tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822324.post7358693173224851068..comments2024-01-10T08:35:57.024-06:00Comments on Middletree: Why I Won't be Eating Chick-Fil-A on August 1Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04014047518163579226noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822324.post-39745994986323423932012-08-02T11:35:21.418-05:002012-08-02T11:35:21.418-05:00Taking a stand is also doing what you do despite t...Taking a stand is also doing what you do despite the world around you... Daniel prayed before and after the law was made not to pray... that's how the people who hated him knew to catch him living his life for God. Making a stand is not just praying, it's faith that is alive and true and shines through a simple statement of faith or the choice to support or not support.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822324.post-10910357545274054852012-08-02T07:52:34.900-05:002012-08-02T07:52:34.900-05:00What I saw yesterday was a show of support. I don&...What I saw yesterday was a show of support. I don't think a person there had an "in your face" attitude. Those who oppose Chickfila may be taking that way, I do understand, but I don't think that's the intent at all. It was a very peaceful, show of support for a company that supports biblical marriage. I have a feeling that August 3 will not be nearly as peaceful---Robinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822324.post-7145945118893712612012-08-01T23:14:45.722-05:002012-08-01T23:14:45.722-05:00Thank you for the voice of reason! If you and I w...Thank you for the voice of reason! If you and I were to sit down and talk, we'd probably have a lot of differences politically and theologically... but the one thing that is greater than all that is our mutual love of Jesus Christ and our mutual desire to follow Him. It was refreshing to see that even from opposite sides of the aisle (so to speak) we came to the same conclusion: hot-headed culture wars over earthly things that will pass away are foolish and distract from the greater purpose of living as Christ's hands and feet in this world (but not of it). Oh--one other difference we would have... I've never liked the taste of their chicken and never considered it a "good meal". LOLAmanda Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13925127221569980155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822324.post-11690413133811364462012-08-01T12:39:19.846-05:002012-08-01T12:39:19.846-05:00Dito :) I just went to show my love and support fo...Dito :) I just went to show my love and support for the Cathy family. It never crossed my mind that it was an "in your face" act.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822324.post-40819600584947430602012-08-01T07:43:57.537-05:002012-08-01T07:43:57.537-05:00Grace, the biblical example I see of taking a stan...Grace, the biblical example I see of taking a stand is not anything like what I am seeing this week amongst my fellow believers. Taking a stand back then meant simply not participating in idolatrous behavior (Shadrach and the other two), praying for Peter while he was unfairly incarcerated (Acts 12:5). The biblical model is a good one.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04014047518163579226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822324.post-12404094198839351082012-07-31T17:59:22.866-05:002012-07-31T17:59:22.866-05:00I don't agree. I think it is solidarity for wh...I don't agree. I think it is solidarity for what you believe in. Chick fil-A was making a stand for what they believe and whether it is a personal friend or a business I am totally going to support them and encourage them to continue making a biblical stand. I do not see it as bullying at all. Oreo's took their stand and made a gay pride cookie, or you not going to take their stand because they are making their stand against God's Word?Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07687657872222306510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822324.post-24674694093034703692012-07-31T15:00:36.636-05:002012-07-31T15:00:36.636-05:00Corrinne, I'm all for supporting CFA, But last...Corrinne, I'm all for supporting CFA, But last night, I saw a FB post which indicated that, for some, it's more about showing the pro-gay crowd how wrong they are, and I started to get troubled by that. I never see Jesus tell us to be defiant, especially when it comes to non-salvation topics.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04014047518163579226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822324.post-2709192422973559562012-07-31T13:30:15.413-05:002012-07-31T13:30:15.413-05:00Thank you for writing this. I am so, so, so sick a...Thank you for writing this. I am so, so, so sick and tired of Christians who think they have been called to be the moral police of the world. And who engage in tit-for-tat, like children on a playground exchanging insults. You are so right that Jesus never encouraged this at all, anywhere that I can see. Christians do not really trust the Holy Spirit, bottom line. I believe that is the reason they get so caught up in trying to 'correct' everyone else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822324.post-86069845816114727972012-07-31T12:20:10.270-05:002012-07-31T12:20:10.270-05:00I just thought it was about showing support for Ca...I just thought it was about showing support for Cathy and Chick-Fil-A, thanking him for not being afraid to speak as he believes. At least, that's what I've been hearing and what the Facebook page says. I'm not seeing anything about it being an "In your face liberals!" kind of event. But I appreciate where you are coming from, and agree with your viewpoint. I'll be skipping the event, too. Not that I don't want to show support, but that Chick-Fil-A is almost impossible to get into on a normal day. The crowds on August 1 will be insane, and maybe in more ways than one.Corrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17263073846185005730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9822324.post-91657092709720349702012-07-31T11:28:11.927-05:002012-07-31T11:28:11.927-05:00It's so simple, isn't it? But then Mike Hu...It's so simple, isn't it? But then Mike Huckabee would get all the attention, would he?. One day we shall all know with a certainty beyond words that the politicization of faith has been a huge mistake. Of course, it will be too late then...Luke Montgomeryhttp://www.lukemontgomery.netnoreply@blogger.com