"Where I do have a problem is when reformed pastors are not honest about what they believe and what changes they plan to make if called as pastor of a Southern Baptist church."
As a Southern Baptist, there are two things I great appreciate about the denomination with which my church is affiliated. Each local church is autonomous and the predominant form of church government is congregationalist. However, there is a growing trend among 'key' Southern Baptist leaders and their disciples (seminary students and grads) to change these aspects of church life – though they would deny it. I am talking about the spread of Calvinism in Southern Baptist churches. Tragically, WAY TOO FEW Southern Baptists are aware that this is even occurring. š
Take First Baptist Church Rocky Mount (FBCRM), for example. According to its former pastor, Dennis Darville, the pastor search committee grilled him when they were considering him as interim pastor. Then when it came time to hire a permanent pastor, he passed muster because he hadn't rocked the boat during his year and a half as interim, thereby gaining the trust of the congregants. According to FBCRM members who left comments under our posts regarding that terrible debacle, Darville began making changes in short order after securing the head position. One of the major changes he tried to implement was "elder rule". When the lead pastor systematically places his YES men in elder positions, he has for all intents and purposes gained total control, and congregationalism as well as autonomy no longer characterize the congregation.
Three years ago The Huffington Post published an article entitled How Calvinism Is Dividing the Southern Baptist Convention. The article begins as follows:
Nearly 35 years after conservatives launched a takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention, a new divide is emerging — this time over the teachings of 16th-century Reformer John Calvin — that threatens to upend the nation’s largest Protestant denomination.
Folks, this is serious and it is imperative that every Southern Baptist congregation be informed! The article goes on to state:
Because each Southern Baptist congregation is autonomous, local congregations hire and fire pastors. According to the report, congregations are free to choose Calvinist or non-Calvinist pastors, but both the candidate and the congregation must be honest about their beliefs.
“We cannot assume that pulpit (search) committees will have the theological understanding of Calvinism to ask the sort of questions that need to be asked for full disclosure to take place,” Hankins said.
Max, one of our loyal commenters who is in his 60s and a Southern Baptist wrote:
The entire Southern Baptist Convention is broken and handicapped if you believe the New Calvinists. They have been called into the world for such a time as this to fix it. I refuse to call what I’m seeing in such ministries as “church”. The Church of the Living God is a holy institution; the stealth and deception we are seeing in New Calvinism is not a holy mission.
For those who are in traditional Southern Baptist churches and are unaware of this growing trend, we have put together some key information that should help 'enlighten' you. Recently, I came across an excellent resource put together by Les Puryear, a Southern Baptist pastor. He is greatly concerned about the trend of Reformed (Calvinistic) pastors being hired by unsuspecting traditional Southern Baptist congregations. Here are some important excerpts from his 14-page booklet. (see screen shots below)
This next screen shot is VERY IMPORTANT and we quoted a portion of it in a previous post.
Les Puryear goes on to write:
Traditional SBC church leaders and their churches need to be informed about this Calvinist agenda. They need to be informed on how to ask the right questions to determine the true theological positions of their pastoral candidates. Not only would this process identify Calvinist candidates but other candidates who may not be a good fit for their church…
We saw what happened at First Baptist Church Rocky Mount when quite a few members finally realized that the pastor they called was not a good fit for their church. In short order Dennis Darville split the church, and now families, friends, and others in the community have strained relationships and divided loyalties. This cannot be of God! Going through a church conflict or split is one ot the most painful things any Christian can experience. We believe it can be avoided through education. Here is a simplistic outline contrasting Reformed Churches and Traditional Southern Baptist Churches.
For a better understanding of the differences, please take the time to read the entire booklet by Les Puryear. We recommend printing it and handing it out to key people in your church, such as deacons and members of the pastor search committee. Here are some key questions that he outlines at the end of the booklet.
Given the fact that many of the recent graduates of certain Southern Baptist seminaries self-identify as Reformed (Calvinistic), traditional Southern Baptist congregations must educate themselves on these theological trends. If they are dead set against hiring someone who has embraced the "Doctrines of Grace" (a phrase that means they are reformed), they might consider having their newly called pastor sign a document like the one below, which is over on the Christians for Biblical Equality website (see screen shot).
We have found time and time again that 'Reformed pastors' and 'Traditional Southern Baptist churches' go together like oil and water. They just don't mix, and attempting to make them blend together just frustrates everyone involved. In the long run, it would be better that they remain apart because the end result is never good.
If you are in church leadership or if this post has peaked your interest, please do yourself a favor and tap into the power of the internet. Do some Google searches of these topics:
Calvinism, Reformed Theology, Doctrines of Grace, Non-Calvinism/Arminianism, Southern Baptist Convention, Al Mohler, Complementarianism, etc.
After many hours of reading (as Dee and I have done), you will be an expert on this growing trend that is not only affecting churches in the SBC but churches in other denominations such as the Evangelical Free Church of America, the Presbyterian Church of America, and other conservative denominations as well as non-denominational churches.
Please feel free to share your questions in a comment, and we (along with our readers) will do our very best to answer them. As we have stated before, when it comes to hiring a pastor (especially a recent seminary grad)… CAVEAT EMPTOR!
We NEVER want you or your church to experience the pain and heartache felt by those who were once affiliated (or continue to be) with First Baptist Church in Rocky Mount. Please remember to keep them in your prayers.
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Oh my gosh!! First?
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Is that the famous Night Owl I’ve heard about (at top of OP)? He looks as if he has just swallowed a gallon of high-test coffee!
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@ Catholic Gate-Crasherdl:
Oh yes! He (or she) is ready to dive-bomb onto the next Neo-Cal pastor that weasels his way into a traditional SB church.
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Deb wrote:
I thought you had managed to aquire a photo of me, then I noticed the owl’s eyes are not green like mine! : )
Keep ’em comin’ , Deb. People in my rural area are clueless for the most part about the YRR. Our church is searching for a new pastor. Guest speakers have come in and quoted Piper, Dever, Platt, and others, and too many just say, “Amen”. Scary.
Men at our church, as well as men at the non-cal Bible college my husband attended, have recommended books by Piper and Voddie Baucham. When I found out my husband was reading those books, I informed him about their beliefs and the kind of men they are.
My husband has also read Tony Evans on recommendations from men at our church. I can’t figure out what Evans is, but I don’t like him!
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Deb – if an important audience of your post are potential pastoral search committees I would add here they consider your very good suggestion a few days ago:
“Have an attorney draft an employment contract that the prospective pastor will not attempt to alter church polity. If he tries, he is in violation of that contract and is promptly dismissed. If a pastor refuses to sign such a contract, then he’s not the right choice for your congregation.”
I believe this was followed up later in the thread with the addition of a non-compete clause. The pastor cannot leave, go down the road a few miles, and take a bunch of people with him.
While many here have expounded that membership contracts are a work of evil, I believe an employment contract for staff is an entirely different and rational thing. It certainly helps sets the precedent that the pastor works for the people and not the crazy upside-down world where people are considered subjects of the “pastor”. My guess is a servant would understand and hopefully welcome the boundaries, an authoritarian would balk at such restrictions.
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I love the owl picture it sort of reminds me of the feeling I get when some of the new pastors get caught changing things before they have consolidated power. The “who” us / me innocent aw shucks I just feel the Lord leading me line. I have been involved in several powerplays in church politics where new pastor comes on in as a youth or singles pastor with sights on being a lead pastor at the expense of the lead pastor now in charge. I was involved in the ministry to people with disabilities so we were way down the list when it came to importance or big picture thought. One pastor, I remember started in the singles group and the singles were a church unto themselves as for power and financial capability in this particular church but most of the singles wanted to stay with the main church. That was my first question to him right up front, so do you plan on staying here for 5-10 years or so? Oh Yes the Lord lead me here I am committed etc. I had already put on the hip boots because I knew what was coming. Right after the new singles pastor got his “church sponsored” PhD he started his move. He split the singles group and took many of the heavy hitters with him and the rest were left to rot on the vine. This destroyed the ministry to the disabled which of course was measured a no loss zero sum. That still breaks my heart. It broke alot of other hearts as well. But he got his lead pastorship, big church, and his education. I think new pastors should have to sign a specific document like you listed above to conform to the norms in polity of the congregation as they are now and only on congregational vote via bylaws in place should be able to change things. Also, they should have to sign A non-compete clause of some type including not to pilfer congregants if the pastor should leave or get the boot.
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I did the analysis of the largest district in the Evangelical Free Church of America. Its called EFCA West. Its includes the bulk of California and southern Nevada, and Idaho. Also included is all of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.
You can look at the results but the Evangelical Free in New Mexico is 75% Neo-Calvinist.
https://wonderingeagle.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/analysis-of-efca-west-of-the-evangelical-free-church-of-america/
https://wonderingeagle.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/analyzing-the-growth-of-reformed-theologyneo-calvinism-in-the-evangelical-free-church-of-america-efca-west/
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@ Bill M:
Thanks for bringing that up. I probably should have mentioned that in the post. Glad you have called attention to drawing up an employment contract between the pastor and the congregation.
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“He is greatly concerned about the trend of Reformed (Calvinistic) pastors being hired by unsuspecting traditional Southern Baptist congregations.”
Because cooperative dollars support the seminaries, and the SBC churches I have been a member of all trusted the seminaries to produce good pastors. Before being snookered by young hot-shot neo-cals, these churches were snookered by the seminaries. Shame.
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Reading the definition of TULIP and having raised sheep once upon a time, I conclude that these pastor guys who adhere to TULIP are not really pastors at all. According to TULIP a pastor is not necessary. They don’t have to preach the gospel, feed sheep, disciple sheep, care for wounded sheep, lead them to safe water to drink, shelter them, protect them from predators…because according to TULIP, some are gonna make it, while most are not. And the ones that do, will presevere. And it’s all because God set it in motion. So WHAT are these pastor guys doing? Their job must then be to shear the sheep! We employed this hired (hireling) guy to come in and shear our sheep. That’s all he did. A sheep-shearer is not a pastor shepherd.
Pastors that use ‘stealth and deception’ and ‘not honest about what they believe and what changes they plan to make’ are like the Pharisees of old.
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Molly wrote:
Wow, that’s really insightful! You are totally right. There is no need for pastors at all in a 5 point Calvinist theology.
I do know that new Calvinists argue they have to “because it is commanded” to spread the kingdom. But I’ve always thought most of these guys would never give up their large church income and the huge book deals willingly.
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@ Dave (Eagle):
You worked hard on that project, and it is much appreciated! A word to the wise is sufficient…
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Molly wrote:
And steal the wool!
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What I find remarkable is that the FUNDAMENTALIST were so worried about a few LIBERALS; therefore they had to TAKEOVER the SBC to purify it, but never saw the monster coming in the Neo-Cals.
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@ mot:
So true!
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@ Dr. Fundystan, Proctologist:
Yes, shame on them! I wonder how many Southern Baptist churches will be rocked by stealth Neo-Cal pastors this year.
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At the core, I cannot get over that at least some of these YRR/Neo-Cal's are using deception to get into power…. If that is not fundamentally wrong, I do not know what is…. Christianity is supposed to be light and truth… a deceptive takeover is not light and truth….
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Question 7 in the OP, “Do you hold to the TULIP theology” has a loop hole that I’ve noticed some defenders of the movement jump through. They will deny being neo-Cal since they only agree with 3 or 4 points of the TULIP when they know that functionally that is exactly what they are. I’m not calling anyone a liar, at least not by name.
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Here is my theory on why neo-Cals prefer Elder-led polity: to them it is all about authority. While the traditional Southern Baptist views scripture as being the story of God’s love and redemption, neo-Cals start with the premise that it is all about God’s authority over everything. They then attempt to model and/or replicate this authority in everything they do. They only see 2 alternatives: hierarchy or anarchy.
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Thank you Deebs for this article. It contains the essential truths about the New Calvinist movement sweeping through SBC ranks. It should be printed as a bulletin insert at 45,000+ SBC churches next Sunday!
I actually sort of feel sorry for the hundreds/thousands of YRR graduates from SBC seminaries who embark on a search for their first pastorate. When seminary President Danny Akin counsels them to “Put your theological cards on the table in plain view for all to see”, this severely limits their job opportunities in SBC life! This is not a deck of cards they should have been carrying in the first place, Dr. Akin! It’s a hot potato you gave them – what did you expect them to do with it?! So they must compromise their integrity for a season and hope God will wink at their rebellion … but sovereign God sees all, young man.
Another major problem with the release of the YRR army on SBC churches is that they don’t have the experience or spiritual maturity to lead a church. Before New Calvinism came along, the “traditional” model was for a young man fresh out of seminary to serve as an associate to an older pastor (which is actually the Biblical model). Now, they come into churches like bulls in a china shop and go about breaking the dishes. If God keeps our tears in a bottle, then all the weeping of SBC saints caught up in this mess must be overflowing to His feet. It is never right to do wrong, but wrong is prevailing in New Calvinism … wrong motives, wrong practices, wrong before God.
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An earlier post was building a list of traditional congregations that were taken over by neo-Cals. I don’t recall seeing Matt Chandler’s Village Church on that list.
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Max wrote:
This is where Acts 29 steps in and plants a new church in an already over-served community.
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We were naming churches where we live (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, North Carolina).
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Dr. Fundystan, Proctologist wrote:
The neo-cals are the branches of a tree which is bearing a fruit which should not be in SBC. This movement is the product of SBC theo-politicians who have cast fruit at Southern Baptists they don’t want! Certain SBC seminaries are the trees bearing such fruit – where should the axe be laid to stop this rebellion? The roots.
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FW Rez wrote:
SBC has borrowed from the Acts 29 model of planting churches. While you can’t get your hands on data to identify the number of SBC New Calvinist church planters, the steady stream of reports in the blogosphere indicate that it is substantial. Indeed, many of these SBC church plants hold dual affiliation with Acts 29. The President of Acts 29, Matt Chandler, pastors an SBC church.
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Max wrote:
The SBC will continue on this trajectory as long as the money keeps coming in.
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@ Molly:
The idea that Calvinists don’t or can’t or shouldn’t preach the Gospel really needs to be put to bed. This old article from the Evangelical Times neatly explains why.
http://www.evangelical-times.org/archive/item/1222/Biblical-theological/Calvinism-and-open-air-preaching/
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Is Covenant Theology about church discipline and all that or something else?
I talked to the pastor a minute the other night about the calvinist in Baptist churches. He was kind of like yes, I’ve heard of that.
Also, the way my church described total depravity was just ‘we all have the capacity to sin’. I’m not sure they take it as far as some of these people.
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Regarding going together like oil and water, the YRR (who are acting like rebellious children) could learn a thing or two from a post on Science Kids:
“Water molecules are strongly attracted to each other, this is the same for oil, because they are more attracted to their own molecules they just don’t mix together. They separate and the oil floats above the water because it has a lower density.”
Right now, the “oil” has floated to the top in SBC ranks. But, it’s not an anointed oil which causes precious unity. It is a slimy substance that will never mix with the water which has been there for years. Pouring more oil into the mixture is not the answer; it just causes a bigger separation. However, if you pour more water in the jar, the oil will float away. We need more water, not more oil.
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Someone may have posted this already, but I found it very interesting. Dennis Darville and some other guy discuss how a pastor search committee should work. I thought it was interesting to see Dennis in person, and hear him tell his story — with no mention of the “M word” (Maranantha).
Watch āPastors Center: The Pastor Search Committeeā on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/125460204
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Max wrote:
The million dollar question (in more ways than one, as I think the answer is ‘money’) is WHY are these people not just becoming Presbyterians???
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I’m asking a serious question here:
If there is “unconditional election” and “irresistible grace” then why would Calvinists need a church at all? God already knows who’s in and they already drawn to him so really you may as well go and lie in a hole and wait for the end.
Also what is the “Great Commission” about then? Aren’t Christians supposed to go to all nations (or something like that)?
Wouldn’t pastors be useless since the elect already know due to irresistible grace? They don’t need pastors because they’re already in.
And why would Jesus need to show up at all? God already chose the elect, so if he’s God and can do anything then punishing the Son is pretty sadistic.
In fact, if it’s all pre determined, then the fall in Genesis was engineered meaning God meant for all the suffering to happen so he could kill his own Son for kicks just so the elect can get to heaven.
I don’t get it.
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Do you (or anyone here) see a difference or distinction between the Calvinista folks and those following the Old School Reformed stream in the Baptist tradition (e.g. Spurgeon)? Is the difference a matter of practice or doctrine, in your opinion? Clearly, Reformed folks have inhabited the Baptist tradition in the past. What makes this current stream so problematic?
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Lea wrote:
Because the SBC New Calvinist leaders want all the SBC stuff! It certainly would have been a much easier row to hoe for them to join the Presbyterian ranks of like-minded folks – no messy church takeovers to have to do, no need to lie your way into a pulpit, no weeping and gnashing of teeth church splits, etc. But leave behind all the stuff?! No way! If they convince mainline Southern Baptists to return to the Civil War theological roots of SBC’s slave-holding Calvinist founders, then they can capture 45,000 churches, seminaries, publishing house, mission agencies, etc. With this possibility on the horizon, why would you want to simply be absorbed by the Presbyterians?!
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My Presbyterian church, while having a “session” or elder board, they are elected by the general congregation, AND we all vote on the budget! I hope we would not let one of these NEo-Cal’s take over our church!!
Lea wrote:
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@ Max:
Great analogy! If I could take it a step further, the SBC is experiencing an oil slick that is polluting the water and damaging Christian lives.
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@ mot:
This is a great comment.
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Divorce Minister wrote:
I think we worded it this way in the past. “These are not your Daddy’s Reformed friends.” That is why, way back in 2009, we invented the term “Calvinista” to differentiate them. These guys are involved in holy war against anyone who does not see *the truth* as the YRR gospel boys contend.
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@ Max:
Amen! They have control of most of these institutions. Now all they need is for LOTS of Southern Baptist churches to fall in lock step behind them.
I march to a different tune and will NEVER join ranks with these power-mongering Neo-Cals. Why are Southern Baptists cowering to these control freaks?
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Lea wrote:
Money and Power? Southern Baptist churches are autonomous. Once a Southern Baptist congregation has agreed to elder led governance and the pastor has his yes-men in place, this group has almost total control.
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I wonder just what is being taught at the seminaries these days? I seriously wonder what kind of a ‘rodeo’ the SBC seminaries have become since I was there in the 1980s?
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FW Rez wrote:
That is why i prefer to use the term “doctrines of grace.” I read an article once in which the Calvinista said to use this term since most of the idiots (implied) out there will not know what they are talking about. He went on to say “I believe in grace, don’t you?” That is not the full truth and they know it.
Yesterday, a Twitter conversation ensued when Courtney Reissig, wrote an article on ESS for Christianity Today in which she claimed that those of us women who do not agree with ESS need to watch our tone and be (I am not kidding) WINSOME!
The Twitter world exploded. I asked Reissig if she were the only woman at CBMW Catch this….She said that it was 50/50. We have screen shots. I went over to CBMW and checked. Here are the truthful numbers.
