tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29874277.post3066855881155661298..comments2023-06-27T06:13:15.376-04:00Comments on Jack's Winning Words: Jackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04054697504587480683noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29874277.post-47095850440770771772015-10-28T19:27:02.035-04:002015-10-28T19:27:02.035-04:00Maybe Jesus would be concerned about our communion...Maybe Jesus would be concerned about our communion practices. For 4+ years I have been worshipping at the local Catholic Church next to our house, on Tuesdays, being blessed by the Priests and also have St. Anthony's intercession of the healing oil. Trying to be respectful of their teachings and understandings of Church and scripture and not just putting them on the spot to commune me or something. (Plus the Priests by now know an awful lot of my family background.) I remember in my Lutheran Church, we once had a member who was intent on having us recognize multiple baptisms (which he had had), by your response, maybe Jesus would not have been concerned with that baptismal theology in a Lutheran Church either and it shouldn't have been an issue that ultimately caused this person to be uncomfortable and leave our congregation. Maybe Jesus doesn't care a fig for all of our theological differences but I believe he does care about us His people and that we love each other and respect each other and are patient with each other and continuously study the scriptures and have in us the hope to spiritually more and more become a unified faith community, serving His Will in our lives and not our own limited human perspectives. But it does seem logical that the fig tree, not bearing fruit but still being alive and green could be an object lesson about our congregations which might just be hanging on but meriting Jesus' cursing us. I always feel sorry for the fig tree and that Jesus was being too harsh on it --evidence that I might be taking Jesus' object lesson personally or at least a bit fearful that he might be judging me too or something. God is so powerful and His Scriptures are an awesome Book.<br />S.H. in MI Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29874277.post-45427755130781623202015-10-28T16:31:08.252-04:002015-10-28T16:31:08.252-04:00Actually, I would love a conversation with Jesus a...Actually, I would love a conversation with Jesus and ask Him to explain if there is really any totally dividing difference between Real Presence and Transubstantiation and also what was the reason and benefit to be had from cursing the fig tree. So far I haven't heard a contemporary person or read any contemporary commentary on these two questions that makes me believe people know the answers but probably Jesus Himself does and His answers will prevail; I keep on living with these questions. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com