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Re: Most Infuluential




In a message dated 2/9/02 3:01:12 AM, Owner-Over-The-Rhine at actwin_com writes:

<< I guess what I was getting at, which was all I knew for certain, was 
that the Bible should have been in every Christian's reply, >>

For me the Bible is in a whole 'nother category and transcends ending up on 
lists like this.  It is like when you are having a discussion about the one 
person you would most like to spend time with.  Jesus Christ is the obvious 
answer, but I don't see that as being in the spirit of the question being 
asked.

I do the same type of thing on the VoL list.  They always have a top 5 of the 
year recap.  I don't even consider puting VoL down.

If it is assumed that all Christians read their Bibles and are spiritually 
nourished by them (which sadly is a false assumption anyway) , then why not 
share something else that may infulence other Christians the way it has 
influenced you.

Any person on this list that does not identify themselves as a Christian 
already knows that there are lots of Christians on this list and are not 
going to run out and read the Bible because it comes up as most infulential.

The Bible truly is the most influential book in my life, becasue all other 
books are read in light of the truth of the sciptures as I understand it.  
The book that I put down as most influential is just that because it helps me 
to undertand better a very powerful truth about God found in the Bible that 
many people miss.  That God wants our delight not just our duty. (That book 
is actually the essay that gives the title to C.S. Lewis' book The Weight of 
Glory.   

Watching Eternity,
Andy B. 

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