 http://coltsneckreformed.org/CNRCblog/?p=217#comment-1538 I would add, "Now and Then", the middle of Buechner's memoir books. I would add, “Now and Then”, the middle of Buechner’s memoir books.

]]> Comment on Things I Am Thankful For – Part 1 by Michael http://coltsneckreformed.org/CNRCblog/2011/11/16/things-i-am-thankful-for-%e2%80%93-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1386 Michael Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:44:41 +0000 http://coltsneckreformed.org/CNRCblog/?p=246#comment-1386 I'l have to respectfully disagree on this. It seems to me that Jesus did not mean be like him. That would be salvation through works. What he clearly meant by the statement "by him", when it is taken in the context of the rest of the New Testament, is that we must accept his grace which is freely given. Now while we must admit that all things are possible through grace and God can save anyone he wants to ( like young children) and it is understandable that we want to believe that everyone will get to heaven, telling people it does not matter wether or not they accept Christ is a disservice to them and I would suggest it is a grave sin. In fact if sins can be rated I would rate this as the worst. By saying you must believe that Christ is the Son of God who died for our sins and that you must accept his grace in order to be saved is not us deciding who gets into heaven. It is saying what God has told us. It is repeating the message that God has commanded his people to spread. It is a message of hope and love. A message that all who hear it are free to reject because God has given us free will. However we can never say the choice does not matter. I’l have to respectfully disagree on this. It seems to me that Jesus did not mean be like him. That would be salvation through works. What he clearly meant by the statement “by him”, when it is taken in the context of the rest of the New Testament, is that we must accept his grace which is freely given. Now while we must admit that all things are possible through grace and God can save anyone he wants to ( like young children) and it is understandable that we want to believe that everyone will get to heaven, telling people it does not matter wether or not they accept Christ is a disservice to them and I would suggest it is a grave sin. In fact if sins can be rated I would rate this as the worst. By saying you must believe that Christ is the Son of God who died for our sins and that you must accept his grace in order to be saved is not us deciding who gets into heaven. It is saying what God has told us. It is repeating the message that God has commanded his people to spread. It is a message of hope and love. A message that all who hear it are free to reject because God has given us free will. However we can never say the choice does not matter.

]]> Comment on “Phinding” My Way Through Philly by Alan Zaccaria, MD http://coltsneckreformed.org/CNRCblog/2011/04/12/%e2%80%9cphinding%e2%80%9d-my-way-through-philly/comment-page-1/#comment-1049 Alan Zaccaria, MD Sat, 07 May 2011 15:52:09 +0000 http://coltsneckreformed.org/CNRCblog/?p=214#comment-1049 Great story Chris. I was very touched by the letter she gave you on your last day with her. It is addressed to Mom, and says the following (I am not editing this): Dear Mrs. Zaccaria, I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your husband. You are a wonderful human being. I have never had the privilege of meeting you, but I know you are a special person. You have managed to raise such a caring son. Chris often talks about what a wonderful cook you are. So I would like to know the secret recipe for making such a wonderful human being! Chris is a joy to know and is full of life. Chris has the talent and the ability to up lift and empower others through teaching. He is very humble, and you can tell he comes from a good family. He is a very kind, giving and thoughtful person. Not to mention, that he is also both intelligent and talented. He is so young, and could be doing a million things with his time, yet he chooses to give up some of his time to help others. In a time when parents are wondering what they did wrong! You and your husband can say, I did something right! Thank you and God bless you and your husband, Maria and family What a wonderful testimonial. It is truly a great feeling and blessing when you "touch" someone's life. This is something that gives me great joy in my profession (medicine). There is nothing that has a greater impact than knowing that you made a difference in someone's life. God works in many ways, and has certainly worked through Christopher, as evident by this experience. Alan Zaccaria Great story Chris. I was very touched by the letter she gave you on your last day with her. It is addressed to Mom, and says the following (I am not editing this):

Dear Mrs. Zaccaria,

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your husband. You are a wonderful human being. I have never had the privilege of meeting you, but I know you are a special person. You have managed to raise such a caring son. Chris often talks about what a wonderful cook you are. So I would like to know the secret recipe for making such a wonderful human being! Chris is a joy to know and is full of life.

