tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228815313717049296.comments2020-10-24T15:36:34.928-07:00Call to CommitmentJohn Bruecknerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09153763497455377572noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228815313717049296.post-89861951657703138642020-07-17T04:17:29.051-07:002020-07-17T04:17:29.051-07:00Thank you for your comment! It is absolutely true....Thank you for your comment! It is absolutely true. We need to see the biblical concept of pride and humility. Habakkuk's majestic statement, which inspired the New Testament writers and the reformists, carries the Bible definition (2:4): "Behold the proud, his soul is not upright in him; but the just shall live by his faith." The just one humbly confides in God; the proud is self-reliant. The proud one justifies himself; the humble one, like the publican, recognizes his sin and guilt. This morning I'm thinking about how different Christians view sin. Let me give an example: Someone might say, "I sinned today... I did not pray." Another says, "I sinned today... I prayed and I sinned in my prayer." See what I mean? The first sees the holiness of God on a much lower level than the second. Because the second sees it clearly, he is much more conscious of his lack and need of God.Lowell Bruecknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03044165685576141295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228815313717049296.post-4310169210733461212020-07-17T03:18:42.325-07:002020-07-17T03:18:42.325-07:00Thanks brother "Blessed are the poor in spiri...Thanks brother "Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of God " ,it's the humble who receives grace, and the childlike who is absolutely dependent on the Father who receives the answer. God bless Lowell thanks for the stirring encouragement Amen. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14884799999786155149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228815313717049296.post-28006315910238817992020-07-17T02:38:57.311-07:002020-07-17T02:38:57.311-07:00Thanks brother for this encouragement stirred up m...Thanks brother for this encouragement stirred up my heart even more to seek the Lord "that I may know him and the power of his resurrection ",truly the highest call of man is to the holy place and the highest wisdom of man is to heed and follow that call.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14884799999786155149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228815313717049296.post-14528723787596632602020-05-11T12:36:15.803-07:002020-05-11T12:36:15.803-07:00Yes it is me, and yes I have received the song. Th...Yes it is me, and yes I have received the song. Thank you! How lovely to see you are still active in the Lord's work. Am glad I found this blog. Deyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02135757879232627876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228815313717049296.post-56803779671024187122020-05-11T04:35:10.332-07:002020-05-11T04:35:10.332-07:00Andreea
Hi! I sent you the song, "In You Wil...Andreea<br /><br />Hi! I sent you the song, "In You Will I Trust" via email and I hope you can open it without problems.<br /><br />Are you Andreea (nee Stan)? If so, I remember you well. Please let me hear from you and also I hope you continue to use this blog. <br /><br />Blessings Lowell BruecknerLowell Bruecknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03044165685576141295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228815313717049296.post-14762961683010507722018-05-28T14:08:03.344-07:002018-05-28T14:08:03.344-07:00Amen!Amen!Enčibenčihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05074054897916542598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228815313717049296.post-71763721839437895002016-04-04T01:54:26.446-07:002016-04-04T01:54:26.446-07:00So good to read such an article talking about the ...So good to read such an article talking about the difference between what is real and what it is not.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513490231689774947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228815313717049296.post-48337390929103060332015-09-02T17:07:07.321-07:002015-09-02T17:07:07.321-07:00Great articles Lowell, thanks!Great articles Lowell, thanks!David Zoselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425777540466314977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228815313717049296.post-27520015287886848402015-07-15T06:46:01.204-07:002015-07-15T06:46:01.204-07:00Right on Lowell!Right on Lowell!Randy's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056152427282213823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228815313717049296.post-16782354114987522532015-06-12T15:09:22.348-07:002015-06-12T15:09:22.348-07:00Thanks, Randy. That's very encouraging and we ...Thanks, Randy. That's very encouraging and we are very thankful! It's 100% grace with some Holy Spirit teaching from His word thrown in. <br />Lowell Bruecknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03044165685576141295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228815313717049296.post-431324379240375512015-06-12T14:34:02.494-07:002015-06-12T14:34:02.494-07:00God loves to heal, I'm sure of that and I'...God loves to heal, I'm sure of that and I've probably seen as many healings per square infirmity as anyone. But anyone who knows Clare will testify of the humility and sweetness that oozes from being six years under the crucible. I am enjoying the best ministry of my life in these latter years, and it is the result of the agony and grief of having to look up to see bottom... no one can convince me otherwise. Overall, I've been blessed with good health, but the good has come from deep inner pain... things that I would never ask to go through and I hope never to repeat, but I am thankful for them. I've read a lot of biographies and anyone who has made any kind of a permanent mark on the Kingdom of God has gone through things that some would say should never happen to a Christian. God loves us too much to spare the rod.Lowell Bruecknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03044165685576141295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228815313717049296.post-91505260485543094832015-06-12T07:42:17.040-07:002015-06-12T07:42:17.040-07:00Lowell, you are so awesome. You and Margaret are ...Lowell, you are so awesome. You and Margaret are to be commended for raising such great kids who love God. You've