The distinction between Law and Gospel during suffering:
“God gladly communicates his grace to those who willingly submit to the paradoxical work of God, that those who have been profoundly terrified and forsaken under the alien work of the law will be profoundly comforted under the proper work of the gospel. One should neither despair of the paradoxical work of God nor resist it, for the God who works in him the opposite of justification also effects in him salvation. This working of God is completely hidden to the world; it is a scandal to the Jews and folly to the Gentiles. God’s proper work is established and revealed through his alien work, and this is only perceived by the believer in faith.”
Since we sometimes ponder God’s creatures here as teachers i will share a touching moment here at our house today… My daughter is channeling her grief over the death of her cat into fostering a starving rescue dog… after the poor creature eats it takes the bowl and puts it in her dog bed
I kind of do the same thing with my Bible… God keeps the food supply coming, but i like to keep the container close i guess
Sittting here on a snowy day with little to do, but play with this tablet thingie, i read a news item where a No. Carolina woman is in jail for having defied a judge’s order by having her little daughter christened (Roman Catholic) without informing the father…. hmmm…
She defied a court order, which from what I read wasn’t to not baptize the baby, but for the parents to come to an agreement. I did read a line where he had decision-making legal custody. I’m not sure I see this as an attach on Christianity, per se. It certainly reinforces the admonition not to be unequally yoked.
Then again, we don’t know what the background is of the settlement. 90% of high conflict divorces and custody cases involve one or both parents exhibiting mental illnesses, or sub-clinical traits close enough to cause a lot of pain for all parties involved.
“could a judge keep me from evangelizing my own children? not quite the same, i know….”
A judge gave a similar order to Peter and John in Acts 4. Their reply:
“But Peter and John answered them, ‘Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.’ “
The mother knew exactly what she was doing by posting it publicly. Who knows what the father’s beliefs are? He could be a Lutheran, or just disagreeing with RCC doctrine.
Here are the short facts. The father is RCC. It doesn’t say where the mother baptized their child. If he was granted full legal decision making authority by the custody stipulation, it’s more likely than not that she caused trouble from the beginning, because Family Courts default to joint physical and legal custody. In California, you don’t even have to show up in court, but rather can file an agreed upon stip for custody and any child support.
“According to court records, Schaaf is a practicing Catholic who attends Mass every week, and that ultimately the court granted him final decision-making authority on all legal custody decisions, including decisions concerning religion.
Both parents were warned that they could go to jail if they ignored the warning.
But the next day, Stocks allegedly went out and baptized her daughter, which Schaaf found out about on Facebook.
The court documents said that “the mother has acted selfishly by depriving the father of the ability to be present at an event that was extraordinarily important to him.”
The judge found Stocks in contempt of court and sentenced her to seven days in jail.
In contempt cases, a judge can order someone detained if they believe someone is improperly challenging or ignoring the court’s authority; violators can be fined, jailed, or both.”
Well, this couple was never married (that might be a prob!em, poor child). Howver, the baptism took place in a R.C. Church when the child was two, so there are hints of a war of the wills at the child’s expense… The mother may have been an unfit guardian, i have no knowledge… but it does seem the courts are moving into making rulings against religious practice more and more… sometimes, when there is a physical risk, maybe it is appropriate
But for my Faith, amen to Jean’s #6
Looks like she has joint physical custody. The decision making authority granted to him likely indicates combativeness on her part or past poor decisions. I don’t see this as anti-religion, but the court enforcing an order which favors the other parent, a practicing RCC member, as the decision making authority.
It’s all yours today…
The distinction between Law and Gospel during suffering:
“God gladly communicates his grace to those who willingly submit to the paradoxical work of God, that those who have been profoundly terrified and forsaken under the alien work of the law will be profoundly comforted under the proper work of the gospel. One should neither despair of the paradoxical work of God nor resist it, for the God who works in him the opposite of justification also effects in him salvation. This working of God is completely hidden to the world; it is a scandal to the Jews and folly to the Gentiles. God’s proper work is established and revealed through his alien work, and this is only perceived by the believer in faith.”
– Dennis Ngien
Since we sometimes ponder God’s creatures here as teachers i will share a touching moment here at our house today… My daughter is channeling her grief over the death of her cat into fostering a starving rescue dog… after the poor creature eats it takes the bowl and puts it in her dog bed
I kind of do the same thing with my Bible… God keeps the food supply coming, but i like to keep the container close i guess
Sittting here on a snowy day with little to do, but play with this tablet thingie, i read a news item where a No. Carolina woman is in jail for having defied a judge’s order by having her little daughter christened (Roman Catholic) without informing the father…. hmmm…
She defied a court order, which from what I read wasn’t to not baptize the baby, but for the parents to come to an agreement. I did read a line where he had decision-making legal custody. I’m not sure I see this as an attach on Christianity, per se. It certainly reinforces the admonition not to be unequally yoked.
Then again, we don’t know what the background is of the settlement. 90% of high conflict divorces and custody cases involve one or both parents exhibiting mental illnesses, or sub-clinical traits close enough to cause a lot of pain for all parties involved.
Good observations, New Victor…
The question lingers in my mind… could a judge keep me from evangelizing my own children? not quite the same, i know….
“could a judge keep me from evangelizing my own children? not quite the same, i know….”
A judge gave a similar order to Peter and John in Acts 4. Their reply:
“But Peter and John answered them, ‘Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.’ “
The mother knew exactly what she was doing by posting it publicly. Who knows what the father’s beliefs are? He could be a Lutheran, or just disagreeing with RCC doctrine.
@ #4:
Unequally yoked?
Can’t we just learn to live and let live?
Muff: and be lukewarm?
Here are the short facts. The father is RCC. It doesn’t say where the mother baptized their child. If he was granted full legal decision making authority by the custody stipulation, it’s more likely than not that she caused trouble from the beginning, because Family Courts default to joint physical and legal custody. In California, you don’t even have to show up in court, but rather can file an agreed upon stip for custody and any child support.
“According to court records, Schaaf is a practicing Catholic who attends Mass every week, and that ultimately the court granted him final decision-making authority on all legal custody decisions, including decisions concerning religion.
Both parents were warned that they could go to jail if they ignored the warning.
But the next day, Stocks allegedly went out and baptized her daughter, which Schaaf found out about on Facebook.
The court documents said that “the mother has acted selfishly by depriving the father of the ability to be present at an event that was extraordinarily important to him.”
The judge found Stocks in contempt of court and sentenced her to seven days in jail.
In contempt cases, a judge can order someone detained if they believe someone is improperly challenging or ignoring the court’s authority; violators can be fined, jailed, or both.”
Well, this couple was never married (that might be a prob!em, poor child). Howver, the baptism took place in a R.C. Church when the child was two, so there are hints of a war of the wills at the child’s expense… The mother may have been an unfit guardian, i have no knowledge… but it does seem the courts are moving into making rulings against religious practice more and more… sometimes, when there is a physical risk, maybe it is appropriate
But for my Faith, amen to Jean’s #6
Looks like she has joint physical custody. The decision making authority granted to him likely indicates combativeness on her part or past poor decisions. I don’t see this as anti-religion, but the court enforcing an order which favors the other parent, a practicing RCC member, as the decision making authority.