3 out of 11 staff are women.
There are 0 women on the Board of Drectors.
6 out of 26 members of the Council are women.
So, Reissig was playing games. And she is a woman! I plan to write about this soon.
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@ GSD:
We look forward to writing more about FBCRM. I believe it is a vital story-one which has been carefully documented by the members. We look forward to working with you.
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Jeffrey Chalmers wrote:
This is true in my case as well as far as I can tell. At least, they gave all the salary numbers of the pastors in detail one day. And it seems a lot more warm and fuzzy than these people…
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Lea wrote:
1.The SBC is the largest denomination in the US, almost twice as large as the UMC, which is the next one down.
2. Churches are ripe for takeover by their emphasis on the pastor and his sermons.
3. There is some historical precedent for this type of Calvinism in Baptist history.
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dee wrote:
Oh my gosh!!!
I saw a little of that but I don’t do twitter.
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dee wrote:
All of the orgs are similarly unbalanced (TGC, Acts29, etc). And sometimes the only women around are ‘wives’.
They also seem to have had ‘gospel whatever for women’ deal recently.
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K.D. wrote:
I’ve literally been brokenhearted over this the past few days. I really enjoyed my time at Southeastern, and I’m so disappointed at the direction its taken in the past 10 years.
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Deb wrote:
Amen! Oil slicks are costly to clean up. I’m just not sure at this point if that is possible within SBC. The Exxon Valdez oil spill occurred 30 years ago, but its toxic effects still remain.
I’m getting close to entering the “Done” ranks; no one listens to this old guy much any more. I’m disheartened this morning after learning of some dear friends who have been “excommunicated” from their church for resisting a Calvinist takeover. Do you know of any “Done” conferences where the Bride of Christ gets together … folks who are done but not quit yet? In the meantime, I watch with the watchblogs. Thanks again for all that you do; your mission is important.
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Lea wrote:
If that is what they are saying, then they are either not knowledgeable about the doctrine of total depravity or they are not telling the truth. It means that man is a worm, perhaps even lower than a worm, and has no capacity to choose to follow God.
Here is a good description of Covenant Theology. Theopedia often does a good job with many of these terms.
http://www.theopedia.com/covenant-theology
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@ Lea:
Yeah-I have got to write about. Grant Castleberry got involved at the end to provide cover for Reissig. Apparently Reissig claims that she was the one who decided to take down the infamous Soap Bubble post. But Aimee Byrd nailed her on that and said she asked Owen Strachan to take it down and he refuse and said it was Biblical. Castleberry tried to say that the they decided it wasn’t Biblical but obviously did not know that Strachan said it was. Oh what a tangled web we weave.
Thought: Just register your name with Twitter and get a screen name. It takes two seconds. Then you can follow all the hullabaloo without have a Twitter account yourself.
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dee wrote:
Back in the days I was intensely interested in Christian apologetics, I did a lot of reading about cults. One of the things I learned about cults, even the ones who sound somewhat Christian (Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses) is that they use much of the same lingo and terminology as regular Christians do, but they define them different.
I remember being at one site that was, I think, about JW’s, and it had a list of words, with a side- by- side list of how those words were understood and meant by Christians vs. JWs, and there was a world of difference.
With the cults, I can’t remember reading if that is just how they spoke and wrote or if they were deliberately trying to be misleading, but it sure looks like the YRR crowd is intentionally trying to be misleading.
And! Sorry – I see parallels all the time – this reminds me of the Muslims who think it’s okay to lie about stuff, so long as it promotes or protects their religions. The term for that Islamic practice of lying to serve their religion is ‘Taqiyya.’
I guess Neo Calvinists have their own version of Taqiyya. Maybe it could be called “Cal-Taqiyya”? š
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Deb wrote:
From a local perspective, the Southern Baptists here are either uninformed, misinformed, or willingly ignorant about New Calvinism. And then there’s the “touch not my anointed” trust in SBC pastors – the multitudes are simply not prepared to mistrust a preacher. SBC has not let them down in the past, why should they doubt the intentions of a man of the cloth?! Well, they better get their heads out of the sand and start looking around. When your head is in the sand, you can get your butt kicked!
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dee wrote:
Is there a hashtag to follow?
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dee wrote:
Thanks for the Covenant Theology link!
The T part was basically a quick and dirty on TULIP not an extensive discussion. It was also described as bumper sticker theology that wasn’t all completely agreed with. I just thought that was sort of interesting. I may talk to one of the pastors a bit more about it, but I don’t get the impression from this particular church that they view people as worms, whatever calvin thought.
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dee wrote:
Oooh! Nice.
I pop over to twitter every now and then, you can read without an account. I just hate the format.
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You have to be careful about emphasizing 5 Points and Tulip. A 4 pointer or even someone who describes himself as 3.5 points like Danny Akin and Jason Allen are just as bad. It’s happened that pulpit committees will focus on TULIP only to have a candidate deny Calvinism because they’re less than the 5 points. It’s the U(Unconditional Election) and the Calvinist definition of Total Depravity which is actually Total Inability that unites the Calvinist.
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dee wrote:
I saw some of that discussed on other sites the last few days.
I find it really appalling you have this group (CBMW and others) that teaches stuff about women that I find very sexist and reprehensible –
Further, they’re been prostituting doctrine about the Trinity to promote their sexism, they won’t respond to women (not even complmentarian women) who ask them questions about all this –
But then this token Comp lady has the audacity to write that page at CT where she “tone polices” egalitarian people.
(She denied in her page that she’s a token woman, but yes, she is a token.)
Complementarian beliefs are really debasing to women, but comps want to be treated like kid gloves from their critics.
Most complementarians won’t listen to your arguments if you’re a woman, and doubly so if you’re a woman and they don’t like HOW you express your views.
The complementarians expect female critics to be super, super genteel and demure in how they discuss their disagreements.
If they think you (a woman) are being “uppity,” or being too spirited, resolute, no-nonsense, or strong in how you discuss things, they will just discount anything you have to say. It looks like she is playing that card.
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Daisy wrote:
I think Aimee has been noticing this and it’s been ticking her off for a while. I think it would be fun to watch if she really goes to town on them.
At a certain point, I hope women like Aimee realize this ‘comp’ stuff is not what they thought it was and reject it utterly. She’s not crazy like that Lori Alexander person. She sees it.
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ishy wrote:
I have heard that so much, and while it is true it does not present the actual picture either of baptists or of denominations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptists_in_the_United_States
Note that the total number of baptists is said to be 33 million of which only about 16 million were SBC at the time of this article. And note that the number of RCC is reported as 79 million. And that is just two groupings, baptist and catholic. IMO the SBC needs to start seeing itself in more realistic terms.
The whole article is informative and shows that both arminian and calvinist thinking go all the way back to the beginnings. They are both ‘traditional’ in baptist thinking to that extent.
On baptist pews, and sometimes in the same churches there are conservatives/fundamentalists and also moderates/liberals. Also on baptist pews sometimes in the same churches are people who ‘lean more’ in the direction of some calvinist thought at least in some things and some who ‘lean more’ in the direction of arminian thought. At least this has been my personal experience. That this creates a potentially volatile situation is not surprising.
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Lea wrote:
I actually have a number of female friends that would call themselves complementarian, who would never allow themselves to be silenced. Most of them set the bar at their husbands making final major decisions in their marriage when they are tied over an answer.
I have a few female friends who are openly complementarian, when it’s clear their husbands are not. They want their husbands to bear the burden of decision-making. Would make a fascinating psychological study….
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@ ishy:
ishy wrote:
To be fair, you can be Calvinist in your salvation beliefs and still differ quite a bit with Presbyterian beliefs. Presbyterians typically believe in infant baptism, Covenant Theology, are sacramental, etc.
These “Reform Baptists” would be more like Piper and Dever than Keller and Duncan and would fit better in those kinds of churches.
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Celia wrote:
Yes, don’t count the points!
Moderate (4-point) Calvinism has always seemed a paradox to me. Can āUnlimited Atonementā truly come alongside āUnconditional Electionā in a reformed theology grid? Consider the following quote: āReformed pastor and author R.C. Sproul suggests there is confusion about what the doctrine of Limited Atonement actually teaches. While he considers it possible for a person to believe four points without believing the fifth, he claims that a person who really understands the other four points must believe in limited atonement because of what Martin Luther called a resistless logicā http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amyraldism
Thus, there is no such animal as a 4 or 3.5-point Calvinist. When “I’m a 4-point Calvinist” rises to the surface in a pastor’s speech, instead of “I’m a Believer”, you’ve got trouble brewing in the pot.
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dee wrote:
Maybe they just have a perception problem. I was in the admin building at SWBTS a few months ago where there was a banner listing the various chairs. Not only was the chair named for Dorothy Patterson at the top, it was in a larger font than all the others.
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Max wrote:
Tortures and kills some of God’s beautiful creations. Poison!
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dee wrote:
She MUST SUBMIT!
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dee wrote:
Didn’t realize Mahaney was a Council member.
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ishy wrote:
And there are those women who are not themselves comp in any describable way but who complain that their husbands will not 'assume the responsibility' or 'step up to the plate' or 'act like a man' even to the point of counting the husband as one of their children and saying that they don't really have a husband but more like another child. Didn't somebody write a book about angry women and passive men?
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@ Max:
I know Al Mohler and Sproul will say it’s not possible to be anything but a 5 pointer. I’ve always imagined that once the purge of those who reject all 5 points (no perseverance of the saints is not the same as preservation of the saints) once that purge has occurred the 5 pointers would start purifying even more to get rid of those who didn’t accept all 5 points.
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ishy wrote:
See, I think they have bought this title, which is an annoying made up word which is really clunky btw, when what a lot of them really mean is that they work together with their husbands, or they stay home with the kids, or they don’t mind having male pastors, or what have you. And all of that is really pretty harmless. It’s all the other stuff like patriarchy that’s added on top that does damage.
ishy wrote:
Now that is a different one. I read these stories about wives who wanted their husbands to be spiritual leaders which seems sort of bizarre to me. I think they have been taught that that’s correct and are to comply maybe? I don’t know.
BTW, the church I’m at now is Presbyterian so Calvinism is baked into the cake. They aren’t sneaking in or anything. But NOT complementarityismistism! And apparently that’s important to me right now.
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Daisy wrote:
CBMW needs to change their name to CBMWS: Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanly Submission.
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Celia wrote:
Limited atonement was described as sort of ‘double’ predestination? I still haven’t wrapped my head around all of it. I’m probably about to start reading books.
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Lea wrote:
There were a few different Twitter conversations about it, this is just one:
https://twitter.com/wartwatch/status/747478891086888960
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ishy wrote:
I would call that refusing to take personal responsibility …. refusing to think …. having someone else to blame if a bad decision is made.
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@ dee:
Dee, my understanding of total depravity matches Lea’s. Total depravity is not utter depravity. In my experience, it’s the neoCals who extrapolate it to illogical extreme (as they do with legitimate doctrine), convince people that they’re dangers to themselves and others, and that means they need to be church disciplined/shepherded.
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another Brian wrote:
I’m learning that there are as many “reformed” threads in Calvinism as concrete treats at the local custard shop! It’s the New Calvinist-YRR flavor that Southern Baptists should be concerned about … they are militant and aggressive in belief and practice … and will leave you with heart-burn.
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@ Celia: Agreed!
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@ Nancy2: Good one!
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@ FW Rez:
Can there be any doubt he bought his way into that position, too?
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@ Lea:
Exactly. I don’t think many complementarian women realize they are supporting and defending a belief system that doesn’t respect them or their views, but once some of them start catching on they are not welcomed or respected in that ideology (such as A. Byrd), she may have her eyes opened and leave it behind.
I mean, she already sees that some complementarian beliefs are ‘way out there’ and nutso, (such as the CBMW “soap bubble” page), but it is complementarianism at its very foundations that is flawed, not just the extreme, wacko versions of it that are sold by Driscoll, Piper, etc.
She seems to think that the world of “soft complementarianism” is “biblical” and safe for women – and I think she may be starting to see that is not the case.
I hope she comes to realize all that eventually, dumps complementarianism, and becomes a mutualist/ egalitarian.
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Stan wrote:
Oh good. This may be an issue with the new crew verses the old crew, who have had a chance to work through some of the problems maybe? Like I said, I’m still learning about it all.
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GSD wrote:
Not sure whether you have seen this post I wrote a week and a half ago. The video you pointed out was the inspiration for that post.
http://thewartburgwatch.com/2016/06/17/sebts-expert-on-the-calling-of-god-and-the-pastoral-search-process-and-the-rest-of-the-story/
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Daisy wrote:
I think ‘soft’ comp can be safe within a framework where men love and respect women and appreciate their contributions. Where they really listen to their advice.
The problem is that it is NOT safe when they don’t. And that is the situation with people like Owen and abusive husbands and pastors who defend them. And the comp folks don’t have a framework for dealing with this.
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Lea wrote:
A post script. I think there may be one objection to this.
I’ve noticed that complementarians, (usually the male ones), don’t want to deal with women dissenters, unless – unless – said woman is disputing the “male headship / woman submit” stuff as put forth by complementarians.
Then the male comps are happy to argue ’til the cows come home how male authority over women is God-approved.
Complementarians are keen on arguing women into the ground to get them to believe in womanly submission, male rule, etc.
But as to responding to other aspects and concerns (e.g., how comps promote E.S.S. to bolster their view, or how comp “male headship” plays a role in domestic violence), they don’t respond too much.
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@ Lea:
Oh! and the problem with the new comp people is that they place too much emphasis on everything. John Pavsomethingorother wrote a great article about Christianity that isn’t toxic, and he called the ‘clobber text’ sort of thing ‘math’ rather than poetry. I really, really like that explanation. The bible is not a formula. It is poetry. If you focus too much on these few mentions of women and submission you lose the point rather quickly. And that is what is happening.
Anyway, I think this applies to the neo-cal folks. They see it as math. The new Calvinist types have taken the heart and the poetry out of it. I think there is a potential for a warmer interpretation of Calvinistic thought, even though I will probably never subscribe to it. But that isn’t the kind that barges in and takes over churches. That isn’t the kind these guys, guys like piper, are selling.
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Catholic Gate-Crasherdl wrote:
MOTHMAN!
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@ okrapod:
I have heard of relationships like that. My sister was in one with a guy for a long, long time. My relationship with my ex fiance was kind of like that.
There are definitely some men out there who are lazy, won’t step up to the plate and help their female partner carry the load in life (such as, doing house work, paying bills, etc), but I think it’s a big leap from encouraging such men to be adults and take on more responsibility in their romantic relationships to complementarian groups like CBMW and such telling wives that the husband can and should be the Master and Boss in the marriage.
If I get married, I just want my spouse to take out the trash every week without me having to nag him about it – that kind of thing. I don’t want him to rule over me and get to call all the shots in the relationship. I don’t think CBMW grasp that or they don’t care.
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@ Nancy2:
That would be more accurate or truthful. š
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okrapod wrote:
If somebody hasn’t, someone should. A study of extremes, non-gender based, which certainly exist in the real world. Mrs. Muff and me learned long ago that perfection is a fool’s errand and that if two people can’t learn to live with trade-offs and a responsible pragmatism, the marriage is doomed.
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@ Lea:
The way it used to work in the SBC was sorta of “of course a woman can’t be the Pastor” but women did pretty much everything else in church and were not silenced anywhere else. Woman were supposed to “submit” to their husbands but men were supposed to “love” their wives. This was more of focusing on what was perceived as each others strengths. It was a give give kinda thing. I think now it’s evolved into the idea of mutual submission. The idea is that men (complete generalizations here) are not so good at the love thing so the command was given to them to work on love and for women submitting was a weak point. When it plays out it looks egalitarian. But the old SBC was way different.
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Lea wrote:
In cases where soft comp men listen to women and are kind and respectful – I think it’s in spite of complementarianism, not because of it. I don’t think they’re acting in congruence with comp.
I think the comp men who refuse to listen to women are at least being more honest or consistent with comp views and teaching about women.
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Lea wrote:
“His mind is made of wheels and metal.”
— Treebeard re Saruman
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Lea wrote:
Rob Bell (the guy who got piled on by Team Hell?) wrote something similar on his Tumblr blog — about “Poem Truth” and “Math Truth”, and how we read the Poem Truth of the Bible as if it were Math Truth.
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Daisy wrote:
I’ve seen a few complementarians harken back to the 50s and how life was just great for families back then, but this isn’t biblical. Agrarian societies mean hard work for everyone, and everyone pitching in to run the household and farm. They had to work as a team just to survive.
Plus, when my mom passed away 20 years ago, my dad didn’t know how to do anything for himself. I taught him how to cook, how to do laundry, and a lot of other household things, because my mom had been working full time and doing everything else. He really hadn’t ever tried to “raise” us before, and now he had two teenagers to finish raising. I think severe family roles really end up hampering a family in the long run.
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Daisy wrote:
Women: Know Your Limits!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS37SNYjg8w
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Daisy wrote:
Celia wrote:
Yes. I think that sort of ‘old school’ version can work when men are decent. And it may be like Daisy said, in spite of not because of.
I think these theology of comp that is being pushed now can be neutral or hurt only. It never helps. And that makes it a problem.
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@ Celia:
Yes. That is what I saw and was taught in old style SBC.
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K.D. wrote:
K.D.: While my experience at SWBTS (mid-80’s) was more positive than what you have described yours as, I share your concern. There have been many changes on “The Hill” that I am uncomfortable with. That said, I am encouraged by the fact that many of the students I come in contact with on a regular basis are high-caliber individuals with a true desire to serve God occupationally. I try not to let my skepticism about the institution show too much (part of the reason I remain anonymous here at TWW).
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@ Lea:
Well, it goes without saying for any relationship to work both partners should be decent. I’ve know people who are more “complementarian” and both seemed content but it tends to be where the man has an understanding as leader = servant. There are all kinds of marriages with all kinds of power dynamics that can be said to work. A lot of is about personalities. The problem with the emphasis on the comp thing is when men hear the comp doctrine and say “yes, I am in charge, go make me a sammich woman” or when people get hung up on stupid stuff like Owen whatsahoo when he decided that men shouldn’t be folding up girly laundry. But for neoCals they want the men to control the women so the leaders at the church only have to control the men.
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FW Rez wrote:
As a different spin on this, I wonder if this is part of what’s coming into play.
FWIW … If you truly believe in the “T” of TULIP — total depravity — then there is no good in us at all. (In the extreme, this ends up *functionally* denying that we were made in the image of God and therefore still have something positive, even if marred.) This means you need police to keep people in line with “God’s will” (Law) and to punish the guilty (which everyone is). So, is it really about “authority,” or is it about power and fear, because fear is about punishment. [1 John 4:18, and let’s see what the ESV has to say: “There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.”] So, these are not pastors, these are policemen; their system is punitive, it hides behind the language of mediating God’s authority among people, and it is ultimately modeled after Old Testament judges and kinds — a system that was ended at the cross with Jesus Christ’s death, wasn’t it?
