tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post7476765628288039489..comments2024-03-10T10:40:32.319-07:00Comments on Pyromaniacs: On creeds and those who eschew themPhil Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00649092052031518426noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-64451377717597705272010-08-24T10:33:01.421-07:002010-08-24T10:33:01.421-07:00creeds are valuable if the point the way forward. ...creeds are valuable if the point the way forward. they can be a compass to those who have lost their way, and a means of reorienting. <br /><br />spurgeon still lighting fires, a true pyromaniac.<br /><br />kevin<br />http://www.mosaicmiamichurch.comMosaic Miami Churchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16786279401084451169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-28703993168373978632010-08-22T13:17:21.451-07:002010-08-22T13:17:21.451-07:00"The objection to a creed is a very pleasant ..."The objection to a creed is a very pleasant way of concealing objection to discipline, and a desire for latitudinarianism."<br /><br />In other words, people object to creeds because they want wiggle room.<br /><br />(I know this because I see this slight tendency in myself. I don't want to be wrong and I don't want to be pegged and labeled. But I also see this as a weakness that I need to overcome, and not a strength that gives me more clout with more diverse groups of people.)Merrilee Stevensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12770625841767761025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-26517531179252896832010-08-22T10:07:14.615-07:002010-08-22T10:07:14.615-07:00What is more dangerous than a creed is thinking yo...What is more dangerous than a creed is thinking you don't have one.<br /><br />Most of the people trapped in dispensationalism, for example, are so because of tradition or pressure from pop-Evangelicalism.Andrew Suttleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05006722357616296522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-36632883972867727872010-08-22T09:10:44.416-07:002010-08-22T09:10:44.416-07:00I think of Creeds, and two come to mind: The Apost...I think of Creeds, and two come to mind: The Apostle's Creed & The Nicene Creed.<br /><br />We proclaimed the Apostle's Creed in service today.<br />It is nice to hear all the saints declaring their faith, and for the most part from our hearts, and not just our lips.<br /><br /> Thought this was good: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tpq4MoRVV4donsandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665794015011057098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-920707285875102742010-08-22T06:27:46.029-07:002010-08-22T06:27:46.029-07:00Spurgeon rightly knocks the statement "a cree...Spurgeon rightly knocks the statement "a creed comes between a man and his God".<br /><br />But it remains true that a creed *may* come between a man and his God.<br /><br />In any case, everyone has a creed of some kind, whether they admit it or not.<br /><br />What's important is to be ready to amend one's creed at the drop of a hat if one comes to think that the Word of God differs from one's creed.<br /><br />Many are stuck in Covenant Theology, for example, more because of a creed they've latched onto than because they hold to CT from their own understanding of Scripture.Terry Rayburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00888533194435826837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21212024.post-21804548660777798772010-08-22T05:57:01.067-07:002010-08-22T05:57:01.067-07:00"How can we unite except upon some great comm..."How can we unite except upon some great common truths?"<br /><br />"TRUTHS"...not the Least Common Denominator of inclusivist, relativistic opinions. The TRUTH- based unity prayed for by the Lord in John 17:20-21.<br /><br />Spurgeon's words are a repudiation of the Neo-Evangelcalism that was to dawn in the early 20th century, and especially for the post-modern circus of the present hour.Pierre Saikaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409964448078910855noreply@blogger.com