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Re: Goodbye, from Chad Holtz

MFG2 — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:24:54 -0000

Beautiful Chad. blessings to you and Amy. I will be praying for you both and your kids :) I understand your brokenness having battled with crack addiction and alcohol even while trying to serve Christ.. it is only by His Grace that I am sober today :) He makes ALL new Chad. By faith i believe since He has been showing you His love and ultimate plan of reconcilling all creation to himself .. that indeed he shall fully heal and restore you this side of glory( which he also showed His plan of reconcilliation to both me and my husband last yr.. my husband also a very thankful recovered addict like myself) He chooses us weak and foolish things dear brother.i remember in 2002 after a night of relapsing.. i was in my usual time of bible study and quiet meditation and in worship when i began to repent for my sin YET AGAIN.. weeping bitterly complete with snot running down my face. As i wept to Him .. i heard him very clearly say to me " What does my word say ? there is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus. " i balked and i actually said to him.."But .. but.. I have done it AGAIN!" and he said to me so clearly " I am in you and you are in ME. I just want to heal you." I wept even harder and i am not lying when I say that it was if he was right in the room on his knees in front of me on MY knees.. His presence was so strong! and I even put my head on his shoulder and i wept harder . I literally could feel His arms around me :)It was after that he began to deliver me and heal me so that now 10 yrs later i am totally free from crack addiction.. back then i would of never thought i would see this day! he wants to do the same for you Chad and for your wife Amy.

Re: Boasting in our Weakness

MFG2 — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 19:21:36 -0000

Re: Was Mary Really A Virgin?

Nicholas — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:40:26 -0000

Foolishness to the Greeks.

Re: Was Mary Really A Virgin?

Nicholas — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:38:54 -0000

Your link to "Other [virgin birth] deity stories" takes us to a pseudoscholarly conspiracy theory site. The supposed parallels listed there have not been taken seriously by any scholar for the past 150 years.

Re: Was Mary Really A Virgin?

Nicholas — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:37:37 -0000

Glad you pointed this out. The hebrew almah would be best translated "maiden". Which does imply that such a one *should* be a virgin in Jewish culture, especially Hellenized 3rd c. BC-1st c. AD Jewish culture.

Re: Contact Info

Guest — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:18:47 -0000

We just initiated a recovery church near Tampa, Florida. Love what you are doing, looking forward to following your development.
http://erecoverychurch.com/

Re: Contact Info

Thomas Schultz — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:44:05 -0000

I wonder if I could have your permission to quote your "leaving Hell" post in a section of a book I'm writing on "Revisiting Scripture" in its section on Hell? It expresses much of what I was thinking quite concisely.
Tom Schultz
schultz@pei.sympatico.ca

Re: Dear UMC, Please Don’t Ordain Me

Anthony Tumbiolo — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:15:52 -0000

Give your sin to God and repent from your heart and he will forgive you your sin. God Loves you no matter what you have done, as long as you come home to him and leave all that behind. As far as being ordained let that go for now and ask God to show when the time will be right to go back and seek being ordained again. You are in my prayers, my brother in Christ. GOD DOES LOVE YOU...GOD FORGIVES ALL SIN EVEN ADULTERY AND DIVORCE. One can be delivered from all this with the help of Christ. John 8:36.

Re: Dear UMC, Please Don’t Ordain Me

Anthony Tumbiolo — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:39:40 -0000

Amen to that brother, John 8:36 say's:So, if the Son sets you free you are free indeed. And I have been set free from homosexuality And delivered in the name of Jesus. God spoke to me out loud in my car and told me one sunday nite to go to church. I ran to church and the pastor called me out by name not even knowing me. that nite God freed me from the spirit of homosexuality. We must never tolerate sin, But we must present the truth in the love of Christ, That does not mean the truth will be received. Accountability is key...I agree with what you wrote 100 percent! Pastor Tony T. Amity Harbor, New York ( Provedence of Long Island )

Re: You’re a Poopy-Head (But so am I)

virginia bankert — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:41:11 -0000

My Fiance is my poopy-head soul mate and I love him so much. Poopy-head Robert I wanna marry him.

Re: You’re a Poopy-Head (But so am I)

robert hendrickson — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:22:36 -0000

My Fiance is my poopy-head soul mate and I love her so much.
Poopy-head Virginia I wanna marry her.

