tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post38374335873892000..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: Some Here, Some There — January 16, 2015Phil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-29643269096198790362015-01-17T16:58:29.146-08:002015-01-17T16:58:29.146-08:00One more thought on the 10 Commandments. If one we...One more thought on the 10 Commandments. If one were to preach on them to a congregation of Christians and their guests, I think it would be accurate and clever in proper context to say when one is truly regenerate and alive in Christ, he SHALL exhibit obedience to them as fruit of the Spirit. Imperative, yes, but also a promise, no?Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706110045595401808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-40959725298049498652015-01-17T14:11:44.852-08:002015-01-17T14:11:44.852-08:00The issue with Lifeway is disappointing, but someh...The issue with Lifeway is disappointing, but somehow expected if you have ever dealt with the bureaucracy in the SBC. Hats off to Justin for keeping his bulldog on. Morris Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083884122271855154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-1214880883192955452015-01-17T10:52:24.465-08:002015-01-17T10:52:24.465-08:00Terry
Agree with your comment.
With Sufficient Fir...Terry<br />Agree with your comment.<br />With Sufficient Fire upon us let me illustrate with a personal experience.<br />I attended a church where the pastor began saying that the old ways weren't working and we must try something new. This went on for some. Finally the pastor hired a church growth consultant to refocus us through transition to transformation. This consultant told us that the reason our church wouldn't grow was because we had hindered the Holy Spirit by being committed to studying the Bible and expecting others to do the same.<br />He also stated the church in China was exploding because the Holy Spirit was free since they did not have the Bible to study.<br />AJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00814945516193860421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-21316566525775171122015-01-17T08:01:51.552-08:002015-01-17T08:01:51.552-08:00Dan on the Janet Mefferd Show...really
good.
ht...Dan on the Janet Mefferd Show...really <br />good. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.janetmefferdpremium.com/2015/01/16/janet-mefferd-radio-show-20150116-hr-3/" rel="nofollow">http://www.janetmefferdpremium.com/2015/01/16/janet-mefferd-radio-show-20150116-hr-3/</a><br /><br />Spoke of the "trivialization" of God speaking (as in a chat about football in the garden over lemonade, where God "likes" the Bengals).<br /><br />What could be more demeaning of the precious Word of God in the Scriptures?<br /><br />I was immediately reminded of a video I saw recently of some huge suitcases full of Bibles being delivered to young Christians in China who apparently had no Bibles of their own.<br /><br />They swarmed the suitcases like ants on spilled honey, then held the Bibles warmly to their love-filled faces before peeling off the wrappers to read them.<br /><br />Hungry. For. A. Word. From. God.<br /><br />Not likely those Bibles will be collecting dust while those precious Chinese believers muse about God "speaking to them" in the ether.<br /><br />Wild thought: perhaps they, or their children, will one day be missionaries to deepest darkest America?Terry Rayburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722632954331009294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-35366072108224054622015-01-16T12:53:10.977-08:002015-01-16T12:53:10.977-08:00Then I'm not coming. That's my job: to cr...Then I'm not coming. That's my job: to craze you.FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-63353183760095973812015-01-16T12:43:20.525-08:002015-01-16T12:43:20.525-08:00Don't craze me, bro.Don't craze me, bro.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-90806852234811901462015-01-16T12:42:37.288-08:002015-01-16T12:42:37.288-08:00Wow. Is the Conference next week?
I think I have...Wow. Is the Conference next week?<br /><br />I think I have to cancel.<br /><br />.<br /><br />.<br /><br />.<br /><br />.<br /><br />.<br /><br />.<br /><br />.<br /><br />.<br /><br />.<br /><br />.<br /><br />.<br /><br />PSYCH!FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-68735506257107996342015-01-16T11:02:40.137-08:002015-01-16T11:02:40.137-08:00Dan
I want to express my appreciation for SHST and...Dan<br />I want to express my appreciation for SHST and your other writings. Not to mention contributions from others including commenters.<br />There was a time where the Beth Moores, Perry Nobles, the Rainer/Stetzer, SBC/Lifeway et al ad infinitums ad nauseums could hide behind the curtain. Thank you for being Toto and pulling the curtain back. This includes others who write as well.AJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00814945516193860421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-42983273526521618862015-01-16T10:53:11.105-08:002015-01-16T10:53:11.105-08:00I wonder why Billy was a member in Dallas. Does an...I wonder why Billy was a member in Dallas. Does anyone know? Did he ever live there? How often was he there under the preaching of the pastor? AJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00814945516193860421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-83541768854447813362015-01-16T09:02:30.917-08:002015-01-16T09:02:30.917-08:00Hah! Full disclosure: I just Googled "Billy G...Hah! Full disclosure: I just Googled "Billy Graham First Baptis Dallas" and found out two things:<br /><br />1. Billy "moved his letter" to a church in NC in 2008.<br /><br />2. First Baptist's current "membership" is 11,000. So they might have culled me out, though I don't know one what basis.Terry Rayburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722632954331009294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-3236991678376229872015-01-16T08:57:21.109-08:002015-01-16T08:57:21.109-08:00Couldn't help but chuckle at the concept of mo...Couldn't help but chuckle at the concept of more Baptists in TX than people.