tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post3573191777469935625..comments2024-03-29T09:44:58.143+00:00Comments on Finding life hard?: Christianity for the ConfusedLiz Hindshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04646532093872561703noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post-42500622200863220112015-05-18T16:41:24.508+01:002015-05-18T16:41:24.508+01:00Indeed, John, for a simple soul like me it means d...Indeed, John, for a simple soul like me it means doing what Jesus says and loving God and others. And that's flipping hard!<br /><br />The church would still have developed but I suppose, yes, without the letters to help shepherd them could have collapsed too. <br /><br />It was only a flippant line but it does raise some questions. I'm finding as I'm leading the women's group so many questions and having to research and clarify my own thoughts.Liz Hindshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04646532093872561703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post-51224118023412601262015-05-18T16:30:00.778+01:002015-05-18T16:30:00.778+01:00If we only had the gospels we would have a very st...If we only had the gospels we would have a very strong emphasis on Hell (10 of the 12 references to the word occur on the lips of jesus) the development of the church promised by jesus would not have taken place so not too muxch info there we would rely much much more on books like levitucus and deuteronomy as Jesus did.!!! the question has got me thinking though.........JThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883463490274062927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17218624.post-12144453204426350892015-05-18T16:26:37.440+01:002015-05-18T16:26:37.440+01:00Liz. The council of carthage finished the proces...Liz. The council of carthage finished the process with a formal list but the list as we have it was all done and dusted in the second century, with some minor confirmations the muratorian fragmnent confirms this. The RC bible has some different books in the OT not NT but if we take Jesus seriously then he accepts the books as WE have them.. MT23v35.(long story). There are many things Jesus did not speak about of course bad things like paedophilia certainly incest and bestiality but we know from what he did say that he accepted the OT on that. its a bit conplicated as you say but LOving God involves doing what he says John 14v23. JThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883463490274062927noreply@blogger.com