tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188521836105870276.post6382088635325916491..comments2024-03-22T23:20:26.771-07:00Comments on Steven L Anderson: Balance in the Christian Lifesanderson1611http://www.blogger.com/profile/03716198677406946806noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188521836105870276.post-38152773575768831522016-11-22T02:06:32.507-08:002016-11-22T02:06:32.507-08:00I really have to work on music :/I really have to work on music :/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188521836105870276.post-45717792059747636242016-11-17T08:56:49.156-08:002016-11-17T08:56:49.156-08:00Well said Pastor.
This is such wise counsel and r...Well said Pastor.<br /><br />This is such wise counsel and rarely discussed or preached.<br /><br />In the old classical education, you were taught the so-called Septivium (comprising the Trivium: grammar, logic and rhetoric; and Quadrivium: arithmetic, geometry, music and astronomy). It was believed that a well-rounded man could become an autodidact (teach himself) thereafter from these 7 rudiments.<br /><br />There is much faulty with worldly education whether founded on ancient Greco-Roman philosophy or today's Prussian model. Instead, we can achieve balance and become well-rounded Christian men and women if we put in hard work in these alternate 7 rudiments, which are easy to remember (incidentally the number 7 frequently occurs in God's word):<br /><br />#1 BELIEF <br /><br />Founding all your "philosophy" or world view on the King James Bible by reading, understanding and memorizing it (2 Timothy 3:16, KJV).<br /><br />#2 DIET <br /><br />Eating as God intended in order to be physically healthy (3 John 2, KJV). You wrote a great blog post about this sometime back and included several verses from the KJV. Here is a wonderful <b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fozr8SuqhU" rel="nofollow">sermon</a></b> on this topic from Pastor Manly Perry's 3:16 series (Leviticus 3:16, KJV).<br /><br />#3 REGIMEN<br /><br />This means any daily routine that fosters and reinforces strength, courage, discipline and perseverance including physical exercise, fight training especially for men (Psalms 144:1, KJV) and scripture memory drills (Ephesians 6:10 - 18, KJV comes readily to mind).<br /><br />#4 ART<br /><br />Music is a great example you have given. In fact it is the one art given most prominence in the KJV, specifically in Psalms and Song of Solomon. Psalms 33:3 (KJV) clearly and specifically tells us to aim to be skillful musicians.<br /><br />#5 CRAFT<br /><br />Slightly different from art, which is more concerned with beauty and mind. There's a lot of positive emphasis on cunning in the KJV (especially in Exodus), meaning having skillful hands to make good things -- as opposed to jobs like usurious banking and money-changing where nothing of real value is produced. Few references are negative (like Ephesians 4:14, KJV speaking about deceitfulness). So Christian men and women can take cue and work at being cunning with their hands and create good things.<br /><br />#6 TRADE<br /><br />2 Thessalonians 3:10 (KJV). Better yet if your craft and cunning becomes your trade. Mrs. Anderson's Cute & Covered business is a great example of this. Nuff said.<br /><br />#7 FRIENDSHIP<br /><br />You have heard it said of men that no man is an island. But Christians must remember what is written in Proverbs 18:24 (KJV). Jesus called his disciples friends (John 15:15, KJV). Therefore, we ought to win souls not only for the Lord, but to be our friends also.<br /><br />7 things to remember to become a balanced Christian.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1188521836105870276.post-35629988924752690902016-11-09T01:30:14.028-08:002016-11-09T01:30:14.028-08:00Hi. It's good to have a bit of knowledge about...Hi. It's good to have a bit of knowledge about a lot of things, as it makes for conversation with people you may otherwise have nothing in common with. I do think though, one should also learn to balance between studying the Bible and what it teaches about things, while still having love for the lost. It can happen like you learn about all the sin, the filth, in the world - and see how people warm up to that, and enjoy it - and then you can get demotivated and end up isolating yourself, even having contempt for people. It's something I struggle with, being in a country with no real church to speak of (tons of fake ones though) and where the country/people are awash with wickedness. Trying to regain love for others while at the same time not compromising the Bible and going the way of the "love" which the false prophets speak of (=condoning sin and never speaking against sin). <br /><br />God speed from afar, and I trust there will be a "wicked Donald Trump" sermon coming soon :-) can't wait! (even though the elections are pre-planned and this is the elite's choice, still can't help thinking "thank goodness it's not Killary" as she is just 100% nasty, and would have been USA's first female president and the SECOND homo president after Barry)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com