<br /><br />I joined the First Baptist Church of Dallas in 1981. I had moved to Dallas without a car, lived in the city, and on Sunday the buses didn't go to the suburbs, so a couple "Bible Churches" I might have preferred to attend were inaccessible.<br /><br />Anyway, that year Billy Graham came to speak one Sunday at First Baptist, and lo and behold, it turns out that he was a long-time member of First Baptist, though he hadn't attended for many years.<br /><br />That's when I found out that there were something like 25,000 "members" in a church that I think seated 4,000 (this from memory).<br /><br />My first introduction to Southern Baptist membership polity.<br /><br />Since I've never "moved my letter" (chuckle) to another SBC church, I'm quite sure I'm still a member there, though I moved away in Fall of '81, and for all they know, might have died.<br /><br />Or, to paraphrase the concept, I guess there are more members at First Baptist than there are Baptists in Texas, dead or alive. :)Terry Rayburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722632954331009294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-40013264924062479332015-01-16T08:12:55.248-08:002015-01-16T08:12:55.248-08:00The school district in Virginia that was going to ...The school district in Virginia that was going to question homeschooled kids about their faith recently overturned that policy after public outcry. Just so you know. <br />http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/01/15/school-district-to-stop-interrogating-christian-homeschool-kids/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-27442239125837889622015-01-16T07:52:16.761-08:002015-01-16T07:52:16.761-08:00Noble seems to believe that in 1 Cor 1:21, Paul is...Noble seems to believe that in 1 Cor 1:21, Paul is admitting he and the other apostles are preaching inaccurately and untruthfully. He is comforted in his interpretation.I'm not. I'm fearful. I'm more determined than ever, with the Holy Spirit's guidance, to understand God's word properly. Thanks for including this today, Dan!Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07706110045595401808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-30815129056475873092015-01-16T07:41:57.379-08:002015-01-16T07:41:57.379-08:00The shaming thing is that today's chest-poundi...The shaming thing is that today's chest-pounding atheist bluffer is a lot more proselytizing for his Nothing than we Christians often are for our Something.DJPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16471042180904855578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-3083202888329662612015-01-16T07:40:19.481-08:002015-01-16T07:40:19.481-08:00Carl Trueman article was very good. I wish people...Carl Trueman article was very good. I wish people (myself included) would think about the effects of their words before they tweet. I don't know the hashtag in question and that is probably a good thing.<br /><br />Lyndon Unger did a masterful job of handling the issue of cohabitation. I actually e-mailed the youth pastor at our church a link to that blog post and am going to share it with my sons (one now, one when he is a teenager).<br /><br />The whole "Better News Club" is pretty humorous to me because most responsible Christian parents I know teach their children logic, reason, and science. Those all come from an ordered universe created by God. Without God, there is no logic, reason, or science (at least not ordered...it's just all random).Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13987985549747283669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-70172576799158506362015-01-16T07:33:24.168-08:002015-01-16T07:33:24.168-08:00It is obvious, and has been for years, that LifeWa...It is obvious, and has been for years, that LifeWay/SBC are on some high powered allergy meds when it comes to discernment. The immune system only reacts to the healthy/sound members of the body. Not the allergens.AJMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00814945516193860421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-35724778581906646462015-01-16T05:32:25.781-08:002015-01-16T05:32:25.781-08:00Pruitt nailed it with Moore..."If I were a wo...Pruitt nailed it with Moore...<i>"If I were a woman I believe I would be insulted by such nauseating triviality.</i>" I'm not a woman, but I was insulted as a Christian by this statement from her book: "<i>God and I had a blast!</i>" Can't imagine any of the Biblical prophets saying anything like that...even in the modern vernacular.<br /><br />Perry Noble's apology sounds a bit like Piper saying how he felt about his interactions with Driscoll after Mars Hill imploded. Fred's post on that was very thorough (as always with Fred) and a great read. Everybody should check it out.<br /><br />Enjoyed your post at Cripplegate. It seemed timely with the whole Perry Noble ordeal. I think that guy is going to wind up creating a worse mess than Driscoll by the time it is all said and done...he has a huge following even though he seems to really hate a lot of people.<br /><br />That article from Virginia about homeschoolers being taken to task for religious beliefs is just plain scary. Do people realize secular humanism/materialism is as much of a belief system as Christianity? I mean, that is the system of belief that the public school system seems to peddle and they are not being raked over the coals by the government/public for that.<br /><br />More Baptists than people...funny. That was interesting...and correct. Oil is the difference.<br /><br />I remember Phil speaking about the Burpo-Malarkey mess at StrangeFire. Quite eye-opening.<br /><br />Will have to read the rest and comment more later.Roberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13987985549747283669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-54889888136055723782015-01-16T05:21:17.291-08:002015-01-16T05:21:17.291-08:00"But what happens if you faceplant faster tha..."But what happens if you faceplant faster than fat lady on a Segway?" ~ Fred Butler.<br /><br />And now we have our definition of "careful, nuanced, and helpful"! Tom Chantryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02485908616177111150noreply@blogger.com