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<font face="Arial">re: Barclay's first statement; I agree with Ann. We
enter in community and from community.<br>
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Does Barclay not mix his parables just a bit in the later analysis --
it sounds much like the parable of the sower to me?<br>
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Ann Fontaine wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:25B1D222-999F-4A0D-A30E-246F4E97B79F@mac.com"
type="cite">Seems that Jesus did not say any such thing -- it was all
or nothing for him -- mostly addressed his words to "you" plural -- not
singular. I wonder if we have become too singular in our faith journey
just like the stories in the book _Bowling Alone_
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On Jun 8, 2009, at 7:46 AM, Joe Parrish wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">People do not enter the kingdom in crowds;
they must enter as individuals; for the moment of entry is the personal
and individual acceptance of the will of God. That is why the growth
of the mustard seed, the smallest of all seeds, into a tree symbolizes
the kingdom. That is why, if a person is placed in an environment
which is hostile or indifferent to the claims of God, he must not
regard it as something to regret and resent, but as a privilege and a
challenge to be the tiny seed from which the kingdom grows.
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The Beatitudes and the Lord's Prayer for Everyman, William Barclay
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