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October 22, 2007

The Forum was a success. God moved. Fatigue is at record highs. Ladies and gentlemen, your letters . . .

RE: Survey Sez Question on Anorexia

Could you please post a follow up article/devotion/whatever to the past Survey Sez about anorexia. I’ve never heard anything about that subject from a Christian view. It’s considered very much a worldly topic/disease, but I know several people who are struggling daily with it.

The question was odd, but it came at the perfect timing for me! Please post some sort of follow up. thank you.

Name Withheld, Maryland

(Editor’s Note: We need a submission on this topic, then we’ll be gladly publish it. Anyone willing to share their experiences and/or expertise?)

RE: Lazarus Arise!” Why I’m Glad I Wasn’t There”

I was reading this article, which I thought was very good, but there were few points that I felt differently about. This compelled me to go back and read the story of Lazurus again.

It seem as if Mary and Martha felt the same way about the Lord’s absence at the death of their brother. Even though both sisters said the same thing to Jesus, each had a different approach.

Just read the differences:

John 11:21—“Now Martha said to Jesus, ‘Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.’”
John 11:32—“Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at his feet saying to Him, ‘Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”

Even Jesus’ reactions to the same statements were different:

To Martha (John 11:23), “Jesus said to her, ‘Your brother will rise again.’” Here He has to let her know that He will do the work. Yet she still has such disbelief that He questions her faith in John 11:26 with, “And whoever lives and believes on Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

But it was when Jesus saw Mary weeping and those with her weeping that He was moved (John 11:33), “Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled.”

When Martha heard Jesus was coming she immediately got up and went to meet Him and the first greeting He received from her was this harsh, bitter statement. But Mary, I believe having the greater faith and better relationship with the Lord, waited at the house and when Jesus called for Mary she went to Him. Yet her greeting to Him was so dramatically different. She fell at His feet in worship first and then because of her faith in Him and their relationship she stated that she knew her brother would not have died if He had been there.

I just think Mary and Martha had such different relationships with the Lord. I can’t imagine them being in anyway the same.

Amber Newton, Texas

RE: TV Advertising Dilemma

Question: How can the UPCI even consider utilizing television for marketing its message when the organization has been so adamantly opposed to the medium? If the measure of what is acceptable or unacceptable is determined by the dictates of the leadership and circumstance, then the rules members are expected to live by are man-made, not Scripture. The end never justifies inconsistent or unethical means. The means should and must square with the end.

Lynn Mason, Wisconsin

RE: “Have You Any Meat?”

“Loved it! Good illustration”

Cheri LaGrone, Texas

RE: “Questions Concerning “Resolution 4 Fallout”

I have heard more than one report of churches pulling out or threatening to, over the resolution to allow advertising on TV. Is it an overblown rumor?

Also, some people seem to think the resolution was about allowing TV in believers homes, is there a problem with misinformation?

Dave Charles, Michigan

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