tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97981409741282294.post1505759492826803121..comments2024-03-17T08:56:26.886-05:00Comments on TJ Addington - Leading From the Sandbox : When we take up the offense of othersT.J. Addingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14201114842211013058noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97981409741282294.post-16415581135487552162019-11-02T21:40:52.346-05:002019-11-02T21:40:52.346-05:00Taking up an offense is not the same as defending ...Taking up an offense is not the same as defending the defenseless. When someone is offended or arguing with another and you get involved not knowing both sides, that is what taking up someone's offense means. Kind of being a busy body. It ALWAYs ends badly.Shopgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01005861092071389576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97981409741282294.post-53253670501288203452017-03-18T09:42:22.528-05:002017-03-18T09:42:22.528-05:00“Interfering in someone else’s argument is as fool...“Interfering in someone else’s argument is as foolish as yanking a dog’s ears.”<br />Proverbs 26:17James Hueynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97981409741282294.post-943151204536622792017-01-10T20:23:46.750-06:002017-01-10T20:23:46.750-06:00You are wrong. It is not unbiblical to take up th...You are wrong. It is not unbiblical to take up the offense of another, especially those who have no voice or have been ignored, bullied and/or shamed into keeping silent about the injustice done to them. I think especially of the unborn, the Jews in Nazi Germany, persecuted believers around the world, those who are bullied by the world or by church leaders. Too many church leaders have set themselves up as the authorities who must be obeyed and any one who speaks up is condemned as unsubmissive, insubordinant and sinful. Thus silencing dissension. I think this idea of not taking up the offense of another has been taught by certain church leaders in order to bully people into submission and silence about wrongdoing.<br /><br />In our house church we are talking about God's justice and how to "do justly", as in Micah 6:8. I was looking up the scriptural basis for not taking up the offense of another. There is none. In my searching, I accidentally came across this blog, and I felt I had to say something. <br /><br />I did like what I read in another post by Sovereign Grace Ministries from 2009; the question being "is it sinful to take up the offense of another?" It follows:<br />--I’d never feel bold enough to say that I can be anyone’s advocate, but I do believe that those who have been mistreated in church situations can very often find themselves in a place where they are unable to do anything about what they’ve experienced. Often, they are so entrenched in the thinking that church leadership has promoted that they have lost the ability to recognize an offense for what it is – behavior that is totally inappropriate from a church leader – and instead feel a sense of condemnation because they aren’t “spiritually mature” enough to “just move on.” Years and years of incorrectly expanded teachings on gossip, too, will leave someone feeling paranoid about the potential for sin in merely putting into words what they observed and experienced. Also, if you’ve been taught that you must submit to your authorities no matter what, you will never be able to step outside an unjust church discipline experience to see it for what it was – you will continue to believe, even if your senses are telling you otherwise, that the sinful party is still YOU.--Lynn Annisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-97981409741282294.post-28488887152143828212015-06-29T19:49:49.957-05:002015-06-29T19:49:49.957-05:00Well said… Thank you for sharing your insights on ...Well said… Thank you for sharing your insights on this topic as it is so easy to “Take up another’s offense” and it always causes trouble. As you pointed out it usually comes out of ones own anger or frustration on an issue or a particular person. What good does this do..? None! It merely adds to the fire of strife or an event instead of staying impartial and perusing peace! "Blessed are the peace makers, for they shall be called sons of GOD.” The Messiah. This is a great piece and most helpful. Livingstonenoreply@blogger.com