Comments for John Hill's Blog http://revjohnhill.org This is the personal blog of Rev. John Hill. Pastor John currently serves Union, the Church at Chelsea Park. The rest of his time is spent exploring the world, experiencing life and exalting God. Sat, 26 May 2012 13:41:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Can’t Believe How Fast They’re Growing by Alice Shipman http://revjohnhill.org/2012/05/26/cant-believe-how-fast-theyre-growing/#comment-794 Sat, 26 May 2012 13:41:59 +0000 http://revjohnhill.org/?p=2923#comment-794 I printed this blog and will share it with friends here at Latham who wish you were closer. Can’t believe how much these children have grown since leaving here. Miss you all very much. Alice Shipman

]]> Comment on Wesley’s Sermon: “The Use of Money” by akismet-7fd28686926b0ba13c86dc55f99d51ec http://revjohnhill.org/2012/01/05/wesleys-sermon-the-use-of-money/#comment-780 Sat, 05 May 2012 15:28:10 +0000 http://revjohnhill.org/?p=2721#comment-780 Thanks for this summary. I’ve been leading a Bible study on the Sermon on the Mount for 20-30-somethings, and the reaction to Jesus commanding “Do not store up treasure on earth” has been very strong. As Wesley said in the sermon on that passage (http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umhistory/wesley/sermons/28/),

“But how do the Christians observe what they profess to receive as a command of the most high God? Not at all! Not in any degree; no more than if no such command had ever been given to man. Even the good Christians, as they are accounted by others as well as themselves, pay no manner of regard thereto. It might as well be still hid in its original Greek for any notice they take of it.”

I’ll be providing the full text of On the Use of Money (http://new.gbgm-umc.org/umhistory/wesley/sermons/50/) as well as your summary notes as a reference for others. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Guaranteed Appointments Eliminated by lylebholland http://revjohnhill.org/2012/05/01/guaranteed-appointments-eliminated/#comment-775 Tue, 01 May 2012 20:45:48 +0000 http://revjohnhill.org/?p=2904#comment-775 John

Here’s an article from someone on the originating committee of this legislation.
http://www.kswestumc.org/blogs/detail/257

]]> Comment on Lady at Sheraton by mamie http://revjohnhill.org/2012/04/29/lady-at-sheraton/#comment-774 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:24:14 +0000 http://revjohnhill.org/?p=2869#comment-774 modern technology can be one of the best tools a christian can have when used to follower God given instructions as you did that day. This lady could have been lost for ever in sin if you had not forgotten your bible.

]]> Comment on Lady at Sheraton by Dale and Kelly Brawner http://revjohnhill.org/2012/04/29/lady-at-sheraton/#comment-773 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:51:20 +0000 http://revjohnhill.org/?p=2869#comment-773 Now that’s a good story!

]]> Comment on Communion by Rev Ted Leach by Communion Scriptures to Serve the Lord's Supper http://revjohnhill.org/2011/10/07/communion-by-rev-ted-leach/#comment-769 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 02:16:24 +0000 http://revjohnhill.org/?p=2385#comment-769 [...] Communion by Rev Ted Leach (revjohnhill.org) [...]

]]> Comment on Greatest Need of the Church…Leadership by Homer B. Coleman http://revjohnhill.org/2012/03/01/greatest-need-of-the-church-leadership-5/#comment-729 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 18:39:05 +0000 http://revjohnhill.org/2012/03/01/greatest-need-of-the-church-leadership-5/#comment-729 I don’t disagree with the basis of the conclusions of the research but I believe he overlooked a very important factor; The leadership of the Christian parent in teaching their children.
Moses in preaching to the children escaping from Egypt said take heed of what you have seen less it shall be forgotten and teach it your children and to your children’s children.
Proverbs states ” train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old , he will not desert from it.

I don’t know the rates but I would expect that a large number of the Christians in the churches today were trained as a child by a Christian parent. I don’t believe that training is in the family life style today where both parents work.

]]> Comment on 7 Things the Pastor DOES NOT Need to Know by Prayer for Pastors | Walking in the Wilderness http://revjohnhill.org/2011/11/29/7-things-the-pastor-does-not-need-to-know/#comment-728 Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:25:59 +0000 http://revjohnhill.wordpress.com/?p=2593#comment-728 [...] 7 Things the Pastor DOES NOT Need to Know(revjohnhill.org) [...]

]]> Comment on If a Man Wants YOU! (For the Ladies) by If a Man Wants YOU .. | Elena's Inspirations http://revjohnhill.org/2011/12/22/2669/#comment-656 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:22:29 +0000 http://revjohnhill.org/?p=2669#comment-656 [...] If a Man Wants YOU! (For the Ladies) (revjohnhill.org) [...]

]]> Comment on Communion by Rev Ted Leach by Communion Scriptures to Serve the Lord’s Supper http://revjohnhill.org/2011/10/07/communion-by-rev-ted-leach/#comment-648 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:19:56 +0000 http://revjohnhill.org/?p=2385#comment-648 [...] Duke Related articlesWhat’s the Deal With Communion? (worthyofthegospel.wordpress.com)Communion by Rev Ted Leach (revjohnhill.org)Please take a moment to share with others these communion scriptures.Please share [...]

]]> Comment on Farewell to My Best Friend by revjohnhill http://revjohnhill.org/2011/12/30/farewell-to-my-best-friend/#comment-633 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:28:19 +0000 http://revjohnhill.org/?p=2686#comment-633 Thanks Dale and Kelly. It’s pretty hard losing a friend (even if it is a dog).

]]> Comment on Farewell to My Best Friend by Dale and Kelly Brawner http://revjohnhill.org/2011/12/30/farewell-to-my-best-friend/#comment-632 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:05:36 +0000 http://revjohnhill.org/?p=2686#comment-632 As dog lovers ourselves and having had to make the same decision a few months ago we know how hard it was to let her go. Very sorry for your loss.

Dale and Kelly Brawner

DOGS’ LIVES ARE TOO SHORT.THEIR ONLY FAULT, REALLY ~ Agnes Sligh Turnbull

]]> Comment on Farewell to My Best Friend by revjohnhill http://revjohnhill.org/2011/12/30/farewell-to-my-best-friend/#comment-631 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:14:09 +0000 http://revjohnhill.org/?p=2686#comment-631 Thanks Mark. They really do become family members.

]]> Comment on Farewell to My Best Friend by Mark A. Piper Sr. http://revjohnhill.org/2011/12/30/farewell-to-my-best-friend/#comment-629 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 08:10:06 +0000 http://revjohnhill.org/?p=2686#comment-629 John, people that have never shared the companionship with the same dog for a decade or more just can’t understand the abyss that is the by-product of their passing. They are confidants, companions, and love without reservation. When they look up at you with those eyes that are as deep as the ocean, the look of understanding all that you are going through is priceless.To raise one from a puppy, nurture it like a child, train it, love it and be loved by it is a wonderful blessing! Been there, done that!. You have my deepest sympathy in her passing.

]]> Comment on Farewell to My Best Friend by revjohnhill http://revjohnhill.org/2011/12/30/farewell-to-my-best-friend/#comment-626 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:46:24 +0000 http://revjohnhill.org/?p=2686#comment-626 Thanks Karen. Really appreciate the thoughts.

]]> Comment on Farewell to My Best Friend by revjohnhill http://revjohnhill.org/2011/12/30/farewell-to-my-best-friend/#comment-625 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:46:01 +0000 http://revjohnhill.org/?p=2686#comment-625 Thanks Nikki. Ya’ll remember her when she was just a puppy. She was a loyal friend. How about Eli. He still around?

]]> Comment on Farewell to My Best Friend by Bart and Nikki Mease http://revjohnhill.org/2011/12/30/farewell-to-my-best-friend/#comment-624 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:44:06 +0000 http://revjohnhill.org/?p=2686#comment-624 Hi there it’s the Mease’s in PA. we are very sorry for your loss of your best friend. there is no other love than that of a dog. our prayers are with you.
nikki

]]> Comment on Goals for 2012 by Alice Shipman http://revjohnhill.org/2011/12/31/goals-for-2012/#comment-621 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 14:50:38 +0000 http://revjohnhill.org/?p=2711#comment-621 If you aren’t already a AAA member I urge you to become one. They have a trip to the Grand Canyon called “Rails to Rim” that Bob and I did a few years ago. It includes a train trip from Williams, Arizona to the Grand Canyon and back to Williams. There is a huge motel that is the base for your train trip and a marvelous restaurant that serves 3 buffet meals a day with very good food. Included in the fee is 2 nights in the motel, buffet meals for the 2 days, the train trip (complete with a train robbery!). Plus you can walk all over Williams and there’s a nightly “shoot-out” in downtown Williams. We thoroughly enjoyed our trip. We drove from here to Williams and back, seeing a lot of the same route we took the first time we went to California in 1962. A lot has changed in the scenery since then. Hope you get to go regardless of the year.

Alice Shipman

]]> Comment on Farewell to My Best Friend by revjohnhill http://revjohnhill.org/2011/12/30/farewell-to-my-best-friend/#comment-619 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 12:45:42 +0000 http://revjohnhill.org/?p=2686#comment-619 Thanks Karen.

]]> Comment on Farewell to My Best Friend by Amanda Sample http://revjohnhill.org/2011/12/30/farewell-to-my-best-friend/#comment-618 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:07:20 +0000 http://revjohnhill.org/?p=2686#comment-618 John,

I am so sad to hear that Reagan is gone. I still have the pictures of my son, Stefan, playing with Reagan out in the yard at that little church that you had in Decatur. The pictures are my favorite ever of my child. Reagan had a wonderful life and couldn’t have had a better best friend in you. I will pray for your loss and for the healing of you and your entire family during this time of loss. Not everyone realizes, but a pet becomes like a child/friend as you watch them grow and experience life.

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