Crazy Theological Thoughts

How often in a day do you have people say "I am Sorry"? How many times in a week do you say "I am Sorry"? How many times do you say "I was wrong"? When people tell you they are sorry, do you just shrug it off or do you forgive them. There are a lot of times when old people will tell their Children I am sorry for being such a horrible parent. Children in turn say that they were not so bad. But it is forgiveness they are asking for. When you say your sorry, do you expect people to give you forgiveness. Why do you say your sorry? I think most of us desire some kind of comfort for our wrong doing. People need to forgiveness. I would hope that at least once a week you would stand up and say, "I was wrong." Maybe not in those exact words. But most of us need to be reminded that we have done things wrong. When we are reminded we repent of those things by saying, "I am Sorry". Jesus Christ died for the forgiveness of all your sins....

This may have to deal with sports more than theology or God talk. But I was at a Volleyball game last night and started to think about whether people cheer for Victory or Defeat. I am a pretty big sports fan and I like to cheer for others. I was told once at a Tennis match that you are not supposed to cheer, when the other player hits a horrible shot or it tips of his racket. This gets me to the Volleyball game. It was amazing to see how everyone cheers when someone hits a horrible spike, a serve goes into the net, a player falls down missing the ball completely, and so on. The teams would cheer when they got an Ace which makes sense that was a good shot. But then the one team would do a little cheer when they made a mistake. Do you ever cheer when you make a mistake? Do other people cheer for you or against you when you make a mistake? Most of the time we feel like others cheer over our mistakes. But how often to we actually cheer for other people's victories? When...

In the explanation to the Third Article it states, "I believe that I cannot by my own reason or strength believe in Jesus Christ, my Lord, or come to Him; but the Holy Spirit has called me by the Gospel, enlightened me with His gifts, sanctified and kept me in the true faith." This would mean the main work of the Holy Spirit is to Call, gather, enlighten, and sanctify the Christian Church or communion of Saints. Why do Lutherans get pegged with not emphasizing the Holy Spirit enough? Many people in the world want to see the Holy Spirit work as he did in Acts. They want to see people getting healed, speaking in tongues, and other wonders. But at the same time they want to take all the credit for their own Faith. You have to make a decision for Jesus. But isn't this taking the greatest works of the Holy Spirit away from him. We would never take Creation away from God. We would never take the sacrifice for our sins away from Christ (well some would). But why sh...