Comments on: The blessed ones http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/ James Choung's home on the web Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:35:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Joan http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/comment-page-1/#comment-471 Joan Thu, 09 Nov 2006 13:24:47 +0000 http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/#comment-471 Thank you for the list...I'll use it Thank you for the list…I’ll use it

]]> By: audrey http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/comment-page-1/#comment-309 audrey Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:15:11 +0000 http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/#comment-309 blah. i echo lars' comment. blah. i echo lars’ comment.

]]> By: vonstroh http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/comment-page-1/#comment-295 vonstroh Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:28:25 +0000 http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/#comment-295 Amen! Dallas Willard may be off in the wilderness writing his next book, but James Choung is back blogging =) Good to see Willard wisdom translated in new ways. Amen! Dallas Willard may be off in the wilderness writing his next book, but James Choung is back blogging =) Good to see Willard wisdom translated in new ways.

]]> By: James Choung http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/comment-page-1/#comment-247 James Choung Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:36:02 +0000 http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/#comment-247 Hey Dan — great question. It’s because the word for “righteousness” is better translated “justice.” The Louw & Nida lexicon define the word as “to cause someone to be in a proper or right relation with someone else — ‘to put right with, to cause to be in a right relationship with.’’’ So, it’s not just about individual purity or morality, but about setting things right — justice, or what the Hebrews would’ve called shalom. (In fact, it’s the same word that shows up in Matthew 6:33: “Seek first the Kingdom and his righteousness…” and again, it’s better translated as justice here too.)

So, the kinds of people who long and thirst for justice are usually the ones who aren’t getting justice — who face oppression and injustice and know that something better is out there.

]]> By: DS http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/comment-page-1/#comment-240 DS Mon, 23 Oct 2006 05:03:25 +0000 http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/#comment-240 Nice. Better than “The Message”. =)

Quick question, though… how’d you get “when you’ve been oppressed and abused in the face of injustice” from “those who hunger and thirst for righteousness”? I see the connection, just not as clearly as the other ones…

]]> By: kevin http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/comment-page-1/#comment-212 kevin Fri, 20 Oct 2006 21:39:08 +0000 http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/#comment-212 as with everyone else, this was a good reminder for me right now, as i'm sort of wandering through the wasteland. thanks. as with everyone else, this was a good reminder for me right now, as i’m sort of wandering through the wasteland. thanks.

]]> By: Jinhee http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Jinhee Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:22:47 +0000 http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/#comment-167 it seems the formula of "God's favor = prosperity" is universal across time and space. how globally counter-cultural Jesus can be! it seems the formula of “God’s favor = prosperity” is universal across time and space. how globally counter-cultural Jesus can be!

]]> By: Todd http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/comment-page-1/#comment-166 Todd Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:03:04 +0000 http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/#comment-166 Good word JC!! Good word JC!!

]]> By: elderj http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/comment-page-1/#comment-163 elderj Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:02:35 +0000 http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/#comment-163 James, insightful comments here. I didn't know you had a blog, so now I'll have to follow it. -Joshua James, insightful comments here. I didn’t know you had a blog, so now I’ll have to follow it.
-Joshua

]]> By: Lars http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Lars Tue, 17 Oct 2006 05:41:31 +0000 http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/#comment-162 Yo Choung, why you gotta make me tear up like that? Thanks for the perspective, bro..... but do you ever wonder why "favor" hurts so bad in the moment? >Your favorite Black Scandinavian American Yo Choung, why you gotta make me tear up like that?

Thanks for the perspective, bro…..

but do you ever wonder why “favor” hurts so bad in the moment?

>Your favorite Black Scandinavian American

]]> By: jrah http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/comment-page-1/#comment-160 jrah Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:18:43 +0000 http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/#comment-160 thank you a million times over... thank you a million times over…

]]> By: hyph http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/comment-page-1/#comment-159 hyph Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:30:08 +0000 http://www.jameschoung.net/2006/10/15/the-blessed-ones/#comment-159 hey james. this entry came to me at the right time as i prep for a busy week of tough meetings with friends and church. hope to catch up soon. hey james. this entry came to me at the right time as i prep for a busy week of tough meetings with friends and church. hope to catch up soon.

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