Comments on: Subnormal, Normal, & Abnormal http://preachinghelp.org/wordpress/?p=887 Preaching Help from the Writings and Sermon Outlines of Steve Higginbotham Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:52:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jerrie W. Barber http://preachinghelp.org/wordpress/?p=887&cpage=1#comment-5075 Jerrie W. Barber Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:10:27 +0000 http://preachinghelp.org/?p=887#comment-5075 I get uncomfortable when anything is out of my comfort zone. It can be better or worse than what I am now doing. I need to evaluate with God's word whether it is right or wrong, better or worse -- not how "comfortable" I am with it. Thank you for noting and illustrating this. I get uncomfortable when anything is out of my comfort zone. It can be better or worse than what I am now doing. I need to evaluate with God’s word whether it is right or wrong, better or worse — not how “comfortable” I am with it. Thank you for noting and illustrating this.

]]> By: Phil Sanders http://preachinghelp.org/wordpress/?p=887&cpage=1#comment-5073 Phil Sanders Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:18:37 +0000 http://preachinghelp.org/?p=887#comment-5073 We live in a world with a lot of "pre-labeling." By criticizing what opposes you first, you can make your own views more acceptable. "Conservative," "legalistic," "right-wing radical," and "Pharisee" are some of the pre-labels people have used to introduce their "progressive" change. Notice that pre-labeling knocks the opponent and builds up the self. John is correct on the way Hitler used people. I would also suggest to you and your readers to study the "Delphi technique" for conflict resolution. It grew out of a desire to manipulate, when it appears to be consoling. (My book "For All" coming out next February has a chapter devoted to this bullying by perceptions.) Always a pleasure to be with you men. I miss you much. phil We live in a world with a lot of “pre-labeling.” By criticizing what opposes you first, you can make your own views more acceptable. “Conservative,” “legalistic,” “right-wing radical,” and “Pharisee” are some of the pre-labels people have used to introduce their “progressive” change. Notice that pre-labeling knocks the opponent and builds up the self. John is correct on the way Hitler used people. I would also suggest to you and your readers to study the “Delphi technique” for conflict resolution. It grew out of a desire to manipulate, when it appears to be consoling. (My book “For All” coming out next February has a chapter devoted to this bullying by perceptions.)

Always a pleasure to be with you men. I miss you much.
phil

]]> By: Alan Judd http://preachinghelp.org/wordpress/?p=887&cpage=1#comment-5072 Alan Judd Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:58:37 +0000 http://preachinghelp.org/?p=887#comment-5072 Great article. It will help me articulate a lesson that I have been constructing relating to "Old Fashioned Sinners." Behavior that was once sinful is now accepted and those that still seek to condemn such with Bible backing are called 'old fashioned.' This will help. Thanks, Steve! Great article. It will help me articulate a lesson that I have been constructing relating to “Old Fashioned Sinners.” Behavior that was once sinful is now accepted and those that still seek to condemn such with Bible backing are called ‘old fashioned.’ This will help. Thanks, Steve!

]]> By: John http://preachinghelp.org/wordpress/?p=887&cpage=1#comment-5070 John Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:11:05 +0000 http://preachinghelp.org/?p=887#comment-5070 Steve Your description exemplifies the often quoted phrase that speaks volumes about how things happen and then we don't realize they have. I forget who said it first and most likely will not get it correct. In essence, "if a lie is stated often enough and loud enough, it becomes true" Hitler is one who used this to gain and maintain his power that created WWII. Other's are doing it today to subvert whole countries into believing things that are not so. In our country, today, it's fousted on us by supposed liberial eletes by labeling someone who believes the "word of God", <strong>the creater</strong>, over the "word of man", the created, as backwards, old fashioned, prude, or some other name that by man's opinion indicates someone is dumb. Seems like this was predicted by many inspired writer's of the Bible...in many ways for all time. One such prophecy is Paul's warning to Timothy at the start of II Timothy 4. Steve
Your description exemplifies the often quoted phrase that speaks volumes about how things happen and then we don’t realize they have. I forget who said it first and most likely will not get it correct.
In essence, “if a lie is stated often enough and loud enough, it becomes true”
Hitler is one who used this to gain and maintain his power that created WWII. Other’s are doing it today to subvert whole countries into believing things that are not so. In our country, today, it’s fousted on us by supposed liberial eletes by labeling someone who believes the “word of God”, the creater, over the “word of man”, the created, as backwards, old fashioned, prude, or some other name that by man’s opinion indicates someone is dumb.
Seems like this was predicted by many inspired writer’s of the Bible…in many ways for all time. One such prophecy is Paul’s warning to Timothy at the start of II Timothy 4.

]]> By: Mike Greene http://preachinghelp.org/wordpress/?p=887&cpage=1#comment-5069 Mike Greene Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:10:14 +0000 http://preachinghelp.org/?p=887#comment-5069 This is right on Steve. You have pegged the moral "dumbing down" of ouor society as well as the "dumbing down" of Christianity. Many similar examples can be given of what is now abnormal yet was normal from many years ago. Divorce, woman cursing in public, out of wedlock births, etc. We are, I am afraid, living in a morally ignorant as well as Biblically ignorant time and most folks are not even aware the dumbing down has occured. This is right on Steve. You have pegged the moral “dumbing down” of ouor society as well as the “dumbing down” of Christianity. Many similar examples can be given of what is now abnormal yet was normal from many years ago. Divorce, woman cursing in public, out of wedlock births, etc. We are, I am afraid, living in a morally ignorant as well as Biblically ignorant time and most folks are not even aware the dumbing down has occured.

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