They may be against anarchy, but aren’t they embracing anachronism? They are acting like the Mosaic Law is the ultimate polity for today, and despite all the wordage about “grace,” the function thereof all too often gets demonstrated as being missing from their hierarchy.
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Celia wrote:
What I mean is that if someone (say, husband) is decent he will probably read things through a servant/loving filter. But if he is not, he will read it through this authority/control deal, which leads to the ‘go make me a sandwich woman’ which is not loving and will obviously lead to problems. And then this comp theology has NO way to deal with this problem, except by telling women to do things that will inevitably make it worse not better. When she should be standing up for herself, and creating appropriate boundaries, and maybe even leaving she will instead be told to submit, obey, etc.
And then you have legitimately confused decent people trying to be ‘biblical’ and acting differently in a relationship than they would otherwise.
It can only hurt, not help. IT is a problem.
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Lea wrote:
Imagine what would be happening in the SBC today if the powers to be would have allowed the SBC churches to decide if they wanted a female or male pastor.
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Celia wrote:
It seems to me that in any committed relationship, the partners will be good at different things. Maybe the man has no head for finances, but the woman does. In my relationship, I (the man) am better at cooking, so I do most of the cooking. Etc., etc. To me, “complementarian” ought to mean that each party does what they’re good at, for the furtherance of the household. I.e., they complement each other. The idea of strict roles based on gender is idiotic, which anyone who has been around a while ought to understand.
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brad/futuristguy wrote:
They do seem fond of “discipline”.
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On Presbyterian churches, responding to multiple comments from my personal opinions and experience:
– Presbyterian churches already have elder boards, one can’t pack them with their own men
– Their culture places less value on being cool/relevant,
– I don’t believe Calvinism is the end goal, it’s “I covenant to submit to the elders’ discipline, Signature: _____________”. Calvinism is gimmickized as the lost wisdom of the romantic past that will bring the church back to glory. They have limited respect for the traditional Reformed church, see: the idea that a charismatic church can be Reformed too, and continuing to promote Doug Wilson, whose ideology was booted from the entire NAPARC.
@ Lea:
Well, Carl Trueman and Aimee Byrd are trying to work through the differences and you can see how that is going. See above: I don’t think a Presbyterian church is more likely to be neoCal than any other evangelical church. It may be less if you’re in ECO or EPC. A Presbyterian church teaching Calvinism is not the red flag, but if you see a 30 year old pastor saying “gospel-centered” and then smirking, you may want to dig around.
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dee wrote:
Don’t know how germane to the subject this is, but morning drive-time on KFI this morning had an interview with the father of Scientology Maximum Leader David Miscavage. (The occasion was the father’s tell-all bio of Miscavage titled Ruthless hitting the bookstores.)
What stuck out to me is when Miscavage the Elder was describing David’s rise to power as Elron’s “gatekeeper” (a parallel to Stalin), his interviewer asked David’s age at the time.
The answer was “he was 25” (and he’d been raised in Scientology since age 9). I couldn’t help thinking of those YRR Elders/Pastors-in-Waiting — Young True Believers/privileged protĆ©gĆ©s of the guru. Except Miscavage was YRR to Elron Hubbard instead of Calvin.
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FW Rez wrote:
“You hold the Whip.”
— Slavemaster of Astapor, just before Danerys’s dragon cooks him
“Fear Always Works.”
— Acting Mayor Bellweather, Zootopia
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Celia wrote:
When both partners are decent, they allow each other to use their strengths and knowledge without gender boundaries. Example: my husband is considerably bigger than I am – he is definitely better at lifting things ….. he’s great with woodwork, and can handle a chainsaw like a pro. But, I’m better with animals …. when the horse needs care from the vet or a shodsman, I handle the horse. Sure, the horse is big, but, as my granddaddy would say, I have “the touch”. Home canning???? oooooohhhh! My husband has helped me make jam and jelly until he has it down – he can do that by all himself and as well as I can! (He doesn’t have picking down, yet. But, we both rinse the soap bubbles off of the canning jars.)
Eat our shorts, Owen!
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FW Rez wrote:
Not “authority”.
POWER.
“There is no Right, there is no Wrong, there is only POWER.”
— Lord Voldemort
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roebuck wrote:
Ah. See, if they had meant that, they would have left it at ‘complementary’, which also has the benefit of being a real word. Like egalitarian.
The entire made up word deal was a tell – an attempt to rewrite and obscure.
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Jeffrey Chalmers wrote:
1) The End Justifies the Means.
2) And the Cause is so Righteous it justifies Any Means Whatsoever.
3) And they’re The Predestined Elect, God’s Speshul Pets with the Get Out Of Hell Free Card, so why should they worry?
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Nancy2 wrote:
Don’t forget the taste of fresh mutton! (drool drool drool…)
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FW Rez wrote:
Another thought is that, on the issue of “Elder-led” we seem to hear frequently enough that it’s a pattern: It’s cronyism and “friend-led” by a bunch of relatively young guys. Of course, it doesn’t really take maturity or discernment to implement a set of rules. Just need the checklist. Again, that’s about policing, not pastoring. Pastoring requires discernment, listening skills, maturity. Pastoring does *not* transmogrify biblical wisdom *principles* into anti-biblical legalistic *rules*.
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@ roebuck:
I agree. I think it’s ridiculous that these comps parse their theology out so much to the point of who loads the dishwasher.
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brad/futuristguy wrote:
Teetering on Reconstructionism?
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Actually total depravity is affirmed by many camps of Arminian theology and is not the same as there being no good in us. It means to them that every aspect of us is tainted. Physically, we all age and die or get sick and die. Mentally we are not as bright as we would have been before the fall. Emotionally and relationally ditto. Spiritually also.
Only the hyper camp makes us utter worms.
And for those in SBC churches that are no longer healthy but want to stay Baptists, there are a plethora of choices from totally independent, IFB, CBF, ABC-USA, more than one kind of Missionary Baptist, Free Will, Primitive, and Primitive Baptist Universalist. Not all have the same theology so you will have to find what they believe, but you have options even if you stay Baptist.
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@ Nancy2:
My husband has absolutely no sense of direction. He could get lost drivin’ to his mama’s house. So I’ve always had to remind him where to turn which roads to take etc. Now my daughter inherited my sense of direction so she helps her ol’ da out when they’re out and about. Hubby and I laugh at John Piper’s advice about a woman being careful about giving a husband driving directions. If a man has trouble taking advice from a woman because she’s a woman he has serious issues with his manhood, that’s on him not the woman.
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Headless Unicorn Guy wrote:
Exactly! I heard it explained as the Hebrews used hyperbole and symbolism, and everyone knew what the author meant. Western society today, though, has a very literal mentality that we got from the ancient Greeks, and this messes with how we interpret the Bible.
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ishy wrote:
I’ve heard these folks prattle on about how great the good old days were too. Here’s an experiment you (or anybody) can perform on them. Ask them if they’d like to see a return to the tax-rates on the wealthy that were in effect when Ike was in the oval office.
I can almost guarantee a uniform and ideologically driven result.
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Celia wrote:
I had a (male) friend who when I was driving and didn’t know where something was would give random directions, whether he knew where he was going or not he would just be like ‘turn left’. And I started asking if he really knew or if he was just guessing š
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Patriciamc wrote:
Read Article 13 of the Chicago Statement on Biblical inerrancy. Hyperbole is disavowed as a legitimate literary device in Scripture.
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Stan wrote:
The PCA is a very conservative Presbyterian denomination, so I can see it welcoming the neo-cals. The Orthodox Presbyterians are very conservative too, but they might be too extreme for even the neo-cals!
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dee wrote:
What a clown show. They want to say it is “Biblical” but none of them agree on what is “Biblical.” It seems like something is certainly and plainly “Biblical” until someone calls them on how ridiculous they are, and then it somehow becomes not so important and disappears. Kind of like soap bubbles do…
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Daisy wrote:
Well, at least they’re showing us they’re not datable. I always avoid a man who says that God put men in charge because what he’s actually saying is that God put HIM in charge. Sorry bud, I’m too smart to believe that.
To me a good standard to go by is if a man believes a woman can be a minister. If he does, then I know he truly respects women.
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Daisy wrote:
It makes them extremely cranky when said woman points out the glaring problems with their own “logic” and the eisegesis. When you ask them to show you female subordinationism in Genesis, they really get cranky and start talking “rebellious” and such. The do not have an argument that holds water, so they fall back to accusation.
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Muff Potter wrote:
Lord have mercy! Thousands of theologians will disagree with that.
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Gram3 wrote:
Then they note your Jezebel spirit! If I weren’t a good Christian, I’d note their jerkatude.
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Muff Potter wrote:
We had a sunday school class on the prophets, and I forget which one it was, but they were talking about all the puns or something. I wish I could remember the details, but it gave me a better appreciation for sure for what the writers were doing. (like calling making an illusion to rocks, when a town’s name meant ‘rock town’ or something – stuff that wasn’t at all obvious in english).
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Gram3 wrote:
Yeah, when I was checking out twitter earlier owen said he took it down because it was confusing or something. Lame.
Another thing about that crew, they are incapable of admitting they were wrong on essentials even when it is so so obvious (see also, the village church).
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@ Celia:
My husband and I are both good with directions and maps. We swap up driving on long road trips. He’ll sleep for 3 or 4 hours and ask me where we are.
My first husband (deceased), total opposite. We were going to a friends house once, he was driving. Directions said to turn left at the stop sign. He turned right. I said, ” Hey, Tony said to turn right!” He said, “I did turn right!” I asked, “Which wrist is your watch on?” He stopped the car in the middle of the road, held both hands in front of his face, and said, “Oh.” Yeah, Piper would have loved us.
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Patriciamc wrote:
They are religious idiots! People need to call them on this nonsense.
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Gram3 wrote:
I feel like any mention of Jezebel is sort of the Godwin’s law of church arguing with females. If you accuse someone of anything related to Jezebel, you clearly have no argument at all.
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We really need a TGC dictionary.
biblical – A TGC bigwig male says so (actual verses are irrelevant)
the gospel – the authoritarian new Cal church movement
complementarianism – female slavery
Jezebel – all women not “in submission”
elder – friends of the pastor
pastor – local dictator
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Patriciamc wrote:
And many thousands more of just regular Joe and Joan believers who study the Bible on their own and who don’t come up with the same conclusions as Francis Schaeffer, R.C. Sproul, and John MacArthur, three ideologues who got the statement rolling in the first place.
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Muff Potter wrote:
Well, I guess I’m not an inerrantist anymore! Stick me through the eye of a needle, will you!
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dee wrote:
I guess my questions are more about refining the discernment process. Discovering that the pastor is Reformed in theology does not necessarily place him outside the traditional Baptist theological stream a la Spurgeon. Not every Reformed pastor acts like a jerk. So, the question is how does one distinguish between the YRR type and a traditional type who is willing to support some theological diversity in the congregation?
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Lea wrote:
I heard it from a Jewish source that EVERY vision in the Book of Amos centers around a real groaner of a pun in Hebrew — which does not translate at all into English. The one I remember from my RSV was:
GOD: “What do you see, Amos?”
AMOS: “A basket of summer fruit.”
GOD: “So I will make an end of…”
(The words for “basket” and “end” sound alike in Classical Hebrew.)
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Patriciamc wrote:
Spiritual Engineering Manual.
Axiom, Axiom, Axiom,
Fact, Fact, Fact,
check, check, check…
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Lea wrote:
I’m usually pretty good at navigating (I print out a lot of hardcopy maps), but just last weekend I overshot and had to backtrack twice trying to get to a location. Can’t count the number of times I found where I needed to turn AFTER I’d passed the intersection.
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Linda wrote:
Utter worms WITH BENEFITS (nudge nudge wink wink know what I mean know what I mean…)
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Linda wrote:
As in “Imperfect”?
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Nancy2 wrote:
Or Shari’a.
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Headless Unicorn Guy wrote:
That was probably it then. There were a whole list of them! Pretty funny.
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Stan wrote:
Like the Lost Romantic Past of the Aryan/Nordic Race?
(Thule Society and its more well-known descendant.)
Or like As It Was In The Days of The Prophet (pbuh)?
(Wahabi Islam.)
Or like the Lost Wisdom of the Ascended Masters of the Root Races?
(Theosophy.)
The word “Gnostic” means “He Who KNOWS Things”.
“Occult Gnostic” means “He Who KNOWS Hidden/Secret Things”.
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A few thoughts on why Southern Baptists find themselves in this predicament.
Southern Baptists had the Southern Baptist way when it came to Calvinism and Armenianism. Historically we weren’t strictly one or the other.
We sang hymns like “Whosoever Will”, instead of Whosoever will as long as they are they pre-elect of God. At the same time, we sang “Whosoever Will” and not Whosoever will but doesn’t make a profession of faith because everyone makes it in the end, any way.
We believed in a free will choice to follow Christ, with a God always working in us to convict us to make that choice. Still we could refuse.
A benevolent God in control, but not a puppet master God moving us around on a stage.
In other words, ideas that one has to grapple with for a lifetime to become mature in faith and Christ.
When the whole inerrancy debate and power shift happened, something fundamentally changed in how Southern Baptists engaged the Bible and each other. Sermons became less doctrinally robust because of all the doctrinal witch hunts.
Loyalty to scripture and this new power elite usurped priesthood of the believer and soul competency. SBCers were told that their theological education and understanding had been tainted by liberals.
Now you have people whose understanding of Scripture is about as deep as my bathroom sink. Once you realize you are one of the elect, you don’t need to grapple with anything or mature in your faith, because you have all the answers.
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Celia wrote:
The Great Chain of Being.
Kiss Up, Kick Down.
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Deb wrote:
(HUMBLY holds up six-figure check) “And THAT’s how you get invited back!”
MONEY. TALKS.
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ishy wrote:
Inerrant ……
By modern standards, Solomon’s temple as described in the KJV – the temple itself would be about 3 stories high, while the porch would be more than 16 stories high.
Does that make perfect, inerrant, sense?
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From the post: “… traditional Southern Baptist congregations must educate themselves on these theological trends …”
And the problem being, what’s that saying – Lies take the elevator and arrive quickly but truth takes the stairs, and eventually does get there, later.”
Over time now, the fast and furious lies in this dilemma are becoming apparent in the light of slow truth, at last.
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ishy wrote:
Winsome?
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FW Rez wrote:
Seminary is a funny, sometimes odd place. I have a couple of friends I keep in contact with from my time on ” The Hill.” One completed his MDiv and has nothing to do with the SBC, much like me. He is in the natural gas business. Another of my friends didn’t complete his degree, was called in seminary to a church in the middle of “no-where” in Deep East Texas. He’s been pastor of that medium sized church for years and will probably retire from that church, even though he didn’t finish seminary, he talks of much like you, in a positive sense…
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K.D. wrote:
Maybe dropping out is the key to keeping it positive. I didn’t complete my degree either. Glad to hear of your friend’s successful tenure in ministry.
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Celia wrote:
Thank you for this. It is exactly what I remember.
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Daisy wrote:
That’s so very true!
And they are actually NEVER going to like HOW you express your views, if your views contradict theirs.
You can never be humble or gentle enough in your presentation.
Ever.
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FW Rez wrote:
Man, he’s a great guy….there was a church in Louisiana that stood on their head to trying to get him to come in view of a call…his Texas church panicked when they learned of his possible leaving( he didn’t)……everyone in that community knows him his wife, and I do not know a person who has a bad thing to say about him/her…I might be SBC again if I was near his town….
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mot wrote:
There would be real autonomy autonomy and not show autonomy. In other words, Baptist churches would actually be (ana)Baptistic. I think one of Michael Haykin’s personal missions is to remove any remnant of Anabaptist history from Baptist history.
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Headless Unicorn Guy wrote:
well, apparently in neo-Cal patriarchy, some worms are lower than others …. that’s the problem with ‘submitting’ to male people in the days when men can only see ‘as through a glass darkly’ with its resulting cloudy judgment ….
How much better for husband and wife to both bend the knee to the new Lord of the Cosmos who is THE source of Light.
neo-Cals make way too much out of male worms to really believe in ‘total depravity’ … they have elevated these men to gods
illogical ? Oh yeah.
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@Headless Unicorn Guy–yep, as in imperfect. And of course those of us heretic in Wesleyan churches believe prevenient grace has got that covered–for everyone.
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Stan wrote:
The PCA greenlighted Peter Leithart, and when I last checked (awhile ago) Jeff Meyers was soldiering on and recruiting Covenant students. Leithart is the brains behind Wilson, soooo why does the PCA think he is OK? I don’t get it. I don’t mean to imply that you support Leithart’s church-centric theology, but I truly do not understand what the PCA is thinking.
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Stan wrote:
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Nancy2 wrote:
I think there are some similarities. The obsession with the church and church officers/elders and the obsession with power, authority, and rules. And patriarchy.
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Celia wrote:
I wonder how John Piper feels about female air traffic controllers when he is flying. Should the male pilots just ignore instructions from the female controllers? I hope Piper checks the cockpit crews gender before he settles in for a flight.
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Gram3 wrote:
Me, too – born in ’64.
At the church where we were members from 2006-2011, we remodeled and refurnished the kitchen. Those remodeling business meetings were largely controlled by the women. The new kitchen is great!
2011 – 2013, another church, another remodeled kitchen. In business meetings at this church, women are not allowed to speak. Requests made by women who worked in the kitchen (myself included) were not mentioned in the business meetings. The new kitchen is a pain to work in, the sink/cabinet/range work area is small and cramped, the refrigerator is in another room ….. Uuhhhggggg. I left the kitchen. As far as I am concerned, the men who designed the kitchen can work in it!
Same church built a new sanctuary. I saw the architecture plans at a business meeting. I did the math (Hello, math teacher, here! I know I don’t do everything well, but there are a few things that I am good at. Hear me out, please?). I realized that part of the sanctuary would be on the county highway right-of-way, and therefore would not be approved. I tried to point that out, and was quickly shushed. The church approved the plan. The plans were presented to the county zoning commission and were rejected. The plans had to be redone construction had to be delayed almost 8 months. I’m at a point to where I just don’t care any more!
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Gram3 wrote:
I’m a bit spiteful sometimes. If Piper ever needs an ambulance, I hope there is a woman driving it.
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Lea wrote:
Owen BHLH says it is confusing? I’m thrillllllllled that he realizes how nonsensical the stuff they put up is.
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Lea wrote:
It was funny in a way. They did not even attempt an argument from the actual text, nor did they attempt to show how Female Subordinationism makes any logical sense. They did not mention Jezebel, but did point out that females are more vulnerable to deception (2 Timothy) and women desire to overthrow the authority of men (Genesis 3:16.) There is a script, and they were following it faithfully.
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@ Gram3:
LOL. Gram3, you have a way of putting things. First the comment about real real versus show above, and now this.
What a task it must present to the gender hardliners – having to check the gender of who is in charge, all day long. High maintenance life it must be with these types of gender restrictions. And then defining the gender restrictions, producing volumes of books, lots of debates, with attention seeking and authority seeking to have the last word.
