tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post64202831484635452..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: Halfheartedness, Half-Orthodoxy, and the Danger of Ministers Who Don't Speak StraightPhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-45288886296131130842012-02-13T23:13:51.930-08:002012-02-13T23:13:51.930-08:00Kevin,
The problem isn't in following them wh...Kevin,<br /><br />The problem isn't in following them when they follow Christ, it's following them when they don't.gsmith_119https://www.blogger.com/profile/17252729873791582753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-71411804764535557282012-02-13T07:34:41.576-08:002012-02-13T07:34:41.576-08:00Personally, and I hope my own preference is not in...Personally, and I hope my own preference is not interfering with my logic, I think this is why the "spoken word" stuff is so popular right now. Because it sounds really cool, but no one has any idea what's being said. It's full of cliches or a witty sounding retorts but lacking in clear theology.<br /><br />I'm NOT saying all spoken word stuff is bad, I'm just saying people's love for it might be birthed from a fleshly heart rejecting clarity.<br /><br />Another great one from the Prince.Jay Beerleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06502716341033829396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-35123301946368683392012-02-13T05:07:44.888-08:002012-02-13T05:07:44.888-08:00@hi-liter Interesting that you would make such a b...@hi-liter Interesting that you would make such a blanket statement as " . . . but behind that mask aren't all that different from the ER 2 crowd . . ."; is there any evidence or argument for that assertion? What exactly do you mean by that?<br /><br />I for one can think of a big difference . . . we don't (at least I would not, speaking for myself alone) invite false teachers in for a conversation . . . (Cf. Acts 20:29-30)<br /><br />You might want to get John MacArthur's message from the 2010 Shepherd's Conference on 2 Cor 6:14-7:1 . . . but then you will say I'm just following my favorite "super-hero" . . . and in a way yes, as he follows Christ, yes.Kevin Zuberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13204127861973813490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-35353929638688153582012-02-12T23:20:18.830-08:002012-02-12T23:20:18.830-08:00You know, years ago they used to have these paper ...You know, years ago they used to have these paper masks of your favorite superhero that you could wear simply by punching out the eyes, mouth and held on by a thin elastic cord. <br /><br />Reading this post and thinking back over the last few, I realize that there are several here wearing Spurgeon masks, but behind that mask aren't all that different from the ER 2 crowd. Just a matter of preference between one superhero and the other.<br /><br />"<i>When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.</i>"gsmith_119https://www.blogger.com/profile/17252729873791582753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-54919909787343281782012-02-12T18:39:18.458-08:002012-02-12T18:39:18.458-08:00Kevin, you took the words out of my mouth...which ...Kevin, you took the words out of my mouth...which is hard to do when you wear a helmet.<br /><br />All I can add is "Amen".<br /><br />Spurgeon continues to amaze and minister.Eddie Eddingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15864410680077755048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-37343747164753501292012-02-12T18:30:05.249-08:002012-02-12T18:30:05.249-08:00Once again, "Though he is dead, yet he speake...Once again, "Though he is dead, yet he speaketh" . . . AS IF he were reading last weeks blogs!<br /><br />Thanks, I was missing the weekend Spurgeon!Kevin Zuberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13204127861973813490noreply@blogger.com