tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post5577424067469670871..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: The Danger of Perpetual UncertaintyPhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-88648333678460117122008-11-17T22:52:00.000-08:002008-11-17T22:52:00.000-08:00Hammer185,I'm going to assume your comment was dir...Hammer185,<BR/><BR/>I'm going to assume your comment was directed towards mine. You said:<BR/><BR/><I>"For the sake of clarity on 2 Tim 3:7 - This verse is a continuation of a description of men in the last days who are separated from Christ and hence never able to come to the knowledge of the truth."</I><BR/><BR/>Actually, I believe it is a continuation of the women mentioned in verse 6 who are led astray by the false teachers that Paul describes in verses 1-5. They are never able to come to a knowledge of the truth because they are always chasing some new or fanciful doctrine/religion.<BR/><BR/>And sometimes descriptions often reserved for unbelievers can be used to describe disobedient Christians. But, no, you are correct in that the verse I mentioned does not directly apply to Christians who refuse to anchor themselves to truth in the name of charity...I guess.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps that's why I said that Spurgeon's words <I><B>reminded</B>,</I> me of this verse.<BR/><BR/>But, anyways, thanks for the clarity.Joe Cassadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11332557908306763199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-40919614066156540552008-11-16T18:20:00.000-08:002008-11-16T18:20:00.000-08:00As that great philosopher Jimmy Buffett once said:...As that great philosopher Jimmy Buffett once said: "Indecision may or may not be my problem." :-)Carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11709263132449139869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-33874113076917286922008-11-16T18:08:00.000-08:002008-11-16T18:08:00.000-08:00Spurgeon:"Everybody is getting to be so oily, so p...Spurgeon:"Everybody is getting to be so oily, so plastic, so untrue, that we need a race of hardshells to teach us how to believe. Those old-fashioned people who in former ages believed something and thought the opposite of it to be false, were truer folk, than the present timeservers."<BR/><BR/><BR/>I love that quote so much i just posted it on my blog as the "quote of the day". Imagine what Spurgeon would think of the timeservers of today.<BR/><BR/>Thanks Phil for finding those gems.NothingNewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08499186024285784090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-34768645684538134582008-11-16T10:50:00.000-08:002008-11-16T10:50:00.000-08:00"When principles that run against your deepest con..."When principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then battle is your calling, and peace has become sin; you must, at the price of dearest peace, lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy, with all the fire of your faith.” KuyperAnita and Bruce Hensleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16203639272547726095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-6346463199061851642008-11-16T10:37:00.000-08:002008-11-16T10:37:00.000-08:00As you phrase it, no it isn't.As you phrase it, no it isn't.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-90158799486253908402008-11-16T09:45:00.000-08:002008-11-16T09:45:00.000-08:00Of course the demand for perfect, or complete cert...Of course the demand for perfect, or complete certainity is no less of a problemDavid A. Carlsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00465387359523299616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-55985028024872486802008-11-15T21:37:00.000-08:002008-11-15T21:37:00.000-08:00For the sake of clarity on 2 Tim 3:7 - This verse ...For the sake of clarity on 2 Tim 3:7 - This verse is a continuation of a description of men in the last days who are separated from Christ and hence never able to come to the knowledge of the truth.<BR/><BR/>This is not a verse that supports the idea that Christians who are in the truth always search for it and never come to it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12267057950972343320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-60041950246880479522008-11-15T19:51:00.000-08:002008-11-15T19:51:00.000-08:00Speaking of uncertain...Phil, you OK with all of t...Speaking of uncertain...Phil, you OK with all of the fires out there?<BR/><BR/>(Sorry for the thread hijack, I plead compassion.)Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05267525662313103148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-40826472069645395812008-11-15T17:21:00.000-08:002008-11-15T17:21:00.000-08:00"The Church of the Bigoted"Are they accepting new ..."The Church of the Bigoted"<BR/><BR/>Are they accepting new members?Marcianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12497282481295432323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-70466629129357069472008-11-15T13:36:00.000-08:002008-11-15T13:36:00.000-08:00So the Emergents aren't so new after all!So the Emergents aren't so new after all!BJ Irvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15279844333123301815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-15041917712804022432008-11-15T10:14:00.000-08:002008-11-15T10:14:00.000-08:00"Well, there is much to be said on each side..." T..."Well, there is much to be said on each side..." <BR/><BR/>Tell that to the martyrs of old and today. <BR/><BR/>There is a Christian country song that has the line, "You've got to stand for something or you'll fall for anything." <BR/><BR/>Thanks for standing for truth in a fallen world, Pyromaniacs.Becky Schellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17770865501944518003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-16765630812426722722008-11-15T09:56:00.000-08:002008-11-15T09:56:00.000-08:00The teachers of doubt are very doubtful teachers.I...<I>The teachers of doubt are very doubtful teachers.</I><BR/><BR/>I like that. There's beauty in such precision and simplicity.Mike Riccardihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06748453197783538367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-13739482785989996052008-11-15T08:41:00.000-08:002008-11-15T08:41:00.000-08:00James you're right. The meanings of words have be...James you're right. The meanings of words have been obliterated and obscured for the sake of advancing one's "personal journey." The thinking is this...If absolutes cannot even be described, how can we then expect them to held? Of course, that's not true operationally, as absolutes are always the first thing we cling to when the storms of life strike us. But for many, truth is just a play thing to be bent for the absolute certainty of "I am my own god."<BR/><BR/>Bradbhustonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14935940944390362271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-82167376686852413762008-11-15T08:23:00.000-08:002008-11-15T08:23:00.000-08:00Excellent! Reminds me of 2 Tim. 3:7: "Ever learni...Excellent! Reminds me of 2 Tim. 3:7: <B>"Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth." </B>Joe Cassadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11332557908306763199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-84038937977218640752008-11-15T08:19:00.000-08:002008-11-15T08:19:00.000-08:00What an interesting thought, James' Hadn't thought...What an interesting thought, James' Hadn't thought of it that way. (Though Greek is still in use, and you can see some mod-Greekers making that transference-mistake.)DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-68970500327583209312008-11-15T08:16:00.000-08:002008-11-15T08:16:00.000-08:00I've long thought it one of the enemy's most aggra...I've long thought it one of the enemy's most aggravating tactics to change the meaning of words. "Race," for example. Maybe it's good in a way that we don't speak the languages the Bible was written in, because the meanings of those old Greek and Hebrew words can be held (moored) in good dictionaries, and not be confused by the ebbs and flows of changing cultures.James David Beebe, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08505187629650066263noreply@blogger.com