tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511061117604316822.post3345917257034611980..comments2023-05-27T09:16:37.977-04:00Comments on Vigor of Twelve: Acts 5:17-18PJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10053648533736270662noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511061117604316822.post-13626074105277001472012-02-06T09:53:34.642-05:002012-02-06T09:53:34.642-05:00Yeah, pretty much. But that's how humanity wo...Yeah, pretty much. But that's how humanity works. The people in power get what they want by scaring away "potential recruits."<br /><br />Even our own government does this - although sometimes it is for good reason and sometimes they go too far. But yeah, just about everyone in power uses this kinds of tactic from time to time.<br /><br />The neat thing is that if we identify it, then we can really use it to weed out the true followers from the "wanna-be's." <br /><br />The true followers do things regardless of the cost.<br /><br />The fake followers do things when the cost is "affordable."<br /><br />Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote a great book on this topic called the Cost of Discipleship. When you have a few years of maturity under your belt, it would make a great read.<br /><br />(And I'm not saying that as an insult. You are certainly smart enough to read it and understand it now, absolutely. But I read the book when I was younger and then just read the book two years ago after I'd had a decade or so of marriage, home ownership, employment, etc. And the book really had a different dynamic with those kind of experiences under my belt.)PJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10053648533736270662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6511061117604316822.post-43398166615162600992012-02-05T23:06:03.795-05:002012-02-05T23:06:03.795-05:00So basically trying to separate people from these ...So basically trying to separate people from these people and scare them off like they kinda did with Jesus....how nice...Leandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00949700871815042624noreply@blogger.com