Emmie > Recent Status Updates

"If a religious system dominates or powers over you and tries to manage your behaviors or beliefs, it's a human-made system. If a system is designed to come under you and support the growth of your love with Christ and your, rare, creative, contributing self - if it seeks to support the health of your heart first, not manage your behavior or beliefs - then it's manifested from the spirit."

"The harsh truth is that we, the church, are often the greatest perpetrators of systematic bondage - that is institutionalization." Sums up well what YHWH has shown us the past 3 years as well as the reason is because it's connected to the school, medical, and government institutions, yet she still holds to these in what I've seen thus far. All of them need to be broken to truly live her version of bandersnatch.

"What is it that sets Christians apart from the rest of the world? It is our absolute commitment to the Word of God. We have the truth, and that truth sets us free from the lies of our culture. Our churches must be 100 percent loyal to the full Word of God with no compromise."
quote from page 40 yet the beginning of the book he is clear that the OT is Jewish, so which is it? full Word of God or OT is only for Jews?

Discussing Baalam infiltrating Israel to go against the commands of YHWH and earlier in the book, Amir says clearly that we are not to follow the commands because we are not Israel in Yeshua. Find it interesting that he can call this out in what happened in Pergamum yet doesn't see the hypocrisy in his own teaching/writing.

Amir has been asserting that replacement theology is not true (I agree) and then between pages 70 and 71 in one paragraph he describes replacement theology as being true...

"'Tim, Justice can never be served unless the truth is known.'
Even to my owners I sounded like an American history teacher." I find this quote very interesting as the more we learn we realize this statement is extremely questionable.

So far not too bad, but her consistent use of euphemisms for sex and many that make no sense is a bit annoying...

Second book to give me an interesting perspective on the story about the Samaritan woman at the well's encounter with Jesus

So far good things to consider with our family being in major transition, but too much psychology and not enough Scripture. Some suggestions they make are in contradiction with what those who have been in these situations say are helpful, which gives me some doubts about some of the advice.

The list of what teens are like at the beginning is very off-putting but praying that the rest may give some helpful insight. The assumption of what teens will be is straight from a worldly narrative...

CH 2 His understanding of the Law is so off! This doesn't help...

The first chapter was boring. I'm only reading this because of a book club.