obviously done something right. It's great to see your kids on the front lines of ministry. Blessings to you and your family. RandyRandy's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056152427282213823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228815313717049296.post-79142808771027645852015-06-12T07:39:03.074-07:002015-06-12T07:39:03.074-07:00What an uplifting testimony from Clare! It's ...What an uplifting testimony from Clare! It's great to see the power of God healing people's bodies. I used to put more emphasis on the "joy of suffering" until I realized just how much God wants to heal our minds and bodies. Now I rejoice more in the joy of His healing. Praise God for what he did for Clare. The mighty power of the Holy Spirit destroys sickness - not just if God is in a good mood, but out of His great love for his people. - Randy KeelerRandy's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056152427282213823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228815313717049296.post-72744729316107167162014-04-30T01:42:16.137-07:002014-04-30T01:42:16.137-07:00You have been a blessing to us all in Croatia.God ...You have been a blessing to us all in Croatia.God bless you.Vesna and Bernard.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17378746097072194175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228815313717049296.post-25363085382058561682014-01-01T09:53:21.084-08:002014-01-01T09:53:21.084-08:00Luke 24:44-45
"Then He said to them, "Th...Luke 24:44-45<br />"Then He said to them, "These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning me." And he opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures."David Zoselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425777540466314977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228815313717049296.post-67965628974000130912013-05-02T15:40:13.583-07:002013-05-02T15:40:13.583-07:00Amazing, isn't it, how quickly "Christian...Amazing, isn't it, how quickly "Christians" side in with the world's propaganda. It's almost like they were waiting for an excuse to embrace perversion. Well, they never knew the God of the Bible, I'm sure of that. "They were not of us." <br /><br />Thanks, Randy, for your support. It is appreciated. Encouraging words are warmly welcome in a cold spiritual climate. <br />Lowell Bruecknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03044165685576141295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228815313717049296.post-68677248358078723302013-05-02T07:16:10.821-07:002013-05-02T07:16:10.821-07:00Lowell, another good posting. Appreciate these le...Lowell, another good posting. Appreciate these letters from Ravenhill and the relationship you had with him.<br /> <br />Didn't know about David Hunt dying. The Seduction book was a real wake up call for people to "examine themselves to see if they are of the faith". <br /> <br />When the Seduction of Christianity was released, many of us gasped at the level of heresy that had permeated the church. Little did we know the level of deception 25 years down the road - now.<br /><br />I have witnessed a great number of churched individuals who have now gone soft on homosexually. Not to mention the basic doctrines of the Christian faith.<br /><br />Keep up the good work Lowell. <br /><br />Randy Randy's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12056152427282213823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228815313717049296.post-89522534444255426262011-07-30T05:54:43.350-07:002011-07-30T05:54:43.350-07:00I thank you for your comments and am happy that yo...I thank you for your comments and am happy that you see, at least, the danger to lost sinners in "The Shack". The CHIEF purpose of the Bible is to reveal to mankind, especially believers, the true God. The old hymnwriter said, "What more can He say, than to you He has said." I'm satisfied with biblical revelation. Any extra-biblical revelation of God is to be critically assessed by the Bible. Paul Young's revelation does not stand the test. "Pilgrim's Progress" is also fiction, but there was enough godly fear in John Bunyan's day, so as to avoid any presentation of an image of God. We are far too tolerant and light in this century. God is much to wonderful, holy, and majestic to allow any imaginary depiction of His person. We have no liberty, even in fiction, to portray God as "any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth" (Ex. 20:4). We have no license to use fiction to use our personal imagination and form a god after it. That would include a black or Asian woman, wouldn't it? Jesus said, "If you've seen Me, you've seen the Father", showing that He was the perfect human representation of the godhead. He is enough for me, but even so, we have been left no sculpture or painting - not even a description of his physical features. I suggest you read, "Burning Down the Shack" by James B. De Young and "Erasing Hell" by Francis Chan.Lowell Bruecknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03044165685576141295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228815313717049296.post-49968667580905827882011-07-29T19:28:44.448-07:002011-07-29T19:28:44.448-07:00I did read the shack, have not read Love Wins. I a...I did read the shack, have not read Love Wins. I appreciate your views here. I have long suspected many of the same things about these two authors. They just take away from the... HOLYNESS of God. It makes Him seem to earthly and human. Like he isn't an all seeing, all fearing God, just a kind "buddy" who wouldn't dare toss a poor ol' sinner into hell. <br /><br />As far as the shack goes; I found very little wrong with it. It is definitely not Biblical. But it is a fictional story. He says in the forward that most of the material in the book in simply fictional and not to be taken for truth. I feel it reached a new population of non-christians that would never pick up a Rick warren book or any other christian book. But at the same time, I do in my heart wonder if it is portraying to non christians a false view of God.Dkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03584267802977396530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7228815313717049296.post-86511951705539060102011-01-26T04:09:00.395-08:002011-01-26T04:09:00.395-08:00wow, I believe most of the Christians today should...wow, I believe most of the Christians today should hear thatAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03513490231689774947noreply@blogger.com