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Gram3 wrote:
And as we all know, it’s hooey hooey. They don’t even take a look at why the women at that point were open to deception. They just assume it’s a flaw of all females. Nonsense!
Now you’ve gotten me started. : )
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ishy wrote:
Actually, I think that many are functionaries for the Usual Suspects. They are dictators carrying out the directives of higher dictators. Pay to play.
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Deb wrote:
Oops, I somehow figured that someone else had found that video. You ladies are so prolific, it’s hard to keep up with all of the posts. Not to mention the mini-books that each comment section becomes. It’s quite an education!
Regarding Calvin, I stopped reading the theological forums when they started arguing whether John Calvin would actually be a 5-point Calvinist, were he to be resurrected in today’s theological world. The idea was that Calvinism developed into something rather different from what JC wrote. Do perhaps Calvinista-ism could be seen as a further development.
Would John Calvin be a Calvinista?
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@ Nancy2:
LOL.
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Lea wrote:
I wonder why they never bring up the witch of Endor?
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Nancy2 wrote:
Did you winsomely say, “I told you so.”? There’s got to be some Proverb about fools who don’t follow advice.
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JYJames wrote:
I needed to hear that this week. Thank you.
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@ Gram3:
Welcome.
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Nancy2 wrote:
Probably a bunch of females on the zoning commission. The county engineers are probably female, too. That’s what happens when you let females into engineering and law schools. Chaos. Utter and complete chaos which cost the men of that church a lot of money and time.
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@ Catholic Gate-Crasherdl:
You were predestined to be first!
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Patriciamc wrote:
Winsome defn: charming in a childlike or naive way.
Nope!
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@ ishy:
Someone’s gotta boss people around.
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Where do Southern Baptists go when they leave? The answer in one chart
http://religionnews.com/2016/06/28/southern-baptist-gains-and-losses-in-one-chart/
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@ roebuck:
Adults who don’t marry or who divorce and become single again sometimes have to learn tasks considered masculine and feminine. CBMW doesn’t care about them.
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Nancy2 wrote:
She wasn’t ruling.
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dee wrote:
Good grief!!
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Linda wrote:
The rest of you may be aging, but I’m like Jack Benny. I’m 39 and holding.
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Gram3 wrote:
Yeah, Crying shame there isn’t blacktop in the church vestibule.
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Bridget wrote:
Was Jesus winsome? Who in the Biblical record was winsome, anyway? Winsome sounds like someone singing on The Mickey Mouse Club back in the day.
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I have water boiling, my apron on, and all of the soap bubbles rinsed off my canning jars. I must go can tomatoes, now.
Jezebel out.
IHTH.
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Lea wrote:
The other standard complementarian fall backs for shutting down women who disagree with them about gender roles:
1. you’ve been seduced by secular culture and let that color how you read the Bible
2. you’re a feminist
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I still haven’t come up for a definition for winsome. It’s like a foreign language word to me.
I did struggle a bit over the definition of pastor, which is why I added “local”.
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@ GSD:
We get LOTS of links and resources from our readership through comments and emails (thanks all of you!), but I did actually stumble across that video myself.
Given what happened at FBC Rocky Mount, I found it extremely misleading that Darville identified himself as pastor of a church he devastated. SEBTS should have dumped that year old video, not put it on the Between the Times website for all to see. They showed exceedingly poor judgment. š
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I think part of my difficulty in attempting to understand terminology on Southern Baptist blogs may have been the result of coming to visit those blogs as two very different faith traditions were crashing together, each with its own way of viewing certain common terms … …
Now that I look at the blog post, it occurs that these two traditions don’t seem very compatible
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Headless Unicorn Guy wrote:
I was saying on an older thread I cannot comprehend how or why complementarian men would want to have sexual relations with women as they do (some of them never shut up about sex and how men are supposedly owed it by women), but some of them regard women as being animals, not human.
In that, they teach that women are not quite as made in the image of God as males are. Which kind of renders women (from their view) as being lower than human, animal-like…
Which (in their logic) means they’re into bestiality, something which is gross and the Bible says God says is sin.
I can’t think of how those types of comps square that.
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BL wrote:
Yes, yes this – I realize this and had that in the back of my mind as I was typing the post you are replying to. Thank you for putting it out there. You are absolutely right.
So long as a woman is disagreeing with complementarians or a complementarian view, she will never be humble enough, feminine enough, demure enough, nice enough, or whatever enough for their tastes.
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Gram3 wrote:
I wonder how he feels about male flight attendants? (Owen Strachan would probably say they are “man fails”)
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@ Deb:
Watched.
Chubby Bunny who talks too much at the beginning, (can’t stop telling his own stories when he has an interviewee just sitting there)… interviewing Slick Salesman Dude that in the end ran off with someone’s else’s church…
These two just can’t get enough of themselves. Back country Christianity once again rides the range. Boring yet tragic.
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@ JYJames:
You've gotta wonder… what are they teaching in seminary these days?
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JYJames wrote:
Tamar, Absolom’s sister, and we all know where that got her.
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Nancy2 wrote:
I saw something funny on Twitter a few months ago.
I don’t remember the specifics. It was something about a woman (possibly a paramedic, or some occupation like that – a first responder-) who saved the life of an injured Imam (Muslim clergy).
This imam was a horribly sexist guy whom the article said regularly said during his services or where ever women should not have jobs outside the home, stuff like that. The irony made me laugh pretty hard.
I tried to find that story again in my links, and then I did a web search for it, but I couldn’t find it again.
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dee wrote:
Winsome is in the eye of the beholder.
What we actually are:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0FTHTnmf87M/Vk647xFjraI/AAAAAAAAAM4/nQF56Qt_09c/s320/Labradoodle_Puppy.png
What they see:
https://bossip.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/vicious_pitbull.jpg?w=700
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@ Deb:
Not PR, obviously.
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Christiane wrote:
They are indeed very incompatible. And this realization is often coming too late.
I, for one, have realized this past week how much of the real frustrating things in my spiritual history has been because of this group.
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@ Nancy2:
And then there was Jacob’s daughter, Dinah.
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@ Nancy2:
Oh, my.
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@ Nancy2:
Oh dear.
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Gram3 wrote:
Even if you grant them the “women are more prone to deception” shtick, inform guys like this the next time (if there is a next time), that the Bible does not say women are more prone to stupidity, shoddy argumentation, or lacking an inability to spot double standards and poor thinking.
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ishy wrote:
I think it means pleasant, attractive but slightly vulnerable, but above all non-threatening.
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dee wrote:
50-100 years ago, *the truth* would have been Communism instead of Calvinism.
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ishy wrote:
Winsome is like a drippy boring girl in an 18th century novel – as opposed to a cool smart girl like Lizzy Bennett. Thin, ruffles wafting in the breeze, always smiling but in a sort of off but charming way.
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roebuck wrote:
I was thinking something more like “like porcelain doll”, pretty, delicate, and most importantly, silent.
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I understand the definition of the word, but I’m sure like with all the other words, they don’t mean what everyone else means by them.
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Nancy2 wrote:
Yet still sexually available 24/7 to Patriarch Hubby.
(“PENETRATE! COLONIZE! CONQUER! PLANT!”)
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GSD wrote:
Not to those More Calvinist than Calvin.
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@ Headless Unicorn Guy:
Their view of women is very creepy really.
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Daisy wrote:
That is only fair, since we don’t care about them either.
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@ Headless Unicorn Guy:
True, surely, and harshly stated.
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@ Lea:
And men. Equally creepy view.
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Max wrote:
Lea and Max, someone else may have already answered you, but in my opinion the biggest reason Neo-Cals don’t become Presbyterian is because they do not believe in paedobaptism.
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@ JYJames:
OTOH, I’m sure Sisera thought Jael was winsome!
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okrapod wrote:
LOL. Amen!
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ishy wrote:
I would say no (in YRR-speak), because they are always saying you need to present this or that concept ‘winsomely’. In their parlance, I seem to detect a touch of deceit to it, as well…
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dee wrote:
Good grief!! Stan wrote:
Then why call it TOTAL depravity?
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Lea wrote:
That’s more like ‘ditzy’ š
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Burwell wrote:
I think the trend started with Baptists like Piper and Dever and Grudem and then spread to the Presbyterians like DeYoung and Duncan. It is a weird combination, but the fact is that the SBC is huge compared to the PCA or any other NAPARC body. More bodies, more money via the CP and in individual churches. Bottom line is that the doctrine that unites them is not Calvinism but rather power. And that is why we see the big non-Calvinists playing along.
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Challies, how could I forget Challies???
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Nancy2 wrote:
Sounds like you’re literally stirring a pot, you pot stirrer you.
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That was supposed to be two separate comments.
@ Bridget:
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roebuck wrote:
Candy coated poison pill. If what they were saying were winsome like the real Gospel of Jesus Christ is, then they would not have to sugarcoat it.
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Burwell wrote:
I can’t imagine why not once you accept the elect deal unless it is sheer habit.
Although some of them have a weird view of baptism like they don’t want to baptize kids because they just aren’t sure and worrying the African missionaries might be creating false converts? IMO some of these people jump past Calvinism into thinking they are god.
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dee wrote:
I’m one of the commenters for the CT article, and I noted that by her own beliefs that she can’t participate with the men in the ESS debate and must only teach women under a male covering. I also noted the Calvinist code word “winsome.” Poor dear must not know what’s hitting her.
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dee wrote:
Go get her!
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Bridget wrote:
Because that fit ‘tulip’ and the other didn’t?
Who knows.
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Headless Unicorn Guy wrote:
Chuckle…chuckle…
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dee wrote:
Good grief!! Stan wrote:
Then why call it TOTAL depravity?roebuck wrote:
Right!? What is so hard about this perspective . . . Some men want to be the boss is all I can figure.
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JYJames wrote:
I learned growing up that I would often have to state things harsh to be noticed instead of dismissed with a pat on the head and a “That’s Nice”.
Also, when you have to make an important point, Impact helps.
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Deb wrote:
Agreed, it was so odd for the seminary to post that video as an example of how a search committee should be done. But I found it very interesting to hear Darville spin his own history. And he’s obviously a golfer.
I WILL
try to stay up to speed with the stories here. It’s a challenge even for me, so I can only imagine the commitment of our gracious blog queens . Thank you.
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Lea wrote:
Yeah. Wifey must be like a dependent little girl in every way except sexually (where she has to service/satisfy Patriarch Hubby on demand).
The creepy vibe I get is halfway between “Personal Perfect Porn Star Syndrome” and “Borderline Pedo but Won’t Admit to It.” (Hmmm… Don’t a lot of Patriarch Pastor/Dictators who’ve attracted the attention of TWW have Pet Pedos they protect at all costs? Or should that be “Pet Proxies” with plausible deniability?)
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Muff Potter wrote:
HUMBLY, of course?
(That was one of the type examples of “Personal Porn Star Syndrome” I was thinking of when I typed my last comment (currently in moderation). Because in (straight male) porn the woman has one function and one function only.)
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@ Headless Unicorn Guy:
That works.
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Stan wrote:
True Believers and Fundamentalists (of any kind) tend to “extrapolate to illogical extremes” in general. It’s like a game of Can You Top This? to one-up everyone else with My Greater Belief/Devotion.
“I’m more Extreme, so I MUST Be More Devout.”
Until you have St Rose of Lima “Mortifying her Flesh” by tearing her face into scar tissue and gargling lye to destroy her vocal cords. (Though I think she was more just badly messed-up and obsessively self-destructive at a time when “Mortifying your Flesh” was a sign of holiness and spirituality, and those around her were the ones who spiritualized her behavior and held her up as an example.)
Or Jihadi Muslims giving themselves concussions and cracked skulls smashing their heads against the pavement at prayer times to show everyone else in the Mosque that THEY are More Muslim than Thou.
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Prefer ROSE to TULIP:
Risen with Christ
Openly among the Saints
Seeking Him
Ever grateful.
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Burwell wrote:
It would have been easier for the Neo-Cals to straighten the Presbyterians out on baptism, rather than trying to convince Southern Baptists to toss out God’s plan of salvation for whosoever will. Bottom-line, I think, is that SBC has more assets to pirate.
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Max wrote:
Max: The SBC boys are used to stealing. They did not support the SBC very much before they took the whole organization over. They said something to the effect they should not be asked to give to an organization that did not match its “beliefs.” Know the Neo-Cals are trying to do the same thing to the Non_cals. The SBC would never have fallen into the hands of the FUNDAMENTALISTS if the MODERATES had not been so Christ-like towards them. FUNDAMENTALISTS are AGGRESSIVE and MILITANT–characteristics that most MODERATES do not possess.
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This is a little off topic, but I thought it was hilarious!
http://babylonbee.com/news/fda-approves-ritalin-treat-hyper-calvinism/
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Headless Unicorn Guy wrote:
My mother brought me up to be a quiet, passive doormat who never shows anger.
When I was a teen and worked as a sales clerk, I had this co-worker (she was about a year younger than me) who harassed me for weeks before I finally went against my mother’s worldview and confronted this obnoxious girl in the staff room one day (with the boss’s permission).
The first time I confronted her, I was very angry BUT I kept my anger in check:
I was civil in how I spoke, did not raise my voice, did not use profanity or ad hominem.
But I made it very clear and plain I was tired of her verbal abuse and cattiness, and that if it did not stop, she would not like me the next time I had to pull her aside.
Because I did not appear threatening to her, she merely smirked at me and walked off when I was done talking. She resumed being a little jerk the next day at work.
I gave her another week or two, and I confronted her again in private (and again with the supervisor’s permission).
This time, I didn’t hold back. I was so angry at her, I was physically shaking, my face was red and purple, my voice was raised, and spittle was flying out of my mouth. I refrained from using personal insult or vulgarities, but I really let her have it.
I could tell from her facial expression she was afraid of me by this time. She even started crying at one point (which I told her only hacked me off even more, which it did. She was not the victim. I was.)
After that second encounter, she was very respectful towards me. She was sweet as pie to me the next day I came into work – a complete attitude change from her. I never had another problem with her.
I really hate how some people won’t take your polite correction and change. You have to explode in a rage and turn into The Hulk before they take you seriously.
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JYJames wrote:
Much better, and requires no twisting of scripture.
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@ Daisy:
i long ago learned a particular kind of ‘done’/cut direct that works very well with a certain type of obnoxious person. Certainly some people will not hear you if you are too nice, but you don’t always have to be loud for them to get the picture.
Bonus? If you do it right THEY get super mad and sometimes loud. And then you get quieter.
Not meant as a criticism, merely a comment on my personal style of dealing. Because when I am really and truly angry not just miffed I get quiet.
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dee wrote:
Dee, is there a way to read the entire conversation? I’m not on Twitter.
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@ Headless Unicorn Guy:
That’s the lesson I’ve learned for life on the internet. Going back for years there’s this one person who has for years been rather hateful but she had fooled some people for a while because they didn’t know her history. She couldn’t resist and finally showed her true colors. One of her BFF internet friends is still around, still playing her syrupy sweet passive aggressive game fooling people but I think some are starting to notice how she throws her digs in every chance she gets.
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@ Patriciamc:
As I told Lea above:
There were a few different Twitter conversations about it, this is just one:
https://twitter.com/wartwatch/status/747478891086888960
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Max wrote:
Agree completely. Mohler can create propaganda blurbs like “conservative resurgence” (proper term: fundamentalist takeover), but at the end of the day he sold out the denom and has essentially been derelict in his duty. The entire mammon loving crowd that gathers under the YRR banner has proven to be a cancer, and a decidedly un-Baptist one at that.
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@ Celia:
Oh! I should say you can’t be quiet and heard on the Internet. That sort of thing only works in person where you can really make a point.
You CAN ignore someone pointedly like the comp guys do with all women who make good points though.
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Divorce Minister wrote:
The difference is that Spurgeon was born again.
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I’m Wesleyan, not Calvinist of any stripe. Even John Wesley used the term total depravity.
Of course, not with the NeoCal meaning. More the traditional Calvinist meaning.
In those days “total depravity” mean every part of a person–body, mind, spirit–was affected by the fall. Why they used “total depravity” is beyond me, but they did.
Hypers–be they Cals or Arminians–tend to inflate it to mean “as bad as you can be or thoroughly depraved.” But that wasn’t even CALVIN’S meaning, LOL.
Personally I prefer “ruined by the fall, redeemed by the cross, regenerated by the Holy Spirit.” I think that was Moody?
Once had a Nazarene pastor say to think of the person as a meal. Total depravity means the hamburger is less than great, the fries are cold, and the drink is warm. It doesn’t mean every molecule of each of them is green with mold and slimey.
Now, these new puritans who claim to be reformed surely do read it that way. And some folks today are apt to be angry if you suggest they are not blue pure perfect.
Neither are right. We are not perfect, we do sin, and we do need a Savior. No point in going further than that! Or denying it!
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@ Lea:
Oh I know what you’re saying. I’m more like you in person where if I’m quiet I’m the maddest.
I’m just very sad today because some good people have been hurt while going through a difficult time because someone turned out to be different than what they’d thought. I know I’m not the only person who saw it coming but it’s still very sad.
A local Bible church we’ve known just had their Pastor resign. Hubby and I knew the people and some situations at the church and told our kids a couple of years ago that Pastor and his co Pastor will not be able to stay at that church together. One of them will lose the power struggle and leave. My kids are amazed at my ability to predict the future. I’m not a fortune teller, I’ve just been around the block way too many times and can spot the troublemakers pretty quickly and easily.
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@ Max:
Max, they believe they are entitled to all the stuff. They are the original “Founders” therefore they believe they’re only taking the SBC back to it’s rightful heritage. Never mind that the biggest growth of the SBC was through all those non Calvinists years.
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Max wrote:
NeoCalvinism’s “Exxon Valdez” and all its damage.
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@ Divorce Minister:
Both practice and doctrine. This is not Spurgeon’s Calvinism. A lot of the Calvinists I’ve known are very much enchanted with the Puritans which I think influences their practice.
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Celia wrote:
I think if the people in the pew saw how some religious leaders act behind closed doors they would be shocked. A lot of bullying goes on behind closed doors.
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@ Velour:
And think of all the wildlife (pew sitters) who have been harmed.
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Celia wrote:
Hmmmmmm …….. Calvinism makes a comeback, and baptisms and membership decline.
Are the two connected?
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@ mot:
Yep, there are people who can put on a good show but when you get behind the curtain you realize it’s just smoke and mirrors.
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@ Nancy2:
According to the Calvinists there is a connection just not the way you think. See all those numbers before were false conversions and not real. You can’t compare the Calvinists current numbers to those numbers because what they’re doing is REAL GOSPEL(TM) work.
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Daisy wrote:
I posted that story. Yep, sexist Muslim cleric with major medical problem being treated by medical team of all women -including women doctors – and helpless. Great picture. I think it was Egypt.
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@ Velour:
And people think God doesn’t have a sense of humor.
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Celia wrote:
So only conversions to CALVIN are real?
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Celia wrote:
And generations of “wildlife” to come who have been “contaminated” by NeoCalvinism’s toxic sludge.