Re: Goodbye, from Chad Holtz

rajesh22 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:48:27 -0000

Very informative, thank you. I’ve been blogging on and off for almost 3 years, but have never had much of a focus –
I tend to just write about whatever is on my mind when I feel like writing.

www.highschooldirectory.com

Re: Contact Info

Mark waugh — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:05:23 -0000

This is ace! Nice one, & also rather like what's ran
through my brain when I've been stood in this post of contact info. Thanks mate and more power.

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Re: The Church is a Whore…

Corey — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:27:22 -0000

Doing sermon research. I was elated to find this old post. Man, I miss Chad writing. I'm typing about him like he's dead.

This is getting awkward.

Thanks, I guess?

Re: Goodbye, from Chad Holtz

Ron Friesen — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:05:23 -0000

Cheering for your success and your prayers.

Re: Hi, my name is Chad, and I’m a ____ addict

Tramadol Abuse — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:37:49 -0000

Most recently, he has been closely involved in an anti-malaria intervention with the Equatorial Guinea Ministry of Health, the Marathon Oil Corporation, Medical Care Development International Inc., as well as academic .

Re: Contact Info

Lance — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:11:34 -0000

Hello Chad my name is Lance Nelson and I am a student at Spring Arbor University studying the Emerging Church and I was wondering if I could interview you. My email is lance.nelson@arbor.edu
Thanks

Re: Contact Info

erika beseda-allen — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 19:18:27 -0000

(hugs) to all of you. i love sending care packages. chad, what are the ages of your kids, that would be helpful in sending stuff for them.

Re: Goodbye, from Chad Holtz

Roger McClellan — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 21:56:47 -0000

Much love to you all. Chad for having the courage to embrace authenticity and make yourself transparent.
Amy, thank you for personifying grace.

Re: Goodbye, from Chad Holtz

Tony — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:35:29 -0000

Chad I know this is a hard time for Amy, the kids and you; however it is needed in order that you might be made whole in the Lord again. None of us is perfect and you have decided to take the steps needed to change yourself for the better of your family and for yourself. Know that you are in my thoughts and prayers as God leads you down this path to wholeness. I will also keep a Amy and the kids in my thoughts and prayers too and send them gifts of love as I can in order that they might know the love that God has for them.
Blessings in Christ
Tony E. Haynes

Re: What I Lost Losing Hell

Heather Novak — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 15:07:31 -0000

I am currently struggling to feel settled in a church home because of this very thing. That pesky Rob Bell, jsut messing us all up! LOL. My freshest struggle is if I believe in the Bible(as God's word interpreted by man accurately and inaccurately perhaps) and consider myself saved, then how can I not see a need for others to be saved? I go with "I Don't Know" and will be ok with that. Now I just want to find the right church for my family that is oK with it too. Nomads! UGH.

Re: Goodbye, from Chad Holtz

Dan Martin — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 08:34:21 -0000

Chad, I've been running too hard to stay abreast of all my friends' blogs, and I'm sorry to say I missed this. My prayers go with you and Amy and kids too as you seek this reconciliation. May you all find peace in, through, and on the other side of this journey.

Re: If There is No Hell, Why Did Jesus Die?

Howard Burchfield — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:59:55 -0000

Jesus died because he stood up for what he believed in. It can be as simple as that. Certain powerful men loved the darkness more than the light, and saw to it that he was put out of the way. It's ridiculous that the same Christians who claim to believe in heaven treat death like the ultimate evil. It's not a bad thing to die. It's not a defeat. It's what you do with your life, and the way you face death, that matters. Jesus was a champion of truth, and I can believe that he was indeed an incarnation of God. I think if he'd come from another tradition (like Hinduism or Buddhism), he would not have felt the need to come back and show people he was still alive. In those traditions, it's accepted that something akin to our notion of a soul survives death. But because he was dealing with a backward people, perhaps it was necessary for him to come back in the flesh. If this is true, then the point of the resurrection was not to save people from their sins, but from their fears. And look what we've made of it--- we've turned it into the stoking point of all fears. Sad.

Re: Goodbye, from Chad Holtz

RawFaith — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 02:58:17 -0000

I am thankful for the opportunity you have. Ask her if she can check in and let us know how she's doing, and how you are doing as well. Make the most of the the time you have to heal and begin a new way of living. I'll be praying for all of you in the midst of the journey.

Re: Goodbye, from Chad Holtz

Mercyminded — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 22:50:39 -0000

Whatever it takes Chad. I wish you and your family all the best this life of Love has for you all...Marjorie House