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Longfellow

Longfellow

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I've posted in this forum before, but I'm introducing myself because I see myself in a different way from how I did then. I say that I'm not a Christian because I don't agree with the beliefs of any Christian denomination, but I recognize and accept Jesus as my lord and the Lord of God's kingdom. I don't think of the Bible as infallible in the way that some Christians do, but in my disagreements with Christians about Jesus, I don't think that I'm disagreeing with the Bible. I only think that I'm disagreeing with Christians about what it says. I came back to this forum, because I've had some new thoughts about my disagreements with Christians, and I'd like to discuss them with people who care about what the Bible says.
 
Update on how I see myself in relation to Christianity: I'm not a Christian, and I'm not trying to be one. It isn't that I don't want to be one, it's that I don't care if I am or not. I don't think that Jesus cares if anyone is a Christian or not. I think that what he cares about for us is to be the kind of servant that He can teach and empower us to be. Another part of my relation to Christianity is that I'm very interested in the story that the Bible tells us.
 
Some more things that I forgot to say about how I see myself in relationship to Christianity. In my middle school and high school years, I went to an Evangelical and Reformed church, I went to confirmation class, and I was baptized. My father was born into a Mennonite family. My older sister taught me the Lord‘s prayer and the 23rd Psalm when I was very young and I treasured those all through my childhood. in college, after a conversation with someone from Campus Crusade for Christ, I invited Christ to come into my life. Now, and for most of my life, I’ve seen myself as the little drummer boy. I have no gift to bring that’s fit to give a King. I play my little toy drum for him, hoping to see him smile at me, and sometimes I think I do see him smiling at me. I search in the Bible for answers to questions that I see people debating about.

(later) Another reason for saying that I’m not a Christian is because I don’t meet anyone’s belief requirements for being one.
 
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I'm not seeing any interest here in talking about the kingdom that Jesus says His gospel is all about, so I might not be posting here anymore any time soon, except possibly to respond to posts addressed to me.
 
I really respect your honesty and the way you’re seeking to follow Jesus sincerely, even outside of traditional labels. Your perspective on servanthood and the kingdom really got me thinking.
 
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I did, and there was no response until your post half an hour ago.
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Well, forum activity can vary from day to day and week to week. Sometimes when I start a thread it takes awhile to get replies too.
If you want to review recent threads (if you haven't already) you can get a sense of what we've talked about recently, and what various people are likely to comment on.
 
I’ve accidentally created a puzzle for myself. I’m wondering what anyone could do with anything that I’ve been saying, or about anything that I’ve been saying, even if they wanted to.

(later) Oh. Just see if there’s anything they can think of to say or ask about it. Then I can see if it gives me any new or different ideas.

Cool.
 
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Another thing that people could do with what I’m saying about what the Bible says, if they would ever want to, is sometime when they’re reading the Bible, to see if they can see what I’m talking about.
 
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