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@ Headless Unicorn Guy:
Pretty much. Calvinist grow their churches by stealing members from other churches. The greatest mission field for a Calvinist is an existing non Calvinist church. That’s why they plant all those churches near existing churches. I think they have a special blend of coffee which lures the innocent and unsuspecting.
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@ Velour:
If only we could decontaminate it with some Dawn.
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Headless Unicorn Guy wrote:
Yes.
You will be going to a really bad place…FOREVER. God ALWAYS knew that.
Signed,
Elect club member John Calvin, Going 1st class to Heaven
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Celia wrote:
You read my mind!
I think of TWW as a wildlife sanctuary. Older birds who’ve been cleaned up help the younger ones.
Got my new feathers right here!
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This is a bit off-topic, but Driscoll was mentioned above, so I thought I’d give everyone an update.
I was out of state on Sunday, June 19, but returned in time (midnight, Saturday night!) for last Sunday, June 26. There were 69 cars in the lot, with only one out of state plate (California). It appears that Sunday school of some sort has started up, as children were being taken to the back building. The weather was hot, but overcast. I would have hated it if it had been bright and sunny.
I had a conversation with a young man and gave him a flyer. As usual, he asked me where I go to church. (I don’t, and my argument with Driscoll is pretty secular in focus.) I’m not going to go to church to give myself some credibility because it’s really not about me. I think the facts speak for themselves. I do tell people that there are plenty of conservative churches in Scottsdale where the pastors do not have the overwhelming problems Mark Driscoll left behind in Seattle.
Otherwise it was pretty low-key. I’m getting better about waving at people, which goes against my Aspie tendencies. Several people offered me water. I thanked them but I had brought my own.
Based on an email I got from Driscoll’s outfit (yep, I signed up for the mailing list), things are beginning to happen. Starting July 24, Sunday Bible study times will be at 9 am and 10:45 am. This means I will have to adjust my times for being out there so as to catch both groups (currently I’m out there at 9 am to catch the 9:30 start time). July 24 and 31 will be the soft launch days for Driscoll’s outfit, with the big public launch on August 7. I will say this, though: The numbers he’s pulling in now are not megachurch material.
If anyone is in the Phoenix area and would like to join me on a Sunday, you can just show up with your appropriate signs. I’d love to have at least one other person to cover the back entrance to the lot. A crowd would be great!
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@ Patriciamc:
I think she may write about it tomorrow.
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@ Nancy2:
Great comment!
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@ Lea:
I am usually quiet and soft spoken even when angry. That was the first approach I tried with the rude co-worker.
She blew me off then because she didn’t take me seriously- not until I blew my top off at her and raised the voice and showed anger.
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Deb wrote:
Cool. Thank you.
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Former CLCer wrote:
That is very funny. I’m surprised since I thought the founder/writer was a neo-cal. Lark News is great too, but I think they’ve slowed down on posting.
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Nancy2 wrote:
Since there are no altar calls in New Calvinist works, it’s tough to line up baptismal candidates. A young reformer at an SBC church plant near me uses social media to round up the elect. Periodically, he will post “Baptizing next Sunday! Sign up on Facebook!” This is the same youngster (a 29 year old “lead pastor”) who irreverently proclaimed on communion Sunday “I picked up the cheapest grape juice and crackers I could find at Walmart. Get some on the way out!” Did he learn how to abuse the sacraments like this at seminary? On the other hand, his church membership is increasing, not declining; I guess the Millennials like good preachin’ like this!
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Hi, All!
Yep. I’m still on the “women keeping silent” topic. I want to know what the Bible REALLY says.
I am now reading 1 Corinthians 14:34 based on the info at Bible Hub.
The interlinear Greek reads:
the women in the churches let them be silent not indeed it is allowed to them to speak but to be in submission as also the law says
http://biblehub.com/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-34.htm
My translation:
The women in the churches, let them be silent — NOT —
(no, nay — HELPS Word-studies
3756 ou ā no (“not”). 3756 (ou) objectively negates a statement, “ruling it out as fact.) http://biblehub.com/greek/3756.htm
— indeed it is allowed them to speak
(Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
preach, say, speak
A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words — preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter.) http://biblehub.com/greek/2980.htm
but
(except, however, nevertheless) http://biblehub.com/greek/2980.htm
in submission to the Lord (The previous verse mentions that God is a God of peace, not of disorder, so this “but” makes sense in context.)
(HELPS Word-studies
5293 hypotĆ”ssÅ (from 5259 /hypĆ³, “under” and 5021 /tĆ”ssÅ, “arrange”) ā properly, “under God’s arrangement,” i.e. submitting to the Lord (His plan).)http://biblehub.com/greek/5293.htm
just as
(according to the manner in which, in the degree that) http://biblehub.com/greek/2531.htm
indeed
(even, also, namely) http://biblehub.com/greek/2532.htm
the law
(mostly refers to the Mosaic Law, but can be read as “custom”.) Makes sense to me that Paul is referring back to the established order for worship about which he has just been teaching. http://biblehub.com/greek/3551.htm
agrees (or says).
http://biblehub.com/greek/3004.htm
So, that’s my reading (at this point) and I’m sticking to it.
btw, I will not go by trs.
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Celia wrote:
Yep, build the coffee lounge and they will come! Throw in some free pastries and you won’t be able to run them off … unless it becomes necessary to shun or excommunicate them, of course.
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The next verse I read as:
If, on the other hand, they (the wives) desire to ascertain anything. let them ask (or inquire of) their husbands at home; indeed it is dishonoring for a woman to chatter in church.
“desire” here is a really positive word indicating a good trait.
2309. thelĆ³ Strong’s Concordance
thelĆ³: to will, wish
Short Definition: I will, wish, desire
Definition: I will, wish, desire, am willing, intend, design.
HELPS Word-studies
Cognate: 2309 thĆ©lÅ (a primitive verb, NAS dictionary) ā to desire (wish, will), wanting what is best (optimal) because someone is ready and willing to act.
2309 /thĆ©lÅ (“to desire, wish”) is commonly used of the Lord extending His “best-offer” to the believer ā wanting (desiring) to birth His persuasion (faith) in them which also empowers, manifests His presence etc. See 2307 (thelÄma).
“ask” Get this!! Here’s what Paul tells WIMMIN to do.
HELPS Word-studies
1905 eperÅtĆ”Å (from epi, “on, fitting” intensifying 2065 /erÅtĆ”Å, “inquire, ask”) ā properly, ask appropriately (aptly), >>>>>*****done by someone on “preferred footing” who makes a request from a “preferred position.” <<<<<<<****** 2065 /erÅtĆ”Å ("ask pointedly") is the regular word Jesus used for making requests to the Father (Jn 14:16, 16:26,
17:9,15,20).
1. to accost one with an inquiry, put a question to, inquire of, ask, interrogate (į¼ĻĪÆ directive
2. by a usage foreign to the Greeks, to address one with a request or demand; to ask of or demand of one:
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
ask questions, demand, desire.
"speak"
This word can also mean to chatter. Maybe even "buzz." hah!
hence Ī»Ī±Ī»ĪµįæĪ½ is employed not only of men, especially when chatting and prattling, but also of animals (of birds, Mosch. 3, 47; of locusts, Theocritus, 5, 34;
Seems plausible that Paul is contrasting "right" speaking/participation in the established order of worship with disruptive chatter, and kindly effecting some needed "housekeeping" for the sake of the order of service.
Not only were the Gentiles being grafted into Hebrew worship, but the Temple rites themselves were under transformation. Plus the gentiles represented many gods and styles of worship. I'm sure the Apostles dealt with a lot of worship "housekeeping" issues.
http://biblehub.com/interlinear/1_corinthians/14-35.htm
All of the meanings can be accessed from the above site.
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@ Max:
“…irreverently proclaimed on communion Sunday āI picked up the cheapest grape juice and crackers I could find at Walmart. Get some on the way out!ā
That’s is horrible. This is the type of church which should be named and shamed. Is this an NAMB Plant or just a takeover?
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Divorce Minister wrote:
I do not categorize all Calvinist/Reformed theologians as YRR/Neo-Calvinist/Neo-Puritan/āCalvinistas.ā There are very specific āmarkersā that identify the differences between the Old-Line versus virulent New forms. FWIW, I outline what I see as those distinctive paradigm markers in this article I posted in 2012; the toxicity can often be found in an excessive degree of emphasis on a particular aspect, not merely having that aspect.
https://futuristguy.wordpress.com/2012/12/06/calvinistas/
I have experienced the differences between Old and New. Had it not been for a humble (and intellectually brilliant) Reformed Baptist pastor-church planter in the 1970s, I don’t know that I would still be following Christ. He and his wife opened their home and poured out pastoral care that basically called me back to life after a devastating church split that took three years before it finally destroyed the church where I’d become a born-again Christian.
I’ve also encountered more than a few YRR-type church planters and leaders. They present a stark contrast, with their emphasis on knowing an abstract theological system, and behavior modification to gain conformity but without necessarily underlying transformation through the Holy Spirit.
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David W wrote:
Lol! Was I predestined to add several extra letters to my moniker, turning it into gibberish? š
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Velour wrote:
Dawn is amazing stuff! We live in the woods, where it’s hard to keep poison Ivy in check. But smear some Dawn on the incipient reaction, wash and rinse thoroughly, and presto! It never gets to the weeping / oozing stage. Dawn nips it in the bud by stripping out the toxic oils. A colleague recommended this, and I thought he was nuts till I tried it. Ever since then, we’ve stocked up on Dawn by the case load. No, I don’t get a kickback from Dawn…really!!
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Doug Wilson is featured on Piper's site again today: http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/lgbt-basics. It's post-dated for tomorrow.
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Catholic Gate-Crasher wrote:
Yep. They told us at the ophthalmologist’s office that Dawn Original was the best for washing eyeglass lenses, either glass or plastic. Sure enough. So i tried it also for dishes and I love it.
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okrapod wrote:
If you use Dawn Original to bathe dogs and cats, it will kill the fleas. My daughter has even bathed her horse with it!
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ishy wrote:
“Manipulative”
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@ Patriciamc:
Haven’t you had that response before to when I stand up for the PCA? Well you, and Velour, will be happy to know that Mike Wilkerson showed up at my PCA church stumping for Redemption Groups to the adulation of multiple young staff members, and I haven’t been back.
I’m trying to say there are some distinctions between the gospel(TM)-centered world and the NAPARC. And sometimes, I feel like some of the anti-TGC conservative Presbyterians are just fine with the culty stuff, but are really cheesed off at their very un-Regulatory Principle of Worship presentation style.
@ Headless Unicorn Guy:
Yes.
@ Gram3:
I have no idea about that. The PCA definitely isn’t inherently saintly, but there are good churches that would be liked by a traditional evangelical and aren’t on Gospel Coalition/Gnostic Corporation’s Kool-Aid, yet. Also, evangelical PCA churches, as opposed to confessional PCA churches, typically don’t care if members hold to TULIP or not.
@ Bridget:
A moderate Presbyterian theologian would say that’s the difference between total and utter depravity. To me, total depravity is understanding that all of our lives always will be affected by sin, even our most holy of acts, and we rely on the Spirit to overcome.
@ Burwell:
When I take my tinfoil hat off, I’ll agree with that. When I put it back on, I’ll say that with belief in covenantal baptism as a sacrament, baptism testimonies of “I grew up in a religious family and always knew God, but after years of trying to earn my own salvation with my works and self-reliance, I finally understood the gospel(TM) here at __________ Church” won’t fly anymore and they can’t have that.
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@ okrapod:
I am uncertain that the number of Southern Baptists is accurate. Out of this 16 million number, there may be considerably less who are active on a local church’s rolls. Actively growing non charismatic Protestant churches may not be in predominantly white denominations.
What are Neo Calvinists doing with inactive members? Like the Puritan’s they love to prove their holiness through church discipline. I remember that pride filled boastful Mark Dever video on disciplining members to prove how good the pastors and elders are. At least I thought it was pride filled and boastful, like so much Nicereo Calvinism.
The chart above between traditional Southern Baptists and Reformed Baptists is an apt comparison.
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Celia wrote:
Is CP money being used for this blasphemy?
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Max wrote:
Even Muff Potter finds this as close to blasphemy as it can get.
Totally bereft of any reverence.
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Slightly off-topic, but adds some humor. It took awhile to find it, but thought somebody might enjoy this clip and comment from another site that deals with CT pastors’ abuse. Brought me to tears in more ways than one.
https://tacticsofcalvarytemple.wordpress.com/2016/03/06/yo-ho-yo-ho-a-pastors-oops-pirates-life-for-me/
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Muff Potter wrote:
I totally agree. Very shocking. Like, get out of the way, the lightening bolt is coming.
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Molly wrote:
Well done, and apparently accurate.
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Max wrote:
Just looking at the way this is written, I am wondering if the young man maybe felt ill at ease with presiding over the Lord’s Supper and using the words of sacred Scripture to do it? All I know is that his own words say more than what is on the surface. But what?
Priests imprisoned in the Russian Gulag system would have nothing more than a bit of cracker or crust to use, certainly no wine. But even there, it was never about the elements anyway.
My first impulse was to get really upset with the young ministers’ words, but there is something in them that stops me, and I don’t understand what it is.
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Off-topic, but I’m going on vacation and off commenting for the next week and a half.
Unfortunately, I’m flying back on the only day Eagle could have come north to the Gettysburg area to see me.
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@ Headless Unicorn Guy:
Safe journey.
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@ Headless Unicorn Guy:
Have a good vacation. We’ll miss your comments here.
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They’re on the move to Calvinize the world. It’s as if their bibles say: “Go into all the world and preach Calvin to the whole creation.” Here it is….the coming documentary film entitled “Calvinist.”
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1832273783/calvinist-documentary-film
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@ Darlene:
An epidemic?
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FW Rez wrote:
Per #1, I’ve heard Calvinists use the term ordinances for the Lord’s Supper and baptism. It’s Presbyterians that use the term *sacraments.*
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Max wrote:
Why don’t these pastors fresh out of seminary go to Reformed Baptist churches? They would fit right in there.
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Lowlandseer wrote:
One of the most dreadful things said in that article is the following:
“Unfortunately, today’s “John Evangelical” is not interested in condemning the world. He is rather more drawn to the idea of turning the church into some kind of show to which Mr. Worldly can come – and feel happy and at ease.”
Condemning the world? This is NOT preaching the Good News of the gospel of Jesus Christ! “For God sent the Son into the world, NOT TO CONDEMN THE WORLD, but that the world might be save through Him.” The Gospel of John 3:17
And now I think I understand why I couldn’t stand listening to that open air preacher back in the day before I was a Christian. He preached a condemning gospel, which was NO GOSPEL AT ALL!
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By the way, that view of “condemning the world” in preaching the gospel is what happens when one does not view Scripture through the lens of Jesus Christ.
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Darlene wrote:
shortly before his execution, the great Lutheran martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote these words:
” ‘The Church is the Church only when it exists for others…not dominating, but helping and serving”
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Lea wrote:
Lea, they can’t be Presbyterians if they hold to believer’s (credo) baptism. That’s why I’ve asked, why don’t they become Reformed Baptists?
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@ Christiane:
another Bonhoeffer contribution was this insight:
“āWe must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do,
and more in the light of what they suffer.ā
goodness knows Our Lord felt compassion for the suffering of others, and His Church was sent forth into the world as He was sent … would be good for the Church to be conformed to the same mind and the same heart of Christ
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Divorce Minister wrote:
DM, this is my viewpoint and some (or many) here at this site may differ with me. I think since the beginning of Calvinism, which of course started with John Calvin himself, the DNA is inextricably one of a cold, impersonal, judgmental, aloof, condemning God who looks upon His creation with disdain. It is a system that rejoices in God sending some to hell and choosing a small portion to be saved, all for His glory. And so we have sermons that are lauded by Calvinists such as Jonathan Edward’s “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” After reading that sermon, I don’t know how anyone could be comforted by God’s love. And then we have A.W. Pink – another man whose writings are lauded by Calvinists – who said, “The fact is, that the love of God, is a truth for the saints only, and to present it to the enemies of God is to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs.” I would not want to hear Pink preach the gospel. What about “But God shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” Rom 5:8 AND “For if while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of his son, much more surely, having been reconciled, will we be saved by his life.” Rom 5:10 That there have been any Christians that hold to Reformed tenets who have been/are kind and loving is due to the mercy and grace of God – NOT because of their doctrine. And that is a good thing, because I don’t think all Calvinists think through the implications and teleology of their doctrine. This new breed of Neo-Cals are just resurrecting the ghost of John Calvin himself. They are filled with Calvin’s DNA and fully convinced as Spurgeon said that “Calvinis IS the gospel.” They are strident, caustic, vitriolic, uncharitable, arrogant, and determined to Calvinize the church and society. They are more about Calvin than Christ and although they deny this, read their words and listen to their sermons which betray what they deny.
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@ Darlene:
“Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of Godās one and only Son.”
That’s the next verse Darlene.
And there are many more examples of warnings being given together with the call to repent.
The Heidelberg Catechism starts off by making the point that you need to know your sin, find God’s remedy for sin and live a life of gratitude thereafter.
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@ Headless Unicorn Guy:
“Happy Trails to you…..”
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@ Darlene:
What you are describing is what I would call “hyper-Calvinism” and it appears that it was a view held in many instances by Baptists rather than mainstream Reformed churches. I found this explanation helpful
http://www.theopedia.com/hyper-calvinism
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@ Lowlandseer:
And Jonathan Edwards finishes his sermon with what could be termed an "altar call".
"And now you have an extraordinary opportunity, a day wherein Christ has thrown the door of mercy wide open, and stands in calling and crying with a loud voice to poor sinners; a day wherein many are flocking to him, and pressing into the kingdom of God."
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Max wrote:
Our former church Pastor, referred to the Lord’s Supper, as juice and crackers. Couldn’t believe my ears. Was this a kindergarten class, or cheap disregard for communion, or ignorance?
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Catholic Gate-Crasher wrote:
I noticed that but thought the additional letters may have stood for something. š
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Max wrote:
“But let a man examine himself …… ”
This boy’s behavior is immature, disrespectful, irreverent, disgusting, and misleading to the congregation. Makes me wonder if he is truly saved!
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Catholic Gate-Crasher wrote:
All other dishwashing liquids are inferior to Dawn IMHO. š
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@ okrapod: Good to know!
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@ Headless Unicorn Guy:
Have a great vacation! Safe travels.
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@ Darlene: Agreed!
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@ Darlene:
That's my take as well. They can't embrace infant baptism practiced by the Presbyterian church.
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Lowlandseer wrote:
Yes. This is not at all the impression I get from my Presbyterian church. I think they’ve had longer to think it through to a more warm and fuzzy place.
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Deb wrote:
But, if they will invade traditional SBC churches through stealth and deception, change polity, change doctrine, what keeps them from doing the same to Presbyterian churches?
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Nancy2 wrote:
I am very thankful for TWW. If it was not for this site most Southern Baptists would not have a clue about the TAKEOVER by the Calvinists. My opinion is no one dares to challenge Al Mohler.
