tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post4715519787737379118..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: On Being CoolPhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-51971038252066096552008-03-03T08:50:00.000-08:002008-03-03T08:50:00.000-08:00Solameanie,"After all, I do possess a London Fog b...Solameanie,<BR/><BR/>"After all, I do possess a London Fog black trenchcoat"<BR/>...I don't know if I would admit that in public. <BR/><BR/><BR/>To all:<BR/><BR/>You know something that really encouraged to me? Just days ago, I was at the True Conference in AL. There were about 600 or so pastors, teachers, and other tasked slaves there. About half or more were under 35 I would say. Young men, learning, encouraging, learning, singing hymns,learning, preaching, learning, praying, praying, and praying.<BR/><BR/>Not an ounce of trendiness or fashion; not a smigeon of worldly influence (apart from the words to the music being on screens instead of books **gasp**; so sinful) :)<BR/><BR/>So good to see.S.J. Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15922550763548455625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-16544067400034100362008-03-03T08:00:00.000-08:002008-03-03T08:00:00.000-08:00Indeed it is!Indeed it is!Dave Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17872448688343944443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-18541679400059791882008-03-03T07:52:00.000-08:002008-03-03T07:52:00.000-08:00Tsk, tsk tsk. Picking on the Emergent Church again...Tsk, tsk tsk. Picking on the Emergent Church again. You guys are going to get reputations as meanies before too long. <BR/><BR/>Question for the day: Is it possible to be a meanie and yet relevant and fashionable? After all, I do possess a London Fog black trenchcoat made in the Orient.Solameaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869424956571944997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-7465011104803985522008-03-03T06:50:00.000-08:002008-03-03T06:50:00.000-08:00Here's the irony:The dandies, the fad-chasers of S...Here's the irony:<BR/><BR/>The dandies, the fad-chasers of Spurgeon's day? Can you name them? Gone, forgotten, lost to a well-deserved obscurity.<BR/><BR/>But Spurgeon, who shrugged off calls to be "relevant" and cool?<BR/><BR/>Still preaching.<BR/><BR/>Reminds me of a story he himself tells (I think in "Lectures to My Students," not sure) of a Scots preacher who was urged to "preach to the times." He responded something like,<BR/><BR/>"You preach to the times, and let one poor brother preach to the ages."DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-67847858936668651862008-03-03T05:25:00.000-08:002008-03-03T05:25:00.000-08:00Test your pastor:Step 1: After a sermon, go to him...Test your pastor:<BR/><BR/>Step 1: After a sermon, go to him and tell him that in your opinion his sermon was boring and not relevant.<BR/><BR/>Step 2: Wait a couple of weeks. Then, after his sermon tell him that in your opinion his sermon had some serious doctrinal issues. <BR/><BR/>Step 3: Analyze which of these comments (Step1 or Step2) gets a more passionate response from your pastor.Ben Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17720758092068979228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-81968216549798549772008-03-02T18:30:00.000-08:002008-03-02T18:30:00.000-08:00Hey -- that Friend of Sinners graphic is top-shelf...Hey -- that Friend of Sinners graphic is top-shelf.FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-42367442541796011312008-03-02T15:50:00.000-08:002008-03-02T15:50:00.000-08:00I don't mind being unfashionable. That's why I hav...I don't mind being unfashionable. That's why I have a friend of sinners graphic on my blog...Dave Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17872448688343944443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-42961354513780909872008-03-02T14:51:00.000-08:002008-03-02T14:51:00.000-08:00How many "young men" who take the pulpit today are...How many "young men" who take the pulpit today are "strong" enough to ignore the trendy thing and do what the Bible says--Preach the Word, in season, out of season?James Scott Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641370124346172648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-65285436216046601022008-03-02T09:05:00.000-08:002008-03-02T09:05:00.000-08:00Again, we're in the uncanny situation of Spurgeon'...Again, we're in the uncanny situation of Spurgeon's having his finger on specific trends that have persisted until (or reappeared) today. So jaded, worldly cynicism was <I>de rigeur</I> back then, too?Stefan Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05530690016594029847noreply@blogger.com