Comments for Writings, Ramblings and Other JuMblEd Thoughts http://joelavin.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:48:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on July 2nd – Prison camp instead of medium security by Rhonda Westlund http://joelavin.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/prison-camp-instead-of-medium-security/#comment-15 Rhonda Westlund Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:48:54 +0000 http://joelavin.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/prison-camp-instead-of-medium-security/#comment-15 Hi Joe. I am praying for you and so glad yo know the Lord! Keep in touch. Rhonda Hi Joe. I am praying for you and so glad yo know the Lord! Keep in touch. Rhonda

]]> Comment on May 28 – Serious Irony (or at least zemblanity) by joelavin http://joelavin.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/may-28-serious-irony/#comment-12 joelavin Thu, 29 May 2008 14:54:48 +0000 http://joelavin.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-12 Hi Bob, Thanks for the data. I thought the population was around 125,000 but I was obviously working off of old numbers. It is a beautiful area either way :-)! Hi Bob, Thanks for the data. I thought the population was around 125,000 but I was obviously working off of old numbers. It is a beautiful area either way :-) !

]]> Comment on May 28 – Serious Irony (or at least zemblanity) by Bob Fitch http://joelavin.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/may-28-serious-irony/#comment-11 Bob Fitch Thu, 29 May 2008 14:27:34 +0000 http://joelavin.wordpress.com/?p=19#comment-11 You say "the pretty small Texas town of Grand Prairie." Well lets get a few facts about that small little community: Population: 161,550 Area: 81 square miles 17th largest in the state of Texas 148th largest in the country You say “the pretty small Texas town of Grand Prairie.”
Well lets get a few facts about that small little community:
Population: 161,550
Area: 81 square miles
17th largest in the state of Texas
148th largest in the country

]]> Comment on March 21 – Not So Good friday by Joe Lavin http://joelavin.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/not-so-good-friday/#comment-10 Joe Lavin Fri, 04 Apr 2008 04:05:47 +0000 http://joelavin.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/not-so-good-friday/#comment-10 This is not a healthy discourse between us. We have very different views of what actually happened and, ultimately much more importantly, of God, Jesus and Salvation. You had your say in court and now you have had your say on my blog. I will leave this up for a day or so and then I will delete your posts and even close the blog to comments if you feel the need to persist in making remarks here. I think your anger and pain are hurting your understanding of Jesus' work on the cross and our relationship to that work. Salvation is not earned and it is not reserved for 'good' people. In fact, I think it is just the opposite. I am thankful for the amazing grace that reached out to me, a wretched sinner, before I ever even considered asking for it. If you care to continue the conversation with me by letter when I am in prison, I would be willing to do that. At some point I would like to be able to have an open dialogue about all that has transpired, but obviously now is not the right time. So I am going to close our conversation down on here for the time being. Joe Lavin This is not a healthy discourse between us. We have very different views of what actually happened and, ultimately much more importantly, of God, Jesus and Salvation. You had your say in court and now you have had your say on my blog. I will leave this up for a day or so and then I will delete your posts and even close the blog to comments if you feel the need to persist in making remarks here.

I think your anger and pain are hurting your understanding of Jesus’ work on the cross and our relationship to that work.

Salvation is not earned and it is not reserved for ‘good’ people. In fact, I think it is just the opposite. I am thankful for the amazing grace that reached out to me, a wretched sinner, before I ever even considered asking for it.

If you care to continue the conversation with me by letter when I am in prison, I would be willing to do that. At some point I would like to be able to have an open dialogue about all that has transpired, but obviously now is not the right time. So I am going to close our conversation down on here for the time being.

Joe Lavin

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