Chris has the talent and the ability to up lift and empower others through teaching. He is very humble, and you can tell he comes from a good family. He is a very kind, giving and thoughtful person. Not to mention, that he is also both intelligent and talented. He is so young, and could be doing a million things with his time, yet he chooses to give up some of his time to help others. In a time when parents are wondering what they did wrong! You and your husband can say, I did something right!

Thank you and God bless you and your husband,

Maria and family

What a wonderful testimonial. It is truly a great feeling and blessing when you “touch” someone’s life. This is something that gives me great joy in my profession (medicine). There is nothing that has a greater impact than knowing that you made a difference in someone’s life. God works in many ways, and has certainly worked through Christopher, as evident by this experience.

Alan Zaccaria

]]> Comment on Fortune Cookie #3 – Now is the time to make circles with mints; do not haste any longer. by jeanie manson http://coltsneckreformed.org/CNRCblog/2011/02/10/fortune-cookie-3-%e2%80%93-now-is-the-time-to-make-circles-with-mints-do-not-haste-any-longer/comment-page-1/#comment-605 jeanie manson Fri, 11 Feb 2011 04:47:39 +0000 http://coltsneckreformed.org/CNRCblog/?p=176#comment-605 Yay! Off to make the mint circle right away! Yay! Off to make the mint circle right away!

]]> Comment on January 6 – Happy Epiphany! by mary iking http://coltsneckreformed.org/CNRCblog/2011/01/06/january-6-%e2%80%93-happy-epiphany/comment-page-1/#comment-425 mary iking Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:23:18 +0000 http://coltsneckreformed.org/CNRCblog/?p=141#comment-425 very interesting. learned somthing new today. very interesting. learned somthing new today.

]]> Comment on Hebrew Lesson #1 – “In beginning…” by jeanie manson http://coltsneckreformed.org/CNRCblog/2010/12/29/hebrew-lesson-1-%e2%80%93-%e2%80%9cin-beginning%e2%80%a6%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-391 jeanie manson Wed, 05 Jan 2011 13:33:17 +0000 http://coltsneckreformed.org/CNRCblog/?p=136#comment-391 Great! It changes the whole concept of any new beginning really....and beginning in the creation sense! Thanks! Great! It changes the whole concept of any new beginning really….and beginning in the creation sense! Thanks!

]]> Comment on A Veteran’s Day Prayer by Daniel http://coltsneckreformed.org/CNRCblog/2010/11/11/a-veterans-day-prayer/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Daniel Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:18:22 +0000 http://coltsneckreformed.org/CNRCblog/?p=104#comment-294 great post, thanks for sharing great post, thanks for sharing

]]> Comment on Pre-Sermon Discussion for Sunday, October 17, 2010 by Rev. Scott D. Brown by jerichoun http://coltsneckreformed.org/CNRCblog/2010/10/15/pre-sermon-discussion-for-sunday-october-17-2010-by-rev-scott-d-brown-2/comment-page-1/#comment-293 jerichoun Fri, 17 Dec 2010 10:41:49 +0000 http://coltsneckreformed.org/CNRCblog/?p=60#comment-293 Great blog!!! A++++ Great blog!!! A++++

]]> Comment on Whose Legs will be under your Thanksgiving Table? by Rev. Scott D. Brown by Barbara Cerny http://coltsneckreformed.org/CNRCblog/2010/11/24/whose-legs-will-be-under-your-thanksgiving-table-by-rev-scott-d-brown/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Barbara Cerny Thu, 25 Nov 2010 16:53:34 +0000 http://coltsneckreformed.org/CNRCblog/?p=114#comment-158 Wishing our entire church family a happy and blessed Thanksgiving Day. We are all fortunate to be a part of such an amazing church. The Cerny Family Wishing our entire church family a happy and blessed Thanksgiving Day. We are all fortunate to be a part of such an amazing church.

The Cerny Family

]]> Comment on Those Good Old Days – Haggai 2:1-9 by small business grants http://coltsneckreformed.org/CNRCblog/2010/11/05/those-good-old-days-%e2%80%93-haggai-21-9/comment-page-1/#comment-144 small business grants Mon, 22 Nov 2010 01:16:57 +0000 http://coltsneckreformed.org/CNRCblog/?p=96#comment-144 Pretty nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have really enjoyed browsing your blog posts. In any case I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you write again soon! Pretty nice post. I just stumbled upon your blog and wanted to say that I have really enjoyed browsing your blog posts. In any case I’ll be subscribing to your feed and I hope you write again soon!

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