Comments for True North Blog http://truenorthblog.net The News & Events of True North Community Church Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:58:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Undivided: The Jealous Heart of God by Bob Smith http://truenorthblog.net/undivided-the-jealous-heart-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Bob Smith Mon, 12 Jul 2010 15:58:45 +0000 http://truenorthblog.net/?p=664#comment-271 <a href="#comment-270" rel="nofollow">@Bob Smith </a> Sorry I meant John 21:15 @Bob Smith
Sorry I meant John 21:15

]]> Comment on Undivided: The Jealous Heart of God by Bob Smith http://truenorthblog.net/undivided-the-jealous-heart-of-god/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Bob Smith Mon, 12 Jul 2010 02:04:10 +0000 http://truenorthblog.net/?p=664#comment-270 Where to start......... I have had many discussions with friends and relatives the last few weeks over translations. My visit to your church was most enjoyable and when you began your service and started explaining the translation of "Love " I just totally connected to your message.Sometimes a direct translation leads us away from the true meaning of what the author was stating.Your reading and explanation of the discussion between Jesus and Peter in Matthew 21:15 was perfect.Jesus is asking Peter if he loved Him (in the "agape" sense of love) and Peter replies that he does love Jesus, but Peter answers in the philia (or philos) meaning of love . Jesus asks Peter once again using the agape sense of love and Peter answers for the second time using the philos sense of love.When Jesus asks a third time,he can see how humbled and humiliated Peter has become and Jesus now uses the philos sense of love.Jesus came to Peter's level and Peter replies "Lord you know all things ,you know that I love you (in the philos sense). The translation of the word "Love" is all so important in understanding the new testament.Lets face it I have a hard time understanding it, I have just come across this recently.Otherwise I would have no idea how important it is to understand "Love".In English we have just this one word.And in Jesus's own language (Aremaic) there is only one word for love.But the new testament was written in Greek so the writer sees the importance to properly convey the meaning of the spoken words of Jesus.Understanding the true use of the word love is really important . It is also good to understand that a direct translation of every spoken word does not give us the true meaning. Well anyway there have been many councils and many scholars that have wrestled with this for almost two thousand years. but thanks for pointing this out.Great sermon !!!!!! Where to start……… I have had many discussions with friends and relatives the last few weeks over translations. My visit to your church was most enjoyable and when you began your service and started explaining the translation of “Love ” I just totally connected to your message.Sometimes a direct translation leads us away from the true meaning of what the author was stating.Your reading and explanation of the discussion between Jesus and Peter in Matthew 21:15 was perfect.Jesus is asking Peter if he loved Him (in the “agape” sense of love) and Peter replies that he does love Jesus, but Peter answers in the philia (or philos) meaning of love . Jesus asks Peter once again using the agape sense of love and Peter answers for the second time using the philos sense of love.When Jesus asks a third time,he can see how humbled and humiliated Peter has become and Jesus now uses the philos sense of love.Jesus came to Peter’s level and Peter replies “Lord you know all things ,you know that I love you (in the philos sense).

The translation of the word “Love” is all so important in understanding the new testament.Lets face it I have a hard time understanding it, I have just come across this recently.Otherwise I would have no idea how important it is to understand “Love”.In English we have just this one word.And in Jesus’s own language (Aremaic) there is only one word for love.But the new testament was written in Greek so the writer sees the importance to properly convey the meaning of the spoken words of Jesus.Understanding the true use of the word love is really important . It is also good to understand that a direct translation of every spoken word does not give us the true meaning.

Well anyway there have been many councils and many scholars that have wrestled with this for almost two thousand years. but thanks for pointing this out.Great sermon !!!!!!

]]> Comment on Summer 2010 NYC Outreach by Lori Kadlec http://truenorthblog.net/summer-2010-nyc-outreach/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Lori Kadlec Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:46:51 +0000 http://truenorthblog.net/?p=645#comment-266 Hey all..... I just found a pretty decent sized bag of samples/trial size toiletries that someone had donated to us here at Habitat....can you still take it/can I drop it off to someone? Please let me know :D Hey all…..

I just found a pretty decent sized bag of samples/trial size toiletries that someone had donated to us here at Habitat….can you still take it/can I drop it off to someone? Please let me know :D

]]> Comment on True North BBQ by Keith http://truenorthblog.net/true-north-bbq/comment-page-1/#comment-262 Keith Tue, 15 Jun 2010 01:21:02 +0000 http://truenorthblog.net/?p=624#comment-262 Awesome! You. Always have the best bbq's! Awesome! You. Always have the best bbq’s!

]]> Comment on Anna Macukas's Final Update from Thailand by lola sorrenti http://truenorthblog.net/anna-macukass-final-update-from-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-108 lola sorrenti Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:24:13 +0000 http://truenorthblog.net/?p=267#comment-108 Anna!!! I KNEW the moment I met you, Gods love shown right in your EYES!!!! God WILL Bless you for your wonderful heart of LOVE I look so forward to seeing you!!! Hope to hear that beautiful voice singing again too!! What an Example you are for so many young people you were missed!.Love Miss Lola Anna!!! I KNEW the moment I met you, Gods love shown right in your EYES!!!!
God WILL Bless you for your wonderful heart of LOVE
I look so forward to seeing you!!!
Hope to hear that beautiful voice singing again too!!
What an Example you are for so many young people
you were missed!.Love Miss Lola

]]> Comment on Wanna Host a True North Game Night? by Lori Schoeller http://truenorthblog.net/wanna-host-a-true-north-game-night/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Lori Schoeller Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:10:19 +0000 http://truenorthblog.net/?p=325#comment-119 Only if it's at the end of the month...I'm sorta busy in the beginning (insert wedding march here)! Online form here I come :D Only if it’s at the end of the month…I’m sorta busy in the beginning (insert wedding march here)! Online form here I come :D

]]> Comment on Local Shipwrecks Flavor by Lisa Schliessman http://truenorthblog.net/local-shipwrecks-flavor/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Lisa Schliessman Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:46:02 +0000 http://truenorthblog.net/?p=253#comment-107 I THOUGHT THE SHIPWRECK SERIES WAS VERY GOOD! I THOUGHT THE SHIPWRECK SERIES WAS VERY GOOD!

]]> Comment on Thanksgiving Eve service by Lisa Schliessman http://truenorthblog.net/thanksgiving-eve-service/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Lisa Schliessman Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:42:34 +0000 http://truenorthblog.net/?p=272#comment-109 IT WAS GREAT!! THANK YOU ! IT WAS GREAT!! THANK YOU !

]]> Comment on Wanna Host a True North Game Night? by Joe Poma http://truenorthblog.net/wanna-host-a-true-north-game-night/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Joe Poma Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:57:35 +0000 http://truenorthblog.net/?p=325#comment-118 Dude I am SO IN! Dude I am SO IN!

]]> Comment on Wanna Host a True North Game Night? by Karen Reischel http://truenorthblog.net/wanna-host-a-true-north-game-night/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Karen Reischel Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:07:25 +0000 http://truenorthblog.net/?p=325#comment-117 Cool!!! - Can we have some details? Cool!!! – Can we have some details?

]]>