dumb sheep dave

Promoting Jesus Dependency

  • Self-righteousness is impossible

    unless a Christian or nonChristian is wise in his own eyes, leaning on his own understanding, confident-he-knows-what’s-best, so as to judge others and self, so as to feel worthier/superior. –ShepherdDave/JudgeDave, consumed with his own worthiness, except when freshly convicted of the sin of worldliness/self-righteousness, so he’s momentarily DumbSheepDave, enjoying everyone just as they are, and…

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  • How do we love white supremists?

    The conscience is reached by love and humility, not by condemning/belittling/mocking, or by legislating my values on others.  Legislating hate-crimes, removal of statues, and flags, does not reach the conscience.  Self-righteous response to self-righteousness does not reach the conscience.  In my opinion, Hollywood has done more to reach the conscience of whites in America, than…

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  • Jesus is retraining me to be like Kevin.

    When I first read this true story about Kevin, years ago, I missed the significance.  I didn’t wannabe like Kevin — childlike, dependent, clueless, pitiable.  Kevin is lovable, but not enviable.  I wanted desperately to be envied, though I didn’t see it at the time. I didn’t understand the benefit of being Kevin, because I…

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  • The values of Jesus seem wrong.

    War against enemies seems right.  Competition seems right — hoping the opposition fails, seems right.  Judging/critiquing others seems right.  Feeling worthier/superior seems right.  Forcing my values on others through legislation, seems right.  To an adultlike/independent/confident-he-knows-what’s-best, wise in his own eyes, leaning on his own understanding. –ShepherdDave, who claims to follow Jesus, but ignores the teachings…

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  • Impossible to experience the peace

    that passes understanding, unless I’m clueless-I-know-what’s-best, clueless-I-know-what’ll-make-me-happy.  Exception is when I’m living in denial of issues inside of me, insensitive to my feelings, unconsciously suppressing. I NEVER EVER experience that peace that has nothing to do with circumstances, when I’m confident-I-know-what’s-best. –Dave McCarty, GospelFriendships, baby stepping in healthier directions when the Spirit freshly convicts him…

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  • What does it mean to be content?

    Contented with my health — physically, emotionally, spiritually, financially, relationally, vocationally, circumstantially, politically.  Content with everything in my life just as it is, right now, today, including the congested traffic, slow drivers, rude drivers, texting drivers.  Not needing anything more, anything different, anything improved.  Jesus is ENOUGH for me.  I need nothing MORE than Him,…

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  • DumbSheepDave is not anti-intellectual,

    even though intellectuals — both Christian and secular, see him as anti-intellectual. DumbSheepDave is intellectually-agnostic. Like a religious-agnostic who doesn’t concern himself with God, DumbSheepDave doesn’t concern himself with intellectual pursuits, because they require being wise in one’s own eyes, leaning on one’s own understanding, being confident-one-knows-what’s-best. An anti-intellectual is an intellectual-atheist, not an intellectual-agnostic.…

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  • Biblical wisdom is not human wisdom.

    Biblical wisdom causes me to be distrustful of my own wisdom to find happiness.  Biblical wisdom is believing that I have no wisdom worth leaning on, but that Jesus does.  Biblical wisdom causes me to ASK Jesus about everything, and THANK Jesus about everything just as it is, and everyone just as we are.  Biblical…

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  • Self-awareness commended in Proverbs 14:8.

    “The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways [pay attention to their thoughts, feelings, reactions as they go through their day], “but the folly of fools is deception.” [self-deception about our independence/pride/confidence-we-know-what’s-best, not to mention others-deception, by being less than transparent, or worse]. We independents are fools.  The wise, however, are…

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  • What’s better than somebodiness/success?

    Not needing somebodiness/success.  What’s better than being respected, admired, envied?  Having a healthy-indifference to anyone’s respect, admiration, envy of me. How does one obtain a healthy-indifference to the somebodiness his flesh CRAVES?  Jesus provides this to those who are aware of the problem and want help — who want to be rescued from the prison…

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