tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408995960088977639.post7810414579612363487..comments2023-09-03T06:27:31.792-04:00Comments on THE SOMETIMES PREACHER: Famineandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13417720112665220722noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408995960088977639.post-67479081958469859582011-01-24T23:45:45.473-05:002011-01-24T23:45:45.473-05:00I love the line, "Don't let pragmatism re...I love the line, "Don't let pragmatism replace faith." For many people, pragmatism is a faith. We need to pray that we'll more and more prefer God's "impracticality" over what we might think is practical. ~StanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408995960088977639.post-53785990488313834312011-01-11T14:40:16.362-05:002011-01-11T14:40:16.362-05:00Katie, I'm glad you pointed that out. Abraham ...Katie, I'm glad you pointed that out. Abraham did still receive the blessing and promise, but through a far more circuitous route. His offspring even went down to Egypt, but stayed there for 400 years. My point was that Abraham was already in the land, but then left because of the famine. If God had promised him the land, shouldn't Abraham have trusted God to deliver him through the famine?andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13417720112665220722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408995960088977639.post-49526684189260095062011-01-11T14:15:59.429-05:002011-01-11T14:15:59.429-05:00Did he replace his faith in God's blessing and...Did he replace his faith in God's blessing and promise with pragmatism? I don't think so. Though, going to "Egypt" is never a good place to go, because it is a place of slavery. Abraham still held to God's promise. We are here today as a result of that and God's faithfulness. Abraham is still receiving his blessing, becauase the nations are being blessed through Jesus. He didn't lose the blessing and promise, but he may have been distracted from it when he went to Eygpt.Katienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4408995960088977639.post-34707984299036232522011-01-11T12:17:07.132-05:002011-01-11T12:17:07.132-05:00Interesting.Interesting.Breenanoreply@blogger.com