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All I can figure is Baptist churches are autonomous, while the Presbyterian denomination has a daunting structure of councils.
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@ mot:
I only wish more Southern Baptists knew what is really going on in their denomination.
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Deb wrote:
IMO the leaders are being silent about this current and upcoming disaster. I think Al Mohler and his cronies had put together a plan to takeover the SBC and particularly the assets and huge stream of money that has kept coming into the SBC coffers to this point in history.
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I know ESS belongs to earlier threads but now that Albert Mohler has entered the debate making outrageous claims, I thought you would be interested to read Carl Trueman’s response which quotes Bruce Ware’s admission that they are promoting something that the Church has never at any time endorsed. In other words, ESS is a false doctrine (my view).
http://www.alliancenet.org/mos/postcards-from-palookaville/a-reply-to-dr-mohler-on-nicene-trinitarianism?utm_source=Mortification+of+Spin&utm_campaign=471ad42be8-Postcards+From+Palookaville&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_8878352885-471ad42be8-119263361#.V3PCwJB4WK0
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@ Lowlandseer:
Thanks for this update. So much going on these days… And to think that I was hesitant to join Dee in our blogging venture because I didn't think there would be enough to write about…
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Deb wrote:
Deb: I love how Al Mohler has a blog but does not allow comments.
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@ Lowlandseer:
Which is strange since this sermon was preached to his congregation. He assumed they were not saved? Who wouldn’t respond if they did not know better than what Edwards taught about our Lord?
He describes our long suffering, patient and “Hesed” Yahweh as holding natural man over a pit of fire they deserve. How can this be when he also teaches that God does the choosing?
Marsden, in his bio of Edwards, describes some very gruesome suicides of a few Edwards was personally discipling.
I can see why.
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Lydia wrote:
Outstanding observation!
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Lowlandseer wrote:
Here is a quote:
“First, the debate is really not about Nicaea 325. It is about the Nicene Creed as agreed at Constantinople in 381. Thus, as I (and others) have noted before, the issues of inseparable operations and eternal generation are key to understanding whether oneās position is within or without the bounds of Nicene orthodoxy.
Second, as to motivation, I cannot speak for all involved in the discussion but I myself have no desire to damage evangelicalism or to assert egalitarianism. I simply want to know the precise status of Nicene orthodoxy in the American evangelical world ā surely a reasonable question, given evangelical claims to represent historic Christianity ā and, as a pastor, to counter the bad practical consequences of bad theology. No more, no less.
Third, Dr. Mohler mentions specifically the allegation that Drs. Grudem and Ware are not Nicene and dismisses such a claim as nonsense.”
So the debate is based on Creeds and who is really the right Nicene and who isn’t. It’s about the Systematic Theology of men but not about the Holy Spirit. The important thing is to know the precise Nicene orthodoxy in American evangelicalism?
To each his own but this pseudo intellectualism is another reason the Reformed world was such a big turn off to me.
Btw, Trueman is late to the issue. The people he teamed up with to exonerate Mahaney had been promoting ESS for years. Before that time, there had been plenty of blog chatter about it. It was no secret. I do wonder why he waited so long to speak up.
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Darlene wrote:
Darlene — amen, amen! I agree with every word.
I do have Calvinist friends who are “better than their creed” — wonderfully kind and loving. But the creed itself is just as you describe it, and IMHO some Calvinists do mirror it in their behavior toward others. Just my two cents’ worth FWIW.
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Lydia wrote:
This whole ESS thing has gotten beyond me at this point. I’m not a theology major and I don’t think they would want me to be, even if I showed up to learn.
I do care about how it is being used as a club against women and I appreciate Truman for saying that doesn’t track, even if he was late to it.
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Darlene wrote:
It looks like they won’t make their goal so maybe the world will be spared this absurdity.
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Bridget wrote:
That is unbelievable. I can not imagine wearing a shirt announcing to the world that I am a CALVINIST!!
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@ Lydia:
I don’t quote see what you’re driving at Lydia. On the one hand there is the justice of a holy God, and on the hand, the mercy of a gracious God. Both are preached, both are held in tension and, to me, are reconciled in Christ.
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“…on the other hand”
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@ Lydia:
I don’t think you can write off the Creeds as pseudo-intellectualism. They are a declaration and witness to the truth of God. They stand as a bulwark against error throughout the ages. Phillip Schaff describes it as part of the Christian witness and sees them as the spontaneous expression of the faith of the Church Herman Hoeksema says that creeds are to the church what testimony is to the believer. And they are not set in opposition to the workings and promptings of the Holy Spirit.
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@ Lowlandseer:
I have seen some strains of christianity described as ‘people of the creeds and councils’ as opposed the the sola scriptura strains of christianity. In my youth we (SBC) were not people of the creeds and councils and I was taught that to be such made you too much like a certain group which I shall not mention lest we have another prairie fire here.
One of the reasons I have so appreciated my current denominational affiliation and my current parish is that we are people of the creeds and councils, but only up to a point that is.
Anyhow, my point is that this has been an area of much disagreement, and I have been astonished that baptists are even discussing any creed(s) at all from pre-refomation days. As opposed to some statement of faith of their own devising which appears to be a de facto creed, of course.
And know this, that in some points the protestant understanding of the meaning of some statements in the Nicene (however delineated) creed differ from the understandings of some other christian belief systems. Anybody interested in that will have to look it up themselves; my explainer app is broken.
I am being so careful how I say things that I can barely talk in sentences. Phooey.
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Darlene wrote:
Agreed. It would be a better fit. Piper is a Reformed Baptist and the SBC-YRR love him. However, as noted earlier, SBC’s New Calvinist leaders need their young army to stick with them in order to take SBC back to its Civil War-era theological roots. They need the energy and rebellious behavior of youth to pull off SBC Calvinization, a strategy that is working.
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@ Lowlandseer:
I don’t really view Creeds that way. It might help to explain myself but at the same time assure you I am big on freedom of conscious so I don’t disparage your view, I just don’t understand it.
What Truman presented in his blog post was a disagreement on which Nicene was under debate. To me this is significant.
I admit that I was not raised as creedal. So when I started doing a lot of research and watching reformed discussions online, it really freaked me out. They were totally centered around which confession or Creed was the total biblical truth. Westminster, New Hampshire, Heidelberg, etc. So which Nicene? In my research I found 5 Creeds. Both Nicene’s are counted as one? :o)
The debates were circular and black holes. To me, they mirrored debates on Scripture interpretation except they were talking about a few men’s interpretation put into confession form and debating that instead.
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mot wrote:
Oh, but Al LOVES to hear from his readers. You can send him an email. š
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mot wrote:
And payin’ $50 for it??? Pahleeeeze! But, I’ll tell ya what, now. If they will pay me $50 per to take them, they can gimme two of ’em. I have this 10 month old hound dog that loves to play tug and chew things up – I’ll give one to her, and save the other to put on my scarecrow this fall!
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“Preaching A Different Gospel, Perhaps?”
hmmm…
Ā New Calvinism has become a 501(c)3 parasitic movement?
Why?
Their’s is the correct religious’establishment’s theological system and ‘other churches’ are not teaching these ‘Reformed’ doctrines.
What?
Ā Therefore the practice of propagating TULIP has become an overwhelming obsession with these pastorial individuals. (leding even to the takeover of Kind Folk’s established 501(c)3 congregations and fellowship halls.
Might makes right?
hmmm…
Ā They are so caught up in spreading their ‘Reformed’ belief system (I.e. Calvinism) , by stealth I might add, that they have lost sight of the reason for the church establishment to exist at all; –to give Jesus His proper place, to service the body of Christ according to ‘His words’, to bring all to the maturity of the faith in ‘Jesus Christ’, to share the good news of what Jesus’ resurection means, sharing the promised ‘offer’ of eternal life extended to each of us with others, to the building up in the faith as we await His promised coming.
Not propagating John Calvin’s ‘Christian Religion’ as presented in his 16th century writing, “The Institutes Of The Christian Religion”.Ā Let us be aware that the religious system as taught by John Calvin is sourced from 4th century Augustinian gnostic writings, and not from the Holy Scriptures.
Skreeeeeeeeeetch !
Ā In essence, we have ‘another gospel’, that Apostle Paul talked about in the New Testament.Ā
(Please remember Apostle Paul’s warning.)
Ā Apostle Paul warned that there is a different gospel, a perverted gospel, that is being preached by many pastors and elders. (Galatians 1:6-9)
Apostle Peter also explains this perverted gospel in II Peter 2:1-3.
Ā Apostle Peter teaches that false teachers or preachers will secretly introduce destructive heresies or deviations to the Gospel of Christ.Ā
Ā These false preachers will exploit people with made up stories and many will follow their shameful ways,
Ā These may include personal opinions, man-made doctrines or man’s religious practices or traditions that are contrary to the truth written in the Bible and therefore will result to a different Gospel – i.e. a perverted gospel. [1]
In II Peter 3:16, Apostle Peter speaks of twisting the scriptures.Ā Please be aware of this practice as this could be happening in a 501(c)3 church near you.
(Please see your bible for details…)
ATB
Sopy
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ref: [1] http://www.uniquebiblestudy.com/bible-study-guide-lessons-01e.htm
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Darlene wrote:
OK. Now this thing is taking on scary proportions!
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Nancy2 wrote:
A Calvinist scarecrow? That’s one that really needs a brain.
Thanks for the laugh.
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mot wrote:
Oh yeah. I’ve seen them wearing “Calvin Is My Homeboy” T-shirts and sporting long pointed beards like the one old John had. These folks are radical! You can also get Calvinus beer (I’m not kidding). Makes the Jesus movement of the 1960s pale in comparison.
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Lea wrote:
For many years, I took piano lessons from a Presbyterian minister’s wife, a lovely gracious woman. I met her husband who was a kind man and most certainly an honorable gentlemen in the best sense of the word. I saw no evidence in either individual of Calvinist-militant behaviors. They were gracious and kindly souls and when I hear ‘Presbyterian’, I still recall those good people.
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Max wrote:
I thought the SBC was anti-alcohol. How can CP money go to folks who do not follow its decrees?
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@ Lydia:
Thanks for taking the time to explain where you’re coming from. I tend to agree with you that such debates/discussions are hard going and I do try to keep out of them as much as possible. š
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I am being so careful how I say things that I can barely talk in sentences. Phooey.
Okrapod!!! I hope it’s not something I said. š
Yep, interfaith dialogue can be a mine field, that’s for sure.
But we can all agree that Dawn rocks, right?
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@ Catholic Gate-Crasher:
Nope, not anything that anybody said; just being cautious because it is so easy to (a) be misunderstood and (b) step on somebody’s toes.
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When I was in high school, my AP history teacher pointed out that every generation is an overreaction to the one before.
I look at a lot of church practices that way, including the creeds. They were necessary at the time they were written, as there were a lot of heresies, and very few people that had Bibles. But people can easily overreact and treat them as Scripture. We can also under-react and treat them like they don’t have a place and a purpose.
Baptists started as a reaction to those studying Scripture in the Reformation and not seeing paedobaptism in it. They moved farther away from the bigger Reformation movements and Catholicism as a reaction to those. Sometimes I think the Baptist deemphasis on anything regarding the mystery of God goes too far.
The hyper-Calvinists, on the other hand, appear to me to be mostly made of men who want to be powerful, but most of the world wouldn’t take them seriously. Basically, they’re a bunch of nerdy guys who wouldn’t make the team. Authoritarianism and complementarianism put them in charge of people in an absolute manner. They are overreacting to their lack of power by overreaching, and that will have long term consequences.
I was thinking earlier that new Calvinism can’t be sustainable. They are successful in the short term mostly because they’ve managed to hide what they are doing. They have to turn most people into peons to succeed, and that’s not going to work in the long term.
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On the subject of the early Creeds of the Church, I can understand that they were productive in matters of the ‘canon’;
and in settling the initial orthodox definitions of ‘Who Christ Is’ (the Divinity of Christ), the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity ….
the early Councils were responses to the heretical opinions that attacked Who Christ was, and I am certain from what I read about ESS (Eternal Subordination of the Son) that it would have been considered heresy by those early councils. ESS is a direct attack on the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity and on ‘Who Christ Is’.
That the Church was able to come together and resolve to effectively condemn the early heresies, does reveal something of its organic ability to work as ‘Church’ guided by the Holy Spirit, with devotion to receiving the deposits of faith from the Apostles and guarding them and passing them on to future believers intact. I respect the work of the early Councils, yes.
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@ Christiane:
My dad grew up in a Presbyterian church, and he’s one of the nicest men you could ever meet. One of my daughters attends a PCA church. I think it’s the Neo-Cals that are the problem, and MANY of them are Southern Baptist.
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Lowlandseer wrote:
It is a curious exercise, while the debate rages on whether salvation hinges on the sovereign God or mankind’s free will, some preachers imply it swings on their preaching. In my limited understanding theirs is a self serving resolution to the debate that elevates themselves and demotes both God and man.
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So heaven or hell depends on the pastor’s preaching. What arrogance!
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Christiane wrote:
I used to be on the paid staff as a youth director for a Presbyterian church. Not a single hint of neocalvinism there. Some very kind, low-key, humble people all around.
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FW Rez wrote:
It needs a heart, too. But, my dad, my brother, and my husband would kill me graveyard dead if I wasted a bunch of buckets, scrap metal, welding rods, and propane to build a tin man.
“Go together like oil and water”. …….. I’d tell Dorothy to leave that oil can alone!
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Lydia wrote:
On other threads I’ve pointed to the The Apostle’s Creed only as a set of markers which I adhere to, especially their supernatural components. Do I hold with what the rest of the post-Constantine fathers (and by extension the 16th cent. reformers) taught as absolute musts? Certainly not. I too am a firm believer in the freedom of conscience and I keep my own counsel as to what I believe or disbelieve.
And yes, theology (in my opinion) really is an arcane black hole with immense gravity that will suck you in and squeeze the very life out of you if you let it.
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Law Prof wrote:
I’ve been around a hand full of old school Calvinists – good people, not pushy. But, I have had no up-close-and-personal experience with the YRRs – lucky I live in a rural area! Over the last few years, guest speakers in our churches started quoting people, Piper… Dever…. etc. Huh? A church from the area where my husband attended Bible college sent me a copy of Piper’s “Don’t Waste Your Life” and recommended “Desiring God” to my husband. I had to get on the Internet and find out who these people are. It pained me to learn that Dever was born and raised in Madisonville, KY – a 40 minute drive from me! Glad he packed up and went to the DC area!
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@ mot:
In both Arminian and Calvinist camps, heaven or hell depends ultimately on acceptance or rejection of the Gospel. And yes, it depends on the pastor’s preaching. That is the essence of the Great Commission and the reason why Paul in Romans 10 asks “how can they hear without someone preaching to them…..how beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news.”
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@ okrapod:
I think Dee and Deb would appreciate any efforts to honor this at TWW:
“If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.” (Romans 12:18)
But I have had no sense that Dee and Deb are asking anyone to ‘walk on eggs’, no. I think that if people have been made to feel ‘uncomfortable’ here, that was never coming from Dee or Deb, no.
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Lowlandseer wrote:
No it does not. Preaching by a pastor on Sunday morning is ‘one’ way to hear the gospel. It is not, in my opinion what the gathering of believers is even for since those that need to hear the good news are not believers. Sharing the gospel with unbelievers can be done by any believer anywhere at anytime. It does not take a preacher on Sunday morning.
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Catholic Gate-Crasher wrote:
Dawn is great, but the downside is that it is so difficult to get all the soap bubbles off…
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Bridget wrote:
I’d venture to say that the pastor’s focus should not be on preaching the gospel in church. It should be on building up those already following Christ.
It’s everyone in the pews that should be preaching the gospel the rest of the week.
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From time to time somebody (perhaps I) will call something heresy. Heresy, actually, is determined by the winner of the debate(s), and heresy means what does not conform to the thinking of the winner. It really is a decent word to use, but it is only what it is and no more than that. That said, I am thinking that this is one of the reasons for the popularity of creeds, to help delineate our tribe (real believers) from the outsiders. I mean, what is the use of having a club if you can’t (a) define the rules for membership and (b) exclude people?
I did not say that this is the only reason for creeds or statements of faith and practice. I agree with the idea of defining basic beliefs. I did say that this is part of the reason for their popularity.
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Max wrote:
Is this the t-shirt you’ve seen?
http://301endlessyardsale.com/
There are a variety of styles available on the Internet.
A clear display of worshipping man, not God. š
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Gram3 wrote:
Try rinsing the Dawn soap bubbles off of a Great Pyrenees!
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Nancy2 wrote:
try a garden hose, if the dog will co-operate at all, LOL
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ishy wrote:
Building up, preparing, sending……… A sort of coach for a “Go ye therefore” team.
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Christiane wrote:
It takes two people. Egalitarian team work!
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@ Nancy2:
I can only imagine … LOL
getting ready to wash a dog? Put on a swimsuit and if necessary, a shower cap …. and let the games begin …. LOL š
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Our youth group did a fund raiser car wash and people brought their dogs and not just their cars. I thought that was a great idea. There were a lot of clean dogs and wet teens.
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Muff Potter wrote:
You might like this quote:
“”re-examine all you have been told in school or church or in any book, and dismiss whatever insults your own soul”
(Samuel Clemens, a.k.a. ‘Mark Twain’)
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Lowlandseer wrote:
I wonder if they’re surprised by the amount of push-back they’re getting. I think they’re so used to being worshipped and adored that this is throwing them for a loop.
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@ Muff Potter:
Seriously, on the topic of ‘conscience’,’authority’ may teach, it may offer guidance, and give direction, but for a Christian person, no ‘authority’ can EVER take the place of his or her own informed moral conscience.
It is possible that there is little or no recognition of the supreme importance of informed ‘conscience’ as moral guide within the neo-Cal doctrines? The whole control-obedience-submit-authority thing tells me that is a strong possibility.
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Christiane wrote:
A few years ago, our Great Pyrenees encountered a skunk in the dead of winter. It was so cold outside, we had to bathe the GP in the bath tub. He shook a few times – the shower curtain caught a lot of it, but we had to wipe down the bathroom from floor to ceiling and wall to wall. Took me weeks to get all of the dog fur off of everything!
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Patriciamc wrote:
I would bet that they’re more angry than surprised.
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Patriciamc wrote:
I beat they are freaking. They are not used to having to answer the people.
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Nancy2 wrote:
I wish people would just stand up to these religious bullies. Many of them could never hold an every day job if their lives depended on it. Seriously take the people and the money away.
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mot wrote:
And it’s not just girls they can ignore freely either!
Yes, I bet they are very annoyed.
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ishy wrote:
Oh man…that is so true. The ” kids” are now the Hyper-Cals, were somewhat ” jokes” in HS….Always wanted to be looked at as leaders, adored, and in truth, they were just ” run of the mill” guys who just never really stood out in anything they did…academics, sports, leadership, social skills….
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Christiane wrote:
Here’s something they teach as ‘fact’. You cannot trust your own Jiminy Cricket within, or your own moral compass for that matter, they are too hopelessly sullied by ‘sin’ to entertain in any serious fashion.
Nor is it just a Neo-Calvinist thing, Calvary Chapel teaches the same fiction, all backed up of course by a ‘plain’ and perspicuous reading of Scripture.
Voltaire was right on the money when he wrote:
āThose who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.ā
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Muff Potter wrote:
Muff, do you think they use that to justify their own over-the-top authoritarian behavior? It’s not love thy neighbor as thyself, but be master over thy neighbor.
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mot wrote:
Trueman cannot be dismissed as a female, a non-theologian, an egalitarian feminist, a liberal or even unReformed. He forgot as much church history yesterday as Mohler ever learned. That is why their boxers are bow-tied.
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Calvinism Not to Blame for Southern Baptist Decline, JD Greear Says
http://www.christianpost.com/news/calvinism-not-to-blame-for-southern-baptist-decline-jd-greear-165591/
June 29, 2016
Yeah. I’d say it’s not Calvinism alone, but Neo Calvinism plus gender complementarianism.
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@ Bridget:
I think you need to read the early chapters of Acts to get a better picture.
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Daisy wrote:
The comp stuff is why I left. (Well, also I hate modern church music and cutesy ‘relevant’ sermons and dumb videos…)
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@ Daisy:
From that article, they described Steve Gaines as "a more moderate Calvinist".
So there actually was NO non-Calvinist choice?
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A False Gospel: “Whatz Under Da Hood, Doc?”
hmmm…
Deb,
Ā hey,
“Glad tidings and good will towards ‘ALL’ Men”, perhaps?
huh?
Ā Found contained within the ‘Westminister Confession Of Faith’ are the following words:
“By the decree of God, for the manifestation of his glory, some men and angels are predestinated unto everlasting life; and others foreordained to everlasting death.”Ā
“These angels and men, thus predestinated, and foreordained, are particularly and unchangeably designed, and their number so certain and definite, that it cannot be either increased or diminished.
Those of mankind that are predestinated unto life, God, be- fore the foundation of the world was laid, according to his eternal and immutable purpose, and the secret counsel and good pleasure of his will, hath chosen, in Christ, unto everlasting glory, out of his mere free grace and love, without any foresight of faith, or good works, or perseverance in either of them, or any other thing in the creature, as conditions, or causes moving him thereunto; and all to the praise of his glorious grace.
“As God hath appointed the elect unto glory, so hath he, by the eternal and most free purpose of his will, foreordained all the means thereunto. Wherefore, they who are elected, being fallen in Adam, are redeemed by Christ, are effectually called unto faith in Christ by his Spirit working in due season, are justified, adopted, sanctified, and kept by his power, through faith, unto salvation. Neither are any other redeemed by Christ, effectually called, justified, adopted, sanc- tified, and saved, but the elect only.”
“The rest of mankind God was pleased, according to the unsearchable counsel of his own will, whereby he extendeth or withholdeth mercy, as he pleaseth, for the glory of his sovereign power over his creatures, to pass by; and to ordain them to dishonor and wrath for their sin, to the praise of his glorious justice.
The doctrine of this high mystery of predestination is to be handled with special prudence and care, that men, attending the will of God revealed in his Word, and yielding obedience thereunto, may, from the certainty of their effectual vocation, be assured of their eternal election. So shall this doctrine afford matter of praise, reverence, and admiration of God; and of humility, diligence, and abundant consolation to all that sincerely obey the gospel.”
Please note: This is pure John Calvin, as found his writing, the “Institutes Of The Christian Religion”. The origins of this material comes from the 4th century ‘gnostic’ writings of Augustine.
All PCA Pastors, elders, and deacons pleg an affirmation that they give firm ascent or credence to these above words.Ā
Please take additional note: without this positive affirmation, –they can not preach, teach, or serve the PCA church in any ‘offical’ capacity.
True or False –You decide.
(See your bible, also the “Westminister Confession Of Faith”Ā for further details.)
ATB Ā š
Sopy
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Christiane wrote:
Was that your sly way of demonstrating the meaning of the word “winsome” for those who were wondering? š
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@ Daisy:
From the article:
“Revolution wherein Barna observes that “most churched Christians believe that since they are not gifted in evangelism, such outreach is not a significant responsibility of theirs,” “
Well, well, now. I wonder h
What percentage of those “churched Christians” are submissive women who cannot teach men?
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@ Daisy:
From the article:
“Revolution wherein Barna observes that “most churched Christians believe that since they are not gifted in evangelism, such outreach is not a significant responsibility of theirs,” “
Well, well, now. I wonder what percentage of those “churched Christians” are submissive women who cannot teach men?
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Lea wrote:
It just gripes me that it takes an educated theologian from inside their tribe before they even acknowledge what so many other theologians and pew sitters (who studied it) had pointed out 10 years before. It is more of the absolute guru focus driven aspect of evangelicalism that scares me. Everyone else could be flicked away as ignorant rubes. Even Giles! Cheryl Schatz recognized it right away because of her work with cults. She made an in depth DVD about ESS.
It is more about the authoritarianism (titles,councils, creeds, courts, etc) that surrounds that brand of reformed system than anything else with me.
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@ Nancy2:
Eewwww. iPad has a mind of it’s own?
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@ Lowlandseer:
I can certainly read them again, but it is not like I have not read Acts many times in my 35 years as a believer.
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Mot, this is the purpose of Pound Sand Ministries: tell men who are abusing the ‘gospel’, who will not listen to reason and act as though they have an immunity card to verbally abuse those who question or disagree, to pound sand. Winsomely and with a smile, of course.
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Daisy wrote:
It’s also bad journalism to be one of the leaders of a movement and claim it’s not your fault in a newspaper.
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siteseer wrote:
Tee hee. If me and/or my daughter ever go all “winsome”, you’d better watch your back!
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Lydia wrote:
And this is why I have such little respect for the men discussed on this blog.
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siteseer wrote:
Oh, this reminds me that I came up with a better definition of winsome this morning. I like the porcelain doll analogy, but add a pull string to repeat the words of the owner.
It’s clearly not winsome if you have an opinion of your own.
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Nancy2 wrote:
LOL!!!! Our neighbors have two Great Pyrenees. When they appear in our woods (which generally drives *my* dog into a paroxysm of turf-protecting barking), they look like two giant snow-covered marshmallows, off in the distance.
Very impressive poochies! Which is why my medium-sized mongrel always barks at them from a *very* safe distance.
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ishy wrote:
Ah, “Child’s Play”. ; ^ )
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Christiane wrote:
Oh yes. The difference was there was not a big push to convert Christians to Calvinism. Many moons ago I did a lot of business with the Presbyterian seminary. Fantastic people who paid right on time, too, I might add . :o) My take at the time was they were more interested in individuals than they were in precise doctrine. A better way, I think.
I think the problem comes when “Christians” are told over and over they do not know the true gospel only to find the Good News is really Calvin not Jesus. :o(
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Catholic Gate-Crasher wrote:
Our GP’s name is Bumbles, in honor of the snow monster on “Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer”. “Bumbles bounce!”
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Lydia wrote:
The good news: either you are elect, or you are not. No decision required on your part.
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Nancy2 wrote:
CBMYWOMAN.
Council for Biblical Manhood and You Womanly Other ManWannabes Are Not.
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@ Nancy2:
Oh goodness, you people and your big dogs. I had a dog once who was criminally insane. She was a chihuahua. What ever would I have done if she had been any bigger than she was!
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Lowlandseer wrote:
I don’t really understand this. It is 2000 years later. Most “preaching” today is to the choir, so to speak. It is done inside the church, for the most part, to people who chose to be there. I am not really mapping your assertion in terms of American Christianity. Are you suggesting that preaching activates election?
I keep thinking of Romans 1, for example. Because of creation, we are without excuse…to paraphrase. And the little Hindu girl sent to be a temple prostitute at age 6 who never was preached to with the Good News. (My daughter asked me this while reading a bio of Amy Carmicheal)
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okrapod wrote:
Bumble D. is harmless. I call him an organic alarm system!
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Nancy2 wrote:
I was still pondering the rinsing of Dawn off the horse!
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Lydia wrote:
That’s how I see it so far. I haven’t fully joined them yet, but I’m getting close. They seem nice, have women in all levels of leadership have several nice community ministries..
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BL wrote:
Or ……. CBMWW.
Council for Biblical Manhood and Winsome Womanhood.
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Lydia wrote:
Put on a swim suit and sit on the horse with a garden hose.
Luckily, my daughter’s horse is very well behaved!
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@ okrapod:
FYI: Pay no mind to Bumbles. Watch out for our coon hound and our pitbull mix!
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Lydia wrote:
This is my comment that Lowlandseer was responding to:
Bridget wrote:
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okrapod wrote:
I had a half pyr/half lab once. Sweetest dog ever but drove me crazy breaking down the back fence to go swim in the lake.
One time I woke up at 3/4 am, she had been swimming and had come home and was sitting in my front yard and scared the dickens out of the guy delivering papers by barking very deeply at him!
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Nancy2 wrote:
This city girl loves that! Lesson: if the horse takes off let go of the hose!
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Christiane wrote:
It has occurred to me that the young preacher was being ‘satirical’ in this sense:
‘Satire’ makes fun of a person, idea, or institution
and
the purpose of ‘satire’ is not just to entertain, but also to inform or make people think.
I am looking at the young man’s words, and I am also thinking about the attacks on Our Lord in the form of ESS.
I am also thinking of how the young man, without even realizing it, has been able to take advantage of the removal of this phrase from the 1963 Baptist Faith & Message: ” The criterion by which the Bible is to be interpreted is Jesus Christ”
I am seeing a ‘pattern’ that exists in the neo-Cal teachings that is probably being expressed indirectly by the young preacher’s words in the form of ‘satire’. If so, he does two things: he sends a message to his own tribe of his own loyalty to them, AND it appears he is using satire to undermine the traditional reverence of the Southern Baptist people for their celebration of the Lord’s Supper as ‘ordinance’ with all respect and dignity.
All this is my own opinion or conjecture, and for what it’s worth, a way for me to try to ponder what is going on, that a young minister could be in so much trouble and maybe not even be aware of it.
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roebuck wrote:
That’s what most people think of when considering the term complementarian.
The problem is that those who coined the term were trying to come up with another moniker to replace patriarchy.
They didn’t want to actually replace patriarchy itself, they just wanted to replace the name for it; making it a little fuzzier and warmer.
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Christiane wrote:
I would say more flippant than satirical.
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@ Bridget:
I also think discipling is more about modeling Christ in terms of love, justice, etc than being accountable to a human authority figure/mediator. That can be done anywhere, anytime. As in the Christians were running to the plague victims not away from them.
Living as a witness is a witness. Easier said than done, though. I don’t think it means being a door mat, either. People get sucked into the various forms of love bombing but trust and honesty are long term.
I think pastors who teach that about preaching are not thinking through the 1st century situation. But it is a way to present job security. :o)
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Lowlandseer wrote:
The Bible makes a distinction between preaching the gospel to the world and preaching the Word to the church. All Christians are commanded to preach the gospel in Mark 16:15, and “in all the world”. Romans 10:15 says that you can’t preach unless you are sent.
In the early chapters of Acts they didn’t have churches yet. They were meeting in the temple and in public places. The Jews at the temple were predominately not Christians, and not preaching Christ.
The emphasis in Greek is also not on the preacher at all, but on the gospel and God’s Word. It’s God who does the work. “For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.” 2 Cor. 4:5
This idea that you should bring your friends to church to get them saved by the pastor is nowhere in the Bible. You should be getting them saved before they ever step foot in the church.
https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?t=kjv&strongs=g2784
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@ Lea:
perhaps you’re right …. he wasn’t very subtle, was he?
in ‘satire’, usually the mission is to make fun of the ‘established way’ but to do it indirectly so as to not bring down the wrath of the establishment because the subtlety provides enough cover (think ‘Gulliver’s Travels)
Satire is VERY powerful in the right hands, but the poor young man isn’t very subtle at all. Yeah, I can see the immaturity in him.
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Gram3 wrote:
Is the woman submitting to her husband’s demands? That makes it biblical!
Is laughter bubbling up throughout the internet over the latest glorified example of a husband ruling over his kitchen fiefdom issuing decrees to his wife on the soap-status of each rinsed dish? That makes us a joke, so take down the offending post, and let’s say it was unbiblical if anyone asks about it.
This intense focus on patriarchy as it plays out in the real world, is destructive to women & children and does a dis-service to many men, as well.
Some men who do not have a controlling nature feel neutered when they fail to meet up with the manly-man mold of husbanding, superimposing a false expectation upon themselves, and failing to be what God called them to be.
Some men who do have a controlling nature feel justified in exacting obedience/submission from their wife to their every whim & desire in minute detail, and failing to be what God called them to be.
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ishy wrote:
I disagree, on a technicality. They had the church. They just didn’t call a building “church”.
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Lea wrote:
I am confused…
Three years ago Steve Gaines spoke at the John 3:16 conference. A Baptist Press article reporting on the conference included the following statement:
It doesn't sound like he was in the Calvinism camp at the time of this conference. Has Gaines changed his position during the last three years?
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BL wrote:
I ain’t got any use for men like that.
My husband and I both rinse the soap bubbles, and I happen to be the one who sharpens the knives. ; ^ )
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Nancy2 wrote:
And all members were to participate. It was not a one man show.
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Deb wrote:
Or, is it stealth and deception? Who knows?
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Daisy wrote:
I have had one occasion when my presentation must have been groveling enough, because instead of the leadership addressing my FITB bad attitude – I was told that I was on the edge of deception, and before the conversation was over, I was informed I was DEEP in deception, said with much regret of course.
So, they couldn’t nail me with pride, rebellion, arrogance, disobedience, divisiveness, disrespectfulness – so, they were able to discount it all because I was deceived.
No details of the supposed deception were ever given. (rolling eyes)
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@ Nancy2:
Definitely something worth checking into…
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BL wrote:
Funny how all roads here lead to the ‘rome’ of ‘women are wrong and should sit down and shut up and let the men folks handle things’…
Deb wrote:
No clue. But the article more than once described him as the more partly reformed and even goes through tulip points!
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ishy wrote:
The whole idea about the pastor/elder being of such great importance is backwards as well.
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@ Lea:
Here's an excerpt from the Christianity Today article that reported on the recent 2016 SBC gathering.
http://www.christianitytoday.com/gleanings/2016/june/southern-baptists-pick-president-steve-gaines-j-d-greear.html
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@ Deb:
Maybe a Neo Cal wrote the article? They tend to view people that way. And it came off as a puff piece on Greear and apologetic for the Neo Cal SBC movement.
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Another article about Steve Gaines:
http://www.contemporarycalvinist.com/
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Deb wrote:
Yes, but HOW should it be taught?
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Nancy2 wrote:
Are these examples of soap bubble egalitarianism? š
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Nancy2 wrote:
I don’t think Gaines is Neo Cal. He IS a mega church pastor which brings similar problems. I bet we will see him invited to speak at some TGC or T4G or similar venue and he will accept. Unity, you know and who couldn’t use some of the conference circuit speaking fees? Patterson is doing it.
Gaines and JD Greear are not that far apart when it comes to being stage personas.
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Lydia wrote:
The horse is not rinsed until a man says it is rinsed.
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K.D. wrote:
When I was at SEBTS, I took a class on cults?
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Gram3 wrote:
A man might think twice about that when she is on a horse holding a hose like a warrior princess. :o)
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ishy wrote:
Was it about doctrinal cults? They tend to ignore the sociological aspect of cults. Gee, I wonder why?
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Lydia wrote:
It covered both to some extent. It was an overview, but they did have a good bit on inboarding techniques of cults. It was a summer week-long class (8 hours a day), and they had a guest speaker who had been a Scientologist. So he had a lot to say about how cults pull people in.
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Christiane wrote:
I’ve had trouble finding a swimsuit to fit my dog, although I did cut ear holes in my shower cap for her. š
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BL wrote:
There is nothing in the Female Subordinationist dogma that makes good people better. It does, however, give some cover to people who are not good yet want to appear to be so. Controlling leads to manipulation and passive aggression or, worse, covert aggression. A good man is not a better man due to observing Female Subordination, and a good woman is not a better woman due to observing Female Subordination.
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Deb wrote:
Agreed. Especially since Gaines is our new SBC prez!
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okrapod wrote:
LOL. š
If this is a reference to me, I can assure you that I am not usually holding any matches or gasoline cans. Nor am I desirous of starting a bonfire when & if the Catholic Church is mentioned, referenced, or discussed.
You are correct that Southern Baptists were not creedal.
I personally didn’t encounter an anti-papal foundation to this anti-creedal attitude, as much as I viewed it as a response based upon the Baptist tendency toward prickliness & resistance (multiplied by the Southern aspects) toward anyone and anything set up as some sort of final authority outside of, or in addition to, Scripture.
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Lydia wrote:
Baaahhhaaahhaaaa!l
My daughter is out here at the farm right now. She went blackberry pickin’ with a semi-automatic on her hip!
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Lea wrote:
Men who disagree with the leadership are treated in exactly the same way.
But, it takes leadership a little longer to squelch the men, with women they have shortcuts. l)
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@ Friend:
LOL … now THAT’s funny š
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Friend wrote:
Our dogs just skinny-dip!
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Daisy wrote:
But aren’t the two inseparable?
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Nancy2 wrote:
where ARE you? Afghanistan? Iraq? Texas? š
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ishy wrote:
They did not have one when I was at SWBTS, but I would have taken it…..but makes you wonder just what they would consider cults?
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Nancy2 wrote:
LOL! Too cute!
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Friend wrote:
Bwahaha!
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Christiane wrote:
You kid about a semi-auto on their hip while berry picking….but this is sort of normal here in Texas…my Mother had a Bond Arms derringer in .410 shotgun in her pocket the last time she picked blackberries….
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@ Deb:
I’m pretty sure Steve Gaines signed the Traditionalist Statement which makes him a heretic according to Al Mohler. Steve Gaines was not supposed to win the Presidency. He was not the pick of Al Mohler. Greer was. Rumor on the ground is that the vote was very close and the Parlimentarian screwed up in how he threw out some of the votes. Candidates have to reach 50% +1 to win. So a third ballot was scheduled for Wed. By Wed a lot of people have left the convention, so the thought was Greer would benefit and win. The Trad camp was going to contest the way the 2nd ballot was handled and they were going to win because of the screw up. So to save face and to keep the young Calvinists from pitching a fit thinking Trads had somehow stolen the election even though Gaines had rightfully won the PTB had Gaines and Greer humbly come out and proclaim they were led to withdraw. Greer was the one to withdraw and declared the bestest, humblest, greatest, most awesomest person ever to live because of this. Make no mistake though, this is the first President in many a moon that was not elected with the approval of Al Mohler. It will be interesting next year to see if Gaines is allowed in a traditional unopposed 2nd year or if Mohler will decide it’s Greer’s turn. And yes there are a lot of things to be said about Steve Gaines but one thing to be said is that he and Al Mohler are not playing for the same team in the SBC. This was a loss for the Calvinists.
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@ K.D.:
after I typed ‘Texas’, it came to me: SNAKES !!!
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Christiane wrote:
Exactly!
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K.D. wrote:
I was giving this as an example of how they should teach about hyper-Calvinism — like a cult.
The class itself was way before all this, and covered JW, the ICC, and focused on Scientology, as that was the guest’s past. He ran a ministry which did interventions for people from Scientology. We also took a trip to the Mormon temple, though I do not think they employ cultic inboarding practices. The readings were considerably more detailed, and pulled from a range of cults. I don’t remember now what we read, but it was a lot.
Actually, it had people from all 6 seminaries, and was in Phoenix the week before the SBC convention. We all got passes to watch the convention. My mom’s family lived in Phoenix, so I didn’t have to pay for a room and I got to visit grandma.
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A bit ago I planted a blackberry patch in my back forty, apparently oblivious to the famous attraction between blackberries and rattlesnakes. Fortunately all went well. Blind luck I am thinking.
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@ K.D.:
I remember blue-berry picking in the mountains of Massachusetts, off of the Mohawk Trail. My aunt had warned us about bears. So my cousin hides in the bushes, and after I am completely engrossed in a large berry patch, he rustles a paper bag and growls.
FIRST i PEED AND THEN I RAN. All the way to the lake nearby and into the water, shoes and all. (It was the only way to go back to Aunt Rhoda’s house with any dignity as jumping in the ‘lake’ provided cover for being wet.) If I’d had a gun and aimed at the growling bushes, cousin Larry would probably be dead. Good times, those long-ago days.
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Lydia wrote:
Simple.
Doctrine is of God.
Sociology is of Stan.
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Words vs actions.
If the ‘right’ words are uttered, then the wrong actions don’t matter.
So, if you have the ‘right’ doctrine, you can be an abusive, arrogant, adulterous, plagiarizing, greedy, lime-light loving leader, and you will seldom, if ever, be corrected publicly – for your *actions*.
But, I know you knew that already! š
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Gram3 wrote:
I quoted it all, ’cause I just wanted to see it again. š
People are no longer husband and wife, they are husband-role and wife-role.
Weird AND fake.
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Christiane wrote:
Rural Southern Kentucky – Todd County!
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K.D. wrote:
Gotta be prepared for things that crawl on their bellies!
Little Miss Lizzie (dog) got bit on the snout by a copperhead Friday night.
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@ K.D.:
Oh, I’m not kidding. I have the hide from 4′ 9 3/4″ Eastern Timber rattler hanging on my wall. Had a copperhead bite one of our dogs last summer in our yard, on my birthday. We live in snake territory.
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BL wrote:
I don’t think that’s what she meant. I think she meant how cults bring and keep people in the fold by manipulation and force. It’s a distinction between Buddism, a world religion, and Scientology, who manipulates people into joining then prevents them from leaving.
12 Signs of a Cult: http://www.csj.org/infoserv_cult101/checklis.htm
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Deb wrote:
Someone should remind Gaines–Moderates are not allowed in the SBC.
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@ Nancy2:
PS, KD. My husband has a mounted bobcat on the wall. The dogs treed it not too far from the chicken coop!
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ishy wrote:
goodness, neo-Cals seem to tick off a lot of those boxes, so maybe an analysis of what SBC seminaries are teaching these up-and-coming neo-call YRR’s would be interesting to see
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ishy wrote:
Who is Stan? š
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ishy wrote:
Oh, perhaps I misunderstood then. (Wouldn’t be the first time!)
I thought that Lydia was referencing the tendency for churchianity to believe that a Christian group with good doctrine can’t be a cult.
In that the Christian cult is being assessed by its *doctrine* (and judged good) as opposed to assessing it by its sociology (which is cultish & bad, but doesn’t even come up into consideration).
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Oh my gosh, though — that “12 Signs of Cult” site is so Web 1.0. I felt as if I had been Tardis-ed back to 1997! LOL!
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Catholic Gate-Crasher wrote:
AKA Satin! LOL
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Catholic Gate-Crasher wrote:
Ha!
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@ Deb:
That’s the answer! Gaines is “traditional”; Greear is “contemporary”. Perhaps the answer to the Calvinist vs. New Calvinist dilemma is for churches to hold two Sunday morning services structured around the respective theologies. Something like this is already being done with music format in a lot of SBC churches; some in my area hold two services for hymns-only folks and the contemporary music folks. And then there are those which hold “blended” services with both music styles. Of course, blending theology is already proving not to be a good idea in SBC ranks!
(Just kidding about all this. SBC needs to decide which way it is going to go. Two different plans of God’s salvation cannot peacefully coexist in a single denomination going forward.)
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Nancy2 wrote:
Why the gun? Are blackberries dangerous in your parts?
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Max wrote:
Whoops, I meant to say “Non-Calvinist vs. New Calvinist dilemma”
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@ Nancy2:
On the bright side, come TEOTWAWKI you all ought to be able to survive on rattlesnake meat and kudzu.
But back to seriousness, I live in the city and we have periodic sightings of some black bear or other wandering around. Usually a young one about to get himself in trouble. I have some bear spray for when we go camping, but I don’t carry it around in the city of course.
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Max wrote:
understated phrase for ‘train wreck’
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Max wrote:
Don’t laugh. Our parish has one service for the older cradle Episcopalians who have been there forever and who do not care for (approve of?) the anglo-catholic bent of the other two services. There are not a lot of them, but their preferences are treated with respect and accommodations are made. Then of the other two masses, one is a sung mass (chant, incense and such) and one is not sung.
So, accommodations are made for a degree of theological difference as well as accommodations for a degree of liturgical preference. I don’t seen anything wrong with that at all. But then, if one thinks that every detail of their theology and preferences are a direct revelation of eternal and comprehensive truth to be forced on all humanity I guess it would not work too well.
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mot wrote:
Yes, SBC has passed several resolutions over the years in opposition to the manufacturing, distribution, sale, and consumption of alcoholic beverages. SBC’s New Calvinists appear to be ignoring this … just like they don’t give a big whoop about anything traditional Southern Baptists stand for. Acts 29 has a liberal view on alcohol consumption, and a growing number of SBC churches have dual affiliation with Acts 29. It appears that this age-old stance on alcohol by Southern Baptists will fall by the wayside, much like playing cards, dancing, and drums in church. Of course, to my knowledge, none of those things have killed folks like drunk drivers. But, I understand that Christians weigh in on both sides of this issue, so I don’t have a real problem with such secondary disputes … it’s the primary disputes that I key in on – like tossing out God’s plan of salvation for ALL people!
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Christiane wrote:
Exactly why I think they should be taught as a cult. Any group that tries to force people to join, and then tries to force them from leaving is a cult in my book. I don’t care what they believe.
BL wrote:
Perhaps that, too. But I’m of the opinion that you pretty much have to have some bad doctrine to be a cult. But I see the doctrine being a lesser issue in cults, because what they really want is power and control.
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Catholic Gate-Crasher wrote:
Yeah, it is. They really need to update. But I still think it’s the clearest quicklist out there for signs of cults.
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Max wrote:
One summer when I was in Eastern Kentucky for a locum tenens they told me that the baptist preachers preached against drinking while the taxi drivers sold alcohol out of their car trunks. They said that as long as this went on the county stayed dry and it was good for everybody’s business, the preachers and the taxi drivers.
BTW, there are some fine people in that part of the state based on my limited experience there.
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@ Darlene:
Oh. My. Word.
Can you imagine the uproar over something called Finneyism? (They despise the Abolitionist Finney who also served as President of Oberlin.)
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@ BL:
Bingo.
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@ BL:
Ummm. I call the roles daughter/wife and Daddy/husband. It is creepier that way. But no less true concerning the roles they promote.
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@ Nancy2:
Your comments remind me of my childhood when the city cousins went to stay with the country cousins every summer. It was like going to a foreign country. We were taken snipe hunting and subjected to all sorts of creepy Crawley warnings, kicked by donkeys, horses avoiding us, forgetful of electric fences and holding on for dear life on the tractor. Chiggers were not created by God! They are of the fall!
We were like deer in the headlights for 2 weeks –but a bit tougher each summer. :o)
And there really is something special about eating what you picked that day. I still cannot find tomatoes that good.
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okrapod wrote:
Oh my. I think of all the times I picked blackberries in my great uncle’s yard.
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BL wrote:
Yes that is exactly what I was thinking. Cult is a very controversial word. Thought Reform works better but TR is cultic. Driscoll, Mahaney, Piper, Mohler. etc, etc practice all 8 characteristics of Thought Reform.
“Cult” seems have the imagery of a compound in Utah or Hari Krishnas selling flowers at the airport or mass Moonie weddings. Remember those?
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Oh snap!
http://sbcvoices.com/an-interesting-observation-about-sound-doctrine/#comment-325280
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Patriciamc wrote:
I just erased it off my bucket list. :o)
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Celia wrote:
From the article:
“He closes the chapter in verse 15 with this command:
Declare these things; exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard you.
That is like red meat to the young theological warriors of our day, right? (And even to old theology fogeys like me!) Here is Paul commanding them to get their theology in order. Read more systematics. Browse Grudem again. Get into more arguments about the ordo salutis and the interaction of Godās sovereignty and human responsibility. Letās compare our systems on soteriology, eschatology, pneumatology, and all the other ologies. Theology matters. Doctrine matters. Wave the flag!”
Of course! Paul was advocating more ST! Sheesh!
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Lydia wrote:
Oh, yes! I remember well.
Maranatha Campus Ministries went with arranged marriages too. Though not of the mass kind like the Moonies.
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I just read the ‘Kitty’ comments on ESS and Grudem over at SBCvoices, and she brings up Mohler’s criticism of the teachings of ‘three wills’ in the Trinity
What follows is the predictable response to her from David Miller, an ardent Grudem fan-boy.
Love it when there are comments on Voices from strong women who are not afraid to speak up. Almost always, they are ‘spoken to’ and the attempt is made to put them in their place, but Kitty didn’t give up.
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Celia wrote:
Wow. I am a bit surprised ESS is getting any traction there. Dave Miller:
“Kitty, anyone who says that Grudem is “out of their league” in a theological debate, is probably arguing from prejudice, not reality. He’s a brilliant theologian and it’s ignorant to insult him.
Now, can we return to the topic of the post and not turn this into an ESS debate?”
So, according to Miller, Kitty is ignorant for disagreeing with the brilliant Grudem on ESS.
See why it is impossible to be in an SBC church anymore?
I did not think the ESS thing would gain traction but it is as Al Mohler weighed in and tells us to be humble about heresy. ( This just cracks me up as in said fox to chicken)
http://peterlumpkins.typepad.com/peter_lumpkins/2016/06/al-mohler-on-heresy-lets-show-humilitysometimes.html
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Ā __
“Ize Heaven Bound?”
hmmm…
Mot,
Ā Yes, going to God’s Heaven, now depends on hearing the good news of God’s dear Son, Jesus, and receiving it: this message has faithfully gone forth for some 2000 years.Ā
(see your bible for details)
You bet! Everyone who believes in Jesus may have eternal life: cause God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through His Son Jesus. This is the good news of the gospel! It is yours to hear and receive!
Yep, and Jesus is coming back Too! Today, Tomorrow, many years from now? God knows!Ā Is God sloooow to keep His promise? Nada! Our Lord is not slow to fulfill His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with us, not wanting anyone to perish, but that everyone would to come to repentance. Ā God always knows what He is doing. Truly, He always has a plan, and nothing surprises Him. He isnāt slow regarding world events, the end of time, or your own life. So please keep lookin’ ao Jesus, as He will never disappoint!
Skreeeeeeeeeetch !
…might wanna be ready, cause Heās always on time!
…amazin’ grace, hum, hum, hum…
ATB
Sopy
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I’ve posted another update on the open discussion thread. Thank you!
http://thewartburgwatch.com/open-discussion-page/comment-page-10/#comment-263459
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The fact we carry outside is sort of sad as we have almost as great a fear of two-legged animals as we do four-legged and slithering animals.
We’re in a fairly rural area of the county and if we were to call the sheriff, it would be 45 minutes to over a hour before a deputy could arrive.
If we need an EMT, about the same amount of time. It would be easier to put the family member, friend, neighbor etc into your vehicle and call the 911 dispatcher and ask either a sheriff’s patrol car, the PCT. 4 Constable’s truck( the most likey to meet us, he or she, she’s our deputy constable, probably our next constable, I like her a great deal….but I am politicking) or the highway patrol to meet us several miles from home to escort us to the ER.
So, carry outside? Sounds crazy, but yeah, I’ve done it…
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@ Christiane:
Go Kitty!
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@ K.D.:
Do you have air ambulance services for emergencies in your area? What a life-saver.
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Christiane wrote:
We do have an air ambulance if needed. And if the injury is that bad, they carry us to Houston.
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Max wrote:
I also noticed that the neo-cals seem more accepting of the Liturgical Calendar, something traditional Baptist were against. I didn’t know what Advent was until college, and all of the neo-cal sites do all sorts of things for Advent. I did know what Lent was as a kid because it starts the day after Mardi Gras, but some of the neo-cal sites were debating the observation of Lent. Certainly no traditional Baptist in my youth would have never considered.
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@ Lydia:
And of course, Kitty is automatically labeled a leftist because she dares to question Grudem and does not back down!
I am so glad to be out of SBC churches at ground zero!!
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@ Lydia:
Miller is out of his league with Kitty. His only response is to stomp his feet and rant “Stop being so mean!” He can’t address any of her points. He’s in the Kindergarten yard and she’s arguing at the PHd level.
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@ Lydia:
Did you see his stupid repons “I didn’t call you ignorant I said what you said was ignorant.” (insert eyeroll) Methinks he doesn’t understand how we identify someone as ignorant. Is it like a physical malady?
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@ K.D.:
We carry out in rural Missouri and our local Sheriff recommends it to any newcomers. We’ve had some people move out from the city and they think we’re all a bunch of hicks sitting around drinkin’ moonshine, polishing our guns, waiting for the black helicopters.
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Celia wrote:
That is an old one there. They call you ignorant then insist it is not an insult. Dave and his comrades have been doing that for years. Oh, and if you do take it as an insult then you are just an ignorant rube who is the real sinner. These are not people who reason. They dictate.
Can I just say again how wonderful it is to be out of that world? Lord save us from the Mohlers and his adoring followers.
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I remember one time I rather got the better of one administrator during an ESS battle over at Voices, and I was asked to move my argument to another location. I think I had embarrassed the person. It wasn’t my intention to do that, but I was so gung ho on defending the Doctrine of the Holy Trinity that I probably wasn’t being ‘winsome’ enough to pass muster. Being asked to move the argument was one of my high points in commenting on blogs . . . I knew I had him on the run, poor man.
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@ K.D.:
Ah, Houston …. trauma-level hospitals
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@ Lydia:
We left a couple of years ago and have going to a nondenominational church that is a bit more charismatic than we were accustomed to. Hubby and I laugh and declare “we’d rather hang out with charismatics than the Calvinists)
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Christiane wrote:
Galveston for burns….John Sealy Hosp., affiliated with Univ. of Texas Med School…
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Lydia wrote:
Very juvenile of Miller . . . While at the same time Miller accuses Kitty of being demeaning toward Grudem.
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Lydia wrote:
I don’t think all new Calvinists have arrived at cult status yet, but the churches who try to force church conversions to authoritarianism, and those that try to force their members to sign covenant agreements where they can’t leave without permission are two of the biggest signs of a cult. Doctrine is just a tool to enforce authority, it’s not really the motivation.
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@ Celia:
Miller was obviously “subordinating” Kitty re: her concerns about Grudem, Ware, and Strachan’s teachings on ESS. She was right in my opinion.
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Lydia wrote:
I took one of my city cousins kangaroo hunting over Christmas break once. I told her that the rabbit tracks in the snow were tracks from a small species of kangaroo. She bought it, hook, line and sinker, until we went back to the house and she told her mom all about it.
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Celia wrote:
Miller is a pathetic human being. He can not stand anyone who dares to disagree with him.
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Lydia wrote:
It is truly Pravda at Voices.
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mot wrote:
I am not, by nature, winsome. I usually get deleted at Pravda, so most of the time, I just read and laugh.
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Nancy2 wrote:
It is laughable to read the comments as the commentators for the most part are living in their own alternative universe.
Same old commentators and same recurring comments.
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@ ishy:
I do think membership covenants are cultic. If you aren’t familiar with Lifton’s Thought Reform characteristics take a look and see what you might recognize in various forms and degrees:
http://changingminds.org/techniques/conversion/lifton_thought_reform.htm
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@ Nancy2:
Too funny!
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Nancy2 wrote:
I took some city slickers -men – from Los Angeles cross country skiing to my family’s cabin in the mountains. One nervous Ned asked me about wildlife hazards and he nearly fainted at my reply: “Snow snakes. Deadly. 1 bite and you’re a goner. They’re white with a kind of Christmas tree wreath design. They blend in with the trees. Can’t rest. Just keep skiing so you don’t get bit!” He almost cancelled. How come a UCLA grad didn’t know that a snake couldn’t move in snow?
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Velour wrote:
If Jungle Fever (malaria) can cause brain damage, just imagine what Concrete Jungle Fever does to a person!
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@ Celia:
We are sort of visiting around experiencing the totally different. We had been visiting a CBF church that was very attached to the Seminary back in the day as we knew some of the music people. Old SBTS music types when it was a school of excellence not Bob Kauflin. it was more liturgical than I thought I like it but it is too political for my taste. My cousin is a CBF church minister of music and her church is not political but it is too far for every week. The pastor is old school SBTS scholarly which I prefer. He does his homework. It is always a learning experience.
We did Episcopalian Cathedral for which the music was sublime and they had more in-depth Scripture reading during worship than I have experienced since I was a kid in the SBC.
We also attended a small but very old Episcopalian church near us that lots of people use for weddings because it is so quaint and again, incredible music and tons of Scripture reading. Very short sermonette. Hmm. Me like if I can get past the sacraments as a means of grace and Henry the 8th roots. :o)
We went because a school chum of my daughter’s was playing his violin for service. I noticed the women do a lot there even teaching mixed classes, speaking during Service, etc.
When I get past my too picky and gun shy stage, things might change. Right now, we are enjoying the adventure. And being free to have leisurely Sundays if we so desire because as my former pastor cousin says, the Holy Spirit is in the pots and pans, too. For me, that translates into the croissants lovingly made by the bakery guy. Hee hee!
āDonāt think that if you had a great deal of time you would spend more of it in prayer. Get rid of that idea! God gives more in a moment than in a long period of time, for His actions are not measured by time at allā¦ Know that even when you are in the kitchen, Our Lord is moving among the pots and pans.ā
ā St Teresa of Avila
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JYJames wrote:
HUG quoteth plagiarist *pastor* whacko Doug Wilson from Moscow, ID who is indeed *harsh*.
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Nancy