Comments on: Struggle: Christianese for “Giving in to sin, but then feeling guilty.” http://twentytwowords.com/2008/06/06/struggle-christianese-for-%e2%80%9cgiving-in-to-sin-but-then-feeling-guilty%e2%80%9d/ Experiments in getting to the point. Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:15:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Fortuitous Bouncing: Chicago Version « Man of Depravity http://twentytwowords.com/2008/06/06/struggle-christianese-for-%e2%80%9cgiving-in-to-sin-but-then-feeling-guilty%e2%80%9d/#comment-21219 Fortuitous Bouncing: Chicago Version « Man of Depravity Sat, 14 Jun 2008 08:44:01 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=437#comment-21219 [...] Christianese: we’re not arrogant, we just “struggle with pride.” [...] [...] Christianese: we’re not arrogant, we just “struggle with pride.” [...]

]]> By: Struggle « Ponderings of an always trying, always failing, always forgiven Christian. http://twentytwowords.com/2008/06/06/struggle-christianese-for-%e2%80%9cgiving-in-to-sin-but-then-feeling-guilty%e2%80%9d/#comment-21218 Struggle « Ponderings of an always trying, always failing, always forgiven Christian. Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:25:40 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=437#comment-21218 [...] Struggle: Christianese for “Giving in to sin, but then feeling guilty.” [...] [...] Struggle: Christianese for “Giving in to sin, but then feeling guilty.” [...]

]]> By: Angela http://twentytwowords.com/2008/06/06/struggle-christianese-for-%e2%80%9cgiving-in-to-sin-but-then-feeling-guilty%e2%80%9d/#comment-21191 Angela Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:40:00 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=437#comment-21191 About this quote, that is: "My point is that I think we all find it far easier to say, “I struggle with [sin],” when what we really mean is, “I [sin].” About this quote, that is:

“My point is that I think we all find it far easier to say, “I struggle with [sin],” when what we really mean is, “I [sin].”

]]> By: Angela http://twentytwowords.com/2008/06/06/struggle-christianese-for-%e2%80%9cgiving-in-to-sin-but-then-feeling-guilty%e2%80%9d/#comment-21190 Angela Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:39:35 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=437#comment-21190 <blockquote> Agreed and guilty.

Agreed and guilty.

]]> By: Frank Turk http://twentytwowords.com/2008/06/06/struggle-christianese-for-%e2%80%9cgiving-in-to-sin-but-then-feeling-guilty%e2%80%9d/#comment-21187 Frank Turk Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:30:55 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=437#comment-21187 I think you conflated "I strived and failed" with "I'm OK with that" in the original post, but as you untangled it in the meta you, um, untangled the conflation. make sense? I think you conflated “I strived and failed” with “I’m OK with that” in the original post, but as you untangled it in the meta you, um, untangled the conflation.

make sense?

]]> By: Myrddin http://twentytwowords.com/2008/06/06/struggle-christianese-for-%e2%80%9cgiving-in-to-sin-but-then-feeling-guilty%e2%80%9d/#comment-21188 Myrddin Sun, 08 Jun 2008 13:30:34 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=437#comment-21188 It is no longer I who sin, but the sin that lives in me. The new man is free of either guilt or struggle. It is no longer I who sin, but the sin that lives in me.

The new man is free of either guilt or struggle.

]]> By: Hannah http://twentytwowords.com/2008/06/06/struggle-christianese-for-%e2%80%9cgiving-in-to-sin-but-then-feeling-guilty%e2%80%9d/#comment-21189 Hannah Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:03:11 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=437#comment-21189 Pithy. Thanks for saying it like it is. Pithy. Thanks for saying it like it is.

]]> By: Josh S. http://twentytwowords.com/2008/06/06/struggle-christianese-for-%e2%80%9cgiving-in-to-sin-but-then-feeling-guilty%e2%80%9d/#comment-21192 Josh S. Sat, 07 Jun 2008 12:46:04 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=437#comment-21192 Excellent point, as usual. Excellent point, as usual.

]]> By: Chris http://twentytwowords.com/2008/06/06/struggle-christianese-for-%e2%80%9cgiving-in-to-sin-but-then-feeling-guilty%e2%80%9d/#comment-21194 Chris Sat, 07 Jun 2008 10:27:18 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=437#comment-21194 I think when people use the word struggle, they are trying to say that they know they are sinning and really hate it, but they are having a hard time overcoming a certain sin. It's one that they battle over and over and over again. They struggle with it. Some sins I really struggle with because I keep falling into them repeatedly--like yelling at the kids when they don't listen. I struggle less as time goes on--thankfully, due to God's grace, good prayer partners, and by not giving up and throwing in the towel, God has faithfully shown me other ways to deal with it. Yet I never feel I can relax in this area. Others sins I have not been tempted with much at all. I won't name them because one time I just entertained the thought in my mind how thankful I was that I did not have to struggle with a certain sin, and then I found myself being tempted with it for a little while. Chris D. I think when people use the word struggle, they are trying to say that they know they are sinning and really hate it, but they are having a hard time overcoming a certain sin. It’s one that they battle over and over and over again. They struggle with it. Some sins I really struggle with because I keep falling into them repeatedly–like yelling at the kids when they don’t listen. I struggle less as time goes on–thankfully, due to God’s grace, good prayer partners, and by not giving up and throwing in the towel, God has faithfully shown me other ways to deal with it. Yet I never feel I can relax in this area. Others sins I have not been tempted with much at all. I won’t name them because one time I just entertained the thought in my mind how thankful I was that I did not have to struggle with a certain sin, and then I found myself being tempted with it for a little while.

Chris D.

]]> By: Chris http://twentytwowords.com/2008/06/06/struggle-christianese-for-%e2%80%9cgiving-in-to-sin-but-then-feeling-guilty%e2%80%9d/#comment-21193 Chris Sat, 07 Jun 2008 02:45:19 +0000 http://22words.wordpress.com/?p=437#comment-21193 Words must be proven by action, right? I am more concerned with whether the person is truly struggling or fighting or mortifying their sin, than the language they use. I can say that I am the worst sinner I know, but if my life does not reflect that belief, then the words are empty. Who has permission in your life to correct your cliches and call you to fight? Words must be proven by action, right? I am more concerned with whether the person is truly struggling or fighting or mortifying their sin, than the language they use. I can say that I am the worst sinner I know, but if my life does not reflect that belief, then the words are empty. Who has permission in your life to correct your cliches and call you to fight?

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