tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24409376.post6766176662099664153..comments2023-12-03T05:22:27.875-05:00Comments on Sterling Griggs: When Tradition CorruptsSterling Griggshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00929691521171347178noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24409376.post-5813434287881561442012-04-16T17:17:44.147-04:002012-04-16T17:17:44.147-04:00Amen (let it be or come to pass) brother - as Past...Amen (let it be or come to pass) brother - as Pastor Mark used to say....'with a Bible in hand and a smile on your face' - to me that has always meant: Bible in hand, central purpose of our time together, the facilitator of our fellowship, the common bond, the lamp to our path, the tool central to God's revelation of understanding imparted to us.<br />The Smile - the joy, the accepting nature, the eye for virtue in others and within the fellowship of a faith family, the confidence we have in Christ.<br />We must be vigilant and protective of the Word and the Smile. The peripheral distractions that lead to dissent are not of the Lord, they are the result of our natural weakness to the influences of the world, selfish in nature, and only overcome by living by faith and feeding the precious gift of the indwelled Holy SpiritJohn Runyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03117286825833638817noreply@blogger.com