Comments on: About the Rabbi http://amazinggreycity.wordpress.com reflections on God's amazing grace Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:28:27 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Calvanism’s Recent Advance : Frozen Preacher http://amazinggreycity.wordpress.com/about/#comment-3038 Calvanism’s Recent Advance : Frozen Preacher Mon, 24 Aug 2009 17:48:53 +0000 #comment-3038 [...] TIME put “The New Calvinism” at #3 of its top Ten Ideas that are changing the World.  See this link (with thanks to Benji Magness) [...] [...] TIME put “The New Calvinism” at #3 of its top Ten Ideas that are changing the World.  See this link (with thanks to Benji Magness) [...]

]]> By: Rabbi http://amazinggreycity.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2739 Rabbi Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:54:03 +0000 #comment-2739 Steve, Thanks. I know I need to stay rooted in Christ more. One of the joys of pastoring is being able to be in the Word frequently. Of course, with this brings a constant reminder of one's sinfulness and just how much you resemble the world and not Christ. We miss you guys. Hope to see you all soon... Steve,
Thanks. I know I need to stay rooted in Christ more. One of the joys of pastoring is being able to be in the Word frequently. Of course, with this brings a constant reminder of one’s sinfulness and just how much you resemble the world and not Christ.
We miss you guys. Hope to see you all soon…

]]> By: Father of your wife http://amazinggreycity.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2738 Father of your wife Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:40:17 +0000 #comment-2738 Great sermon Sunday :)Just wondering how you learned so much about Beringer Winery. Although I must admit quite a unique sermon illistration. You are right-on our lives are sucked dry by the world and the many distraction. Keep preachin it Rabbi! Love, Steve Great sermon Sunday :) Just wondering how you learned so much about Beringer Winery. Although I must admit quite a unique sermon illistration. You are right-on our lives are sucked dry by the world and the many distraction. Keep preachin it Rabbi!

Love,

Steve

]]> By: artietexas http://amazinggreycity.wordpress.com/about/#comment-2276 artietexas Sat, 08 Dec 2007 04:36:42 +0000 #comment-2276 Benji, Your blog has inspired me to start my own. Check it out. Blessings, Artie myapologies.wordpress.com Benji,

Your blog has inspired me to start my own. Check it out.

Blessings,

Artie

myapologies.wordpress.com

]]> By: Heath Taylor http://amazinggreycity.wordpress.com/about/#comment-1913 Heath Taylor Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:39:23 +0000 #comment-1913 Thanks for the post. Stand Strong at Country Bible Church. Give 'em God, full of His own innate glory, completely enamored with Himself, wholly unsoiled by sin, unmade, unformed, infallible, supremely precious, absolutely righteous, completely self-sustained and self-sufficient before revealing His manifestative glory to all He would create in Genesis 1. It is this God who brings tears to my eyes as I consider the full weight of His wrath poured out on His sinless Son because of the stench of my sin in His presence. It is this God whom I have been reconciled with and now experience peace through the sacrificial death of His Son. (Eph. 2:13-17) It is this God who declares that He is love, (1 John 4:8) but reminds me in the following two verses that His love was made manifest to us in that He sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. He is the great initiator, and we are the undeserving recipients of His love and grace! How deservingly He would crush me and send me eternally away from His majestic presence if I refuse to bow to Him as a sinner in need of a Savior. Bullhorn guy and Rob Bell are both in error. May we never preach sin without grace or grace without repentance. May we never speak of the glories of Heaven, without also mentioning the vicious eternality of Hell. May we never preach peace without the reality of the wrath that rests on those who oppose our great and glorious King! (Eph. 2:1-3 & Rom. 2:5-8) So stand strong Benji! Stand strong Gunny! Give ‘em God. Give ‘em Jesus. Give ‘em hope for reconciliation with the Father, through the Son, by the Spirit. (and thanks to Dr. Jeffery Bingham for teaching us that beautiful God-Honoring, Trinitarian expression!) Thanks for the post. Stand Strong at Country Bible Church. Give ‘em God, full of His own innate glory, completely enamored with Himself, wholly unsoiled by sin, unmade, unformed, infallible, supremely precious, absolutely righteous, completely self-sustained and self-sufficient before revealing His manifestative glory to all He would create in Genesis 1.

It is this God who brings tears to my eyes as I consider the full weight of His wrath poured out on His sinless Son because of the stench of my sin in His presence. It is this God whom I have been reconciled with and now experience peace through the sacrificial death of His Son. (Eph. 2:13-17) It is this God who declares that He is love, (1 John 4:8) but reminds me in the following two verses that His love was made manifest to us in that He sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

He is the great initiator, and we are the undeserving recipients of His love and grace! How deservingly He would crush me and send me eternally away from His majestic presence if I refuse to bow to Him as a sinner in need of a Savior.

Bullhorn guy and Rob Bell are both in error. May we never preach sin without grace or grace without repentance. May we never speak of the glories of Heaven, without also mentioning the vicious eternality of Hell. May we never preach peace without the reality of the wrath that rests on those who oppose our great and glorious King! (Eph. 2:1-3 & Rom. 2:5-8)

So stand strong Benji! Stand strong Gunny! Give ‘em God. Give ‘em Jesus. Give ‘em hope for reconciliation with the Father, through the Son, by the Spirit. (and thanks to Dr. Jeffery Bingham for teaching us that beautiful God-Honoring, Trinitarian expression!)

]]> By: Son of the Right Hand http://amazinggreycity.wordpress.com/about/#comment-1315 Son of the Right Hand Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:15:39 +0000 #comment-1315 Oh, snap! Ben Moore bringin' the darkness to the table. It's all about the Benjamins....Soon, and very soon my reggae-liscious friend. I had 4 shots of espresso for breakfast this morning. Reminded me of working the bar with you at Starbucks and jammin' some reggae {insert whole world shout out here}...Precious memories indeed. Oh, snap! Ben Moore bringin’ the darkness to the table. It’s all about the Benjamins….Soon, and very soon my reggae-liscious friend. I had 4 shots of espresso for breakfast this morning. Reminded me of working the bar with you at Starbucks and jammin’ some reggae {insert whole world shout out here}…Precious memories indeed.

]]> By: Benjamin M. Moore http://amazinggreycity.wordpress.com/about/#comment-1313 Benjamin M. Moore Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:54:56 +0000 #comment-1313 Amazing Grey City, but you rep' for the Country Church? Are you a city slicker or a good ol' country boy? You are such a mystery, my good man. Tell me, when do we line up some espresso shots and just get jiggy with it? Amazing Grey City, but you rep’ for the Country Church? Are you a city slicker or a good ol’ country boy? You are such a mystery, my good man.

Tell me, when do we line up some espresso shots and just get jiggy with it?

]]> By: ross strader http://amazinggreycity.wordpress.com/about/#comment-938 ross strader Wed, 11 Jul 2007 05:54:27 +0000 #comment-938 wow wow

]]> By: Son of the Right Hand http://amazinggreycity.wordpress.com/about/#comment-929 Son of the Right Hand Fri, 06 Jul 2007 22:22:36 +0000 #comment-929 Thanks Annie! It was nice meeting you and your family too. Thank you for coming back with your dad and mom. You did an amazing job singing! You have great voice. May the Lord continue to bless all of you!! -Benji Thanks Annie! It was nice meeting you and your family too. Thank you for coming back with your dad and mom. You did an amazing job singing! You have great voice. May the Lord continue to bless all of you!!

-Benji

]]> By: Annie Ingram http://amazinggreycity.wordpress.com/about/#comment-923 Annie Ingram Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:02:12 +0000 #comment-923 Hey Benji, It was great meeting you in person last weekend. I'm excited for you and the opportunity God is giving you at CBC. Blessings to you! Hey Benji,
It was great meeting you in person last weekend. I’m excited for you and the opportunity God is giving you at CBC.
Blessings to you!

]]> By: Far too much coffee... http://amazinggreycity.wordpress.com/about/#comment-696 Far too much coffee... Sat, 12 May 2007 06:05:14 +0000 #comment-696 Your blog seems far too halcyon for its own good, so let's have some fun... And interesting quandary, certainly by no means original, but I'd like to observe how you respond to it: A casual glance at the Judeo-Christian characteristics of god notices that adjectives such as omnipotent, omnipresent, transcendent, infinite, and the greatest superlative that could ever be conjectured by human consciousness are general descriptors of the said deity. Ergo it could be assumed that "god" even in the smallest degree could never truly be understood by human minds since "god" is by definition infinitely more than whatever could be thought of him. So then how can having a "close personal relationship with god" (to quote a popular protestant adage) even begin to be conceivable? To analogize my point in the concrete a bit, I will relate Starbucks, in all its corporate capitalistic splendor, to "god", but only what humans can conceive is to be represented by a milk thermometer. Now, the milk thermometer has been observed by humans for thousands of years, it has had many sacred texts written about it, countless hordes of followers, wars waged in its name, nations founded on its precepts, and many an art major getting a master's in "thermometerology". But the thermometer is only a minute part of the true divine entity of Starbucks, even though humans cannot comprehend it. How then, can such conviction and moral fortitude be taken from such a small part of a infinitely more massive whole? Moreover, it begs the further question that since humans comprehend such a small aspect of "Starbucks/god", how can anyone be certain that humans have not totally misinterpreted meanings and reasons of the milk thermometer. Certainly by looking at a real milk thermometer, one cannot hope to grasp the global, complex network of coffee, humans resources, advertising, charity, roasting plants, corporate headquarters, RTD's, stock, strategic alliances, managers, mission statements, policies and laws, aprons, stores, and barista's that constitute the Starbucks Corporation as a whole. Such is the same, except even more so, with an infinite "god". Your blog seems far too halcyon for its own good, so let’s have some fun…
And interesting quandary, certainly by no means original, but I’d like to observe how you respond to it: A casual glance at the Judeo-Christian characteristics of god notices that adjectives such as omnipotent, omnipresent, transcendent, infinite, and the greatest superlative that could ever be conjectured by human consciousness are general descriptors of the said deity. Ergo it could be assumed that “god” even in the smallest degree could never truly be understood by human minds since “god” is by definition infinitely more than whatever could be thought of him. So then how can having a “close personal relationship with god” (to quote a popular protestant adage) even begin to be conceivable? To analogize my point in the concrete a bit, I will relate Starbucks, in all its corporate capitalistic splendor, to “god”, but only what humans can conceive is to be represented by a milk thermometer. Now, the milk thermometer has been observed by humans for thousands of years, it has had many sacred texts written about it, countless hordes of followers, wars waged in its name, nations founded on its precepts, and many an art major getting a master’s in “thermometerology”. But the thermometer is only a minute part of the true divine entity of Starbucks, even though humans cannot comprehend it. How then, can such conviction and moral fortitude be taken from such a small part of a infinitely more massive whole? Moreover, it begs the further question that since humans comprehend such a small aspect of “Starbucks/god”, how can anyone be certain that humans have not totally misinterpreted meanings and reasons of the milk thermometer. Certainly by looking at a real milk thermometer, one cannot hope to grasp the global, complex network of coffee, humans resources, advertising, charity, roasting plants, corporate headquarters, RTD’s, stock, strategic alliances, managers, mission statements, policies and laws, aprons, stores, and barista’s that constitute the Starbucks Corporation as a whole. Such is the same, except even more so, with an infinite “god”.

]]> By: Son of the Right Hand http://amazinggreycity.wordpress.com/about/#comment-181 Son of the Right Hand Tue, 28 Nov 2006 20:02:58 +0000 #comment-181 Wendy!!!!!! Wait, we need some background music here: "Goergia, Georgia...." I just thought of you the other day! We need to talk, catch up, etc. I'll email you... Wendy!!!!!! Wait, we need some background music here:

“Goergia, Georgia….”

I just thought of you the other day! We need to talk, catch up, etc.
I’ll email you…

]]> By: Wendy Davidson http://amazinggreycity.wordpress.com/about/#comment-180 Wendy Davidson Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:06:40 +0000 #comment-180 Is this the Benji Magness who co-led a Teen Mania trip to Ghana in 1996? Wow...google is amazing. This is Wendy Davidson, messing around on the internet and voila! Your blog sounds interesting, I'll have to look around! Hope you are well.... Is this the Benji Magness who co-led a Teen Mania trip to Ghana in 1996? Wow…google is amazing. This is Wendy Davidson, messing around on the internet and voila! Your blog sounds interesting, I’ll have to look around! Hope you are well….

]]> By: Son of the Right Hand http://amazinggreycity.wordpress.com/about/#comment-62 Son of the Right Hand Thu, 05 Oct 2006 19:08:24 +0000 #comment-62 It's coming! Love the name...let us have a moment of silence for her...may she rest in peace...the Texas snow has seen none other like her since... It’s coming! Love the name…let us have a moment of silence for her…may she rest in peace…the Texas snow has seen none other like her since…

]]> By: The Glider http://amazinggreycity.wordpress.com/about/#comment-61 The Glider Thu, 05 Oct 2006 17:24:17 +0000 #comment-61 Greetings from Canada - what, no turtle?? Greetings from Canada – what, no turtle??

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