Comments for FEBA Forever! http://blogs.jfusa.net/hughesj Just another JFUSA Blogs site Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:49:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Does the Universe Have a Purpose? by jake http://blogs.jfusa.net/hughesj/2011/02/28/does-the-universe-have-a-purpose/#comment-43 jake Tue, 01 Mar 2011 20:49:26 +0000 http://jhughes.neoblogs.org/?p=64#comment-43 "The saddest thing I ever did see Was a woodpecker peckin’ at a plastic tree." A meaningless universe could never be as heart breaking as people pretending to have meaning in a meaningless universe. I've heard convicted existentialists proclaim that there's so much "freedom" and "beauty" in "creating your own purpose and destiny". I suppose you would have to keep telling yourself that in order to feel good while maintaining your self-imposed slavery to a delusion. “The saddest thing I ever did see
Was a woodpecker peckin’ at a plastic tree.”

A meaningless universe could never be as heart breaking as people pretending to have meaning in a meaningless universe. I’ve heard convicted existentialists proclaim that there’s so much “freedom” and “beauty” in “creating your own purpose and destiny”. I suppose you would have to keep telling yourself that in order to feel good while maintaining your self-imposed slavery to a delusion.

]]> Comment on Does the Universe Have a Purpose? by jon_h. http://blogs.jfusa.net/hughesj/2011/02/28/does-the-universe-have-a-purpose/#comment-42 jon_h. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:31:49 +0000 http://jhughes.neoblogs.org/?p=64#comment-42 Very cool indeed Dr. Hughes, I love your emphasis of the quality of life given the idea there is no universal purpose. It really makes me scratch my head as to how focused people are on what is ultimately empty and void. Whether it be something small as an A on a test or as large as acquiring world peace; without a sense of purpose it is just as you say "a reflection of Ecclesiastes." I for one am overjoyed at how significant our lives are through our Lord. Praise be His name! Very cool indeed Dr. Hughes, I love your emphasis of the quality of life given the idea there is no universal purpose. It really makes me scratch my head as to how focused people are on what is ultimately empty and void. Whether it be something small as an A on a test or as large as acquiring world peace; without a sense of purpose it is just as you say “a reflection of Ecclesiastes.”

I for one am overjoyed at how significant our lives are through our Lord. Praise be His name!

]]> Comment on Bart Ehrman Speaks at KSU by J Small Z http://blogs.jfusa.net/hughesj/2011/01/22/bart-ehrman-speaks-at-ksu/#comment-41 J Small Z Thu, 10 Feb 2011 19:56:21 +0000 http://jhughes.neoblogs.org/?p=60#comment-41 Cool article Joel! Its crazy how so many university professors have no problem complimenting and respecting many religions like Islam or eastern religions, yet they go out of their ways to attack Christianity and make it clear they have no respect for it at all. Cool article Joel! Its crazy how so many university professors have no problem complimenting and respecting many religions like Islam or eastern religions, yet they go out of their ways to attack Christianity and make it clear they have no respect for it at all.

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]]> Comment on Review of “Kingdom Triangle”–Part 2 by FEBA Forever! http://blogs.jfusa.net/hughesj/2008/06/25/review-of-kingdom-triangle-part-2/#comment-14 FEBA Forever! Tue, 11 Jan 2011 18:43:34 +0000 http://jhughes.neoblogs.org/?p=7#comment-14 [...] (2009), which have already criticized with regards to its treatment of spiritual disciplines (http://jhughes.neoblogs.org/2008/06/review-of-kingdom-triangle-part-2/). In this older (Lost Virtue) book, learning to play golf or the piano through practice and [...] [...] (2009), which have already criticized with regards to its treatment of spiritual disciplines (http://jhughes.neoblogs.org/2008/06/review-of-kingdom-triangle-part-2/). In this older (Lost Virtue) book, learning to play golf or the piano through practice and [...]

]]> Comment on Life is Relationships by kmccallum http://blogs.jfusa.net/hughesj/2010/09/07/life-is-relationships/#comment-39 kmccallum Thu, 23 Sep 2010 06:28:22 +0000 http://jhughes.neoblogs.org/?p=52#comment-39 Very beautiful, Joel. "whoever dies with the most toys wins" indeed raises bullies. I thought that was particularly insightful. Very beautiful, Joel. “whoever dies with the most toys wins” indeed raises bullies. I thought that was particularly insightful.

]]> Comment on Young adults are less religious by The Plight of Universities | NeoZine http://blogs.jfusa.net/hughesj/2010/04/27/young-adults-are-less-religious/#comment-38 The Plight of Universities | NeoZine Mon, 03 May 2010 07:21:56 +0000 http://jhughes.neoblogs.org/?p=47#comment-38 [...] from: FEBA Forever!Footnotes:Other report include Pew Charitable Trust, Barna Group, Already Gone, The Last Christian [...] [...] from: FEBA Forever!Footnotes:Other report include Pew Charitable Trust, Barna Group, Already Gone, The Last Christian [...]

]]> Comment on Young adults are less religious by J Small Z http://blogs.jfusa.net/hughesj/2010/04/27/young-adults-are-less-religious/#comment-37 J Small Z Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:34:02 +0000 http://jhughes.neoblogs.org/?p=47#comment-37 yeah yeah

]]> Comment on Young adults are less religious by jhughes http://blogs.jfusa.net/hughesj/2010/04/27/young-adults-are-less-religious/#comment-36 jhughes Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:01:48 +0000 http://jhughes.neoblogs.org/?p=47#comment-36 I like it...except the "weeding" metaphor sounds like the parable of the wheat and the tares, and the point is NOT to try to separate true from false believers. But you mean that some things wither and die and others sprout up when the Lord blesses them, and maybe this is necessary? I like it…except the “weeding” metaphor sounds like the parable of the wheat and the tares, and the point is NOT to try to separate true from false believers. But you mean that some things wither and die and others sprout up when the Lord blesses them, and maybe this is necessary?

]]> Comment on Young adults are less religious by J Small Z http://blogs.jfusa.net/hughesj/2010/04/27/young-adults-are-less-religious/#comment-35 J Small Z Wed, 28 Apr 2010 18:54:53 +0000 http://jhughes.neoblogs.org/?p=47#comment-35 i agree. which is pretty shitty i think. Becuz i know from personal experience. Things are so rough to do on your own. The lord has been blessing our ministry left and right, but will it lead to a revolution across America? The Lord must be performing much inter-working, under the scenes, cutting out the weeds and waiting finally for the grain to grow and flourish. Perhaps he's waiting to weed out all the institutions that we worked so to build and rule ourselves so that finally he may be able to move in when the people of this nation need him most. Kinda makes me think of the Meeting House, just the fact that they rebel against the traditional steeple church, is bringing in pagans! And the fact that christianity has become so weak up there, people began to see an ugliness in their hearts from being so depraved. I think the Lord is definitely moving in our younger generation, on the outside it looks shitty that the students are leaving the church, but maybe that's what needs to be done to break down the established form of Christianity today? I could be way off though, that just seems to me what it looks like. As long we have hope in the Lord, and continue to take our identity from Him. The Lord will work in our hearts and our ministry. i agree. which is pretty shitty i think. Becuz i know from personal experience. Things are so rough to do on your own. The lord has been blessing our ministry left and right, but will it lead to a revolution across America? The Lord must be performing much inter-working, under the scenes, cutting out the weeds and waiting finally for the grain to grow and flourish. Perhaps he’s waiting to weed out all the institutions that we worked so to build and rule ourselves so that finally he may be able to move in when the people of this nation need him most. Kinda makes me think of the Meeting House, just the fact that they rebel against the traditional steeple church, is bringing in pagans! And the fact that christianity has become so weak up there, people began to see an ugliness in their hearts from being so depraved.

I think the Lord is definitely moving in our younger generation, on the outside it looks shitty that the students are leaving the church, but maybe that’s what needs to be done to break down the established form of Christianity today?

I could be way off though, that just seems to me what it looks like. As long we have hope in the Lord, and continue to take our identity from Him. The Lord will work in our hearts and our ministry.

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