“I don’t understand the desire of some Christians to complete seperate themselves from the world. How does this fit in with biblical teaching?”

There is a radical difference in “separating yourself from the world” (it would take a very aggressive, concerted effort to do that) and allowing our children to be educated by secular teaching and influenced the majority of the day by peers who do not embrace our Christian worldview. My question is, how does the Bible teach that? I’ve posted before on the numerous biblical principles that spell out our need to avoid the “counsel of the ungodly”. There is far more biblical evidence to keep our children out of govt. school than there is for it. (Reminder: Jesus didn’t even let his grown disciples sit under any other teaching than His own. He shepherded them all day, walking right beside them. How much more our little ones?)

You mention that “if parents are doing their job they will learn right from wrong at home”. Really? Because statistically, that’s not happening. Children from Christian homes are either leaving the faith altogether at alarming rates, or their lives simply don’t reflect a Christian worldview.

What your saying doesn’t hold up to the reality of what is happening. And in my opinion, it doesn’t hold up biblically.

First, WW and most of the rest of us have our own blogs/sites that discuss a variety of lifestyle issues, home and family, unapologetically Christian, many postures of worship and a variety of voices. We are hardly in lock-step with each other, except for our love of Jesus Christ.

WW/Kelly posts from her heart, based on Biblical teachings, and includes her family, her successes, her areas of concern, her struggles, her life – she is not hiding in the anonimity of blogland, hurling insults and making assumptions about total strangers.

As I see it, what you have revealed about yourself is all I need to know. Who, exactly, is intolerant?

I wrote in my post that I knew we weren’t UNDER the law, but just pointed out that there are natural consequences to breaking them. I don’t want to stone my children and I don’t pray for God to destroy San Fransisco with fire.

Someone asked what if your child was gay? I have thought about this a lot. I would not prayerfully kick him out of the house. I have actually talked to him about it, after one of my gay friends asked me the same question. My son said “well I hope you don’t act like it is OK. I would hope my mother would tell me the truth and try to show me my sin.” this is a 16 year old boy. So, I think that we should show that same love for everyone. Are you REALLY loving your neighbor if you pretend they are living a holy life when it is really a lifestyle of ongoing sin? I think that might be the root of this disagreement. Jesus stopped the stoning of the adulteress. He absolutely stopped it. But he told her to go and “sin no more”. I think (just my opinion) that Jesus would be a friend to homosexuals in the effort to show love and compassion, but I cannot imagine that he would tell them it was OK to live sinfully AND try to convince the rest of the world that it was not sin.

I know I said I was out of this conversation. I think I mean this time—unless someone addresses me directly and then I jut can’t resist

But the day you wake up will be too late, I fear. You’ll see how you’ve spent your life in unkindness. This is not grace. This is not mercy. I’m simply sad and sorry for you. That’s all.

I have a strong feeling that God will welcome me to Heaven.

Oh and you don’t like people to disagree with you CLEARLY. At a certain point, you just hit em with the god’s words! And then you shut it down.

So funny! How little you understand yourself! I’m laughing…

I’m sorry, just one more thing…choose your insults carefully. When you say “you don’t like disagreements, do you?” it sounds silly. Because anyone who reads the blog knows that a whole lot of the comment section involves “disagreements”; it’s just that most people are pretty respectful. Not all, but most. No, I don’t mind disagreements.