tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21365935.post2306150385586203021..comments2024-03-15T04:45:39.805-05:00Comments on Take Your Vitamin Z: Hospitalized and Homeless - Part 2Vitamin Zhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12327369978082172135noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21365935.post-82376269695661584592008-03-12T21:34:00.000-05:002008-03-12T21:34:00.000-05:00This is very convicting.Thank you for posting abou...This is very convicting.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for posting about what you've taken the opportunity to participate in.Robert Rileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17262444913030547578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21365935.post-57760324372365234372008-03-12T20:25:00.000-05:002008-03-12T20:25:00.000-05:00Zach-Have you contacted your local Salvation Army?...Zach-<BR/>Have you contacted your local Salvation Army? Many of these locations have shelters or centers that help people have a place to stay while they try and get back on their feet.<BR/><BR/>If you have any other questions, let me know.jerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10636123069509024712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21365935.post-31641495718500719862008-03-12T17:00:00.000-05:002008-03-12T17:00:00.000-05:00Thanks for the update and the good, helpful though...Thanks for the update and the good, helpful thoughts, Z. Please continue to update us on Paul's physical condition, as you hear about it, so that we can pray for him and act to help him in other ways, if possible. It's wonderful, and very laudable, that you were able and willing to help him as you did-- a true testament to God's glory and to His grace, at work in your life. <BR/><BR/>I want to make sure that you know, regarding the questions that I asked on this subject at the group blog-- I emphatically believe that God's word calls us to minister to non-Christians. Both the principle and the call are very clear, as you mentioned in your original post, in the parable of the Good Samaritan. My questions are more about how the helping of many people in need, both within the church and outside of it, should be thought about and practically managed by the local church-- again, as an organizational entity. Obviously, we, as individual Christians in local churches, are called to minister to to non-Christians in all sorts of ways, but I am curious, as to what you and the other brothers on the group blog think about the local church's responsibilites, as an organization, to minister to non-believers (in ways other than direct eveangelism), and what the carrying out of those responsibilities should look like. Just wanted to clarify my questions. <BR/><BR/>See you tonight for the class, Lord willing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21365935.post-6620985836995857722008-03-12T10:04:00.000-05:002008-03-12T10:04:00.000-05:00Z-Thanks for telling us about Paul and God gifting...Z-<BR/>Thanks for telling us about Paul and God gifting you with him. I need those Pauls to remind me of how needy I am before Him. If I could only give as He gave-my one and only and best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com