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Comment on How to hope by PC

PC — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:20:57 +0000

awesome reflection on that verse. I love it. I have never read it with that understanding before.

Comment on How to hope by Shelli

Shelli — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:32:56 +0000

I love this. I was just reading and rereading that verse yesterday and I LOVE the fact that all that process happens first and THEN hope comes out of it… makes me feel not a behind for not figuring out hope yet!

Comment on Do you BELIEVE you are loved by Anthony Price

Anthony Price — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:16:49 +0000

Thank you for posting this PC. I definitely needed to hear that this week.

Comment on Just wanna get home… by motherofwonder

motherofwonder — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:46:28 +0000

love it!

Comment on My Mexicali Testimony by PC

PC — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 18:06:12 +0000

Psssht, I love YOUR family and ministry and heart.

Comment on Just wanna get home… by Malisa

Malisa — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 05:32:05 +0000

Awe. What a fun and incredibly sweet post, Mr. PC!

Comment on My Mexicali Testimony by Jenni Reilly Shaffer

Jenni Reilly Shaffer — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:52:36 +0000

I love this post PC! Thank you….
Your blog and your ministry and your heart and your family….
they add to the beauty.

Comment on My Mexicali Testimony by Jenni Shaffer

Jenni Shaffer — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:51:44 +0000

Thank you PC! I love this post….

Comment on My Mexicali Testimony by Donna

Donna — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:24:05 +0000

Thanks, P.C. We do have so much to be grateful for!

Comment on God waits by Resources for Isaiah 30:18 - 19

Resources for Isaiah 30:18 - 19 — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:06:34 +0000

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Comment on Do you BELIEVE you are loved by PC

PC — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:18:48 +0000

I am very glad, friend. These are all words and the voice of my favorite author, Brennan Manning.

If you’re interested, check out his book The Ragamuffin Gospel. It is chalk full of these sorts of refreshments.

Comment on Do you BELIEVE you are loved by Joe Cooper

Joe Cooper — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:09:28 +0000

Once again you post exactly what I need to heart!!! Thank you so much PC!!!!

Comment on My Hiding Place [a prayer] by cutebabys

cutebabys — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:13:59 +0000

Reblogged this on Man is made of dreams and bones; and commented: When I don't see Your hand, I trust Your heart.

Comment on Healing begins in the beliefs by Ron Frye

Ron Frye — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:21:28 +0000

That is 100% true, P.C.

Comment on The Guilt Idol by Robert

Robert — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:03:24 +0000

Thanks for your thoughts PC. I agree with you pretty much down the line. I think there has always been a line of demarcation between the lawkeepers & the gracelivers. It seems like this has been the case as i reflect on church history, and has been occurring now over old earth/young earth, literal vs symbolic creation, role of women in ministry, most of which Rachel has covered. I have a friend who is very politically involved. He sees the church overall being like Nazi germany, talking grace and peace while not seeking to make the govt do justice. He also says there is no forgiveness without repentance and cites various Biblical passages to support this. What thoughts come to mind in thinking how you would respond to him???

Comment on How Faith-based is Your Organization? by Ron Frye

Ron Frye — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:44:48 +0000

Thanks for the challenge. It is with pure joy that I confess that the ministry that God has give us is purely faith-based. Praise the Lord, He has never failed us. We have never raised a penny and no bill or need has ever gone unmet.

Comment on The Guilt Idol by PC

PC — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:20:42 +0000

Perhaps there are a few reasons. I think it is far easier to focus on the faults and failures of every other person, because in doing so, I don’t have to look at my own. I mean the most often quoted passage about judging says, “First remove the plank from your own eye. THEN you may see clearly to remove the speck from your neighbors.”

I think if we first did the real dirty work of looking at the things we needed to change in our own lives, we would approach other people very differently. If my heart has TRULY been wrecked by the sins I have battled and continued to battle, and if that battle has wrecked me enough to really see how amazing God’s grace, mercy, and ridiculous love actually is, I would approach people very differently.

So I would say that legalism is so rampant because grace is not amazing to them. I have heard it said that if your sin is great, your savior must be great. If your sin is small (or you act like it is), your savior must be small.

I personally need and believe in a GREAT savior. Legalists have a small savior.

Comment on The Guilt Idol by Robert

Robert — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:55:28 +0000

PC- why do you think the *legalistic perfectionism* is so embedded in so much preaching and teaching?? I have been in the Church since very young, gone to Bible College and Seminary and overwhelmingly have heard both overtly and covertly God expects us to *get it right* and not fail. The whole subject of *walking the talk*, having moral integrity and walking in step with the Spirit just run like a pinball loose in my head. What are some more ways you ascertain we can break free from this way and actually incorporate grace??

Comment on The Guilt Idol by PC

PC — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:26:35 +0000

I think God expects failure from us far more than we do, and if we would understand that we could find incredible grace. Yet we always live life without the understanding that failure is going to happen. We are going to mess it up!

A favorite poet of mine wrote, “Failing is not just for failures. It is for everyone. Failures just have more experience.”

Comment on The Guilt Idol by PC

PC — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 17:23:51 +0000

I can get behind that. Acceptance and respect can certainly be at the top of our list of desires, and that placement can create other things in effect; such as guilt and shame when do not receive the acceptance or respect we want or think we deserve.

Comment on The Guilt Idol by Robert

Robert — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:45:52 +0000

I think a big cause is how certain biblical imperatives get distorted. We are told to have no anxiety or fear, to have faith and obey and not doubt, to repent and sin no more. These are just a few examples. Of course in practive no one has or can do all this. we internalize a thought/feeling though that God expects this from us and as long as we fall short, built and shame will stick like glue until somehow we attain the standard- whatever that might be!!!! I agree PC we need intensive instruction in how to accept grace as God intends it

Comment on The Guilt Idol by Amy

Amy — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:26:26 +0000

I think the reason I “hide” my faults, etc. isn’t because God doesn’t accept and love me, or even that I can’t accept and love myself. It has more to do with what others will think of me if I reveal all those inmost thoughts, etc. My idol is being accepted, respected and loved by other people.

Comment on The Guilt Idol by Guilt, the Super Bowl, and Marriage :: SingleRoots Saturday Edition [2/4] | SingleRoots

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:12:40 +0000

[...] The Guilt Idol :: The short post caught our attention, at first, because it begins with a Bonhoeffer quote. But then as we continued reading, we realized the whole concept of guilt becoming an idol in our lives is worth contemplating. [...]

Comment on The Guilt Idol by PC

PC — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:40:05 +0000

Because we have a really hard time accepting grace in practice instead theory alone.

Comment on The Guilt Idol by Malisa

Malisa — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:24:56 +0000

Thanks for writing this, PC. Hiding out is something I want to rid in my life. But at the same time, I like pretending like everything’s ok and that I’m not a sensitive, fragile person. I think it’s easy to think God is like me…cruel and full of hate towards my wrongdoings. What a relief that He is not like me!

Any thoughts on how come guilt seems to be so prevalent in “Christian” circles?

Comment on 2 Lies We Believe About Ourselves by PC

PC — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:58:18 +0000

THank you for reading, Ashley. I appreciate you very much.

Comment on 2 Lies We Believe About Ourselves by randomashley

randomashley — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:07:42 +0000

Thanks so much, PC. This is EXACTLY what I needed to hear this morning.

Comment on You’re Welcome: Eliot Rausch by randomashley

randomashley — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:18:00 +0000

Reblogged this on randomashley and commented: This is definitely worth checking out -- this particular post re: Eliot Rausch as well as PC Walker's blog. You will not be disappointed.

Comment on I am a spy, but so are you by PC

PC — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:35:16 +0000

It is also my brother’s name.

Comment on I am a spy, but so are you by Alexis

Alexis — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:42:57 +0000

aw, i love this post, PC. And on a side note, my son Caleb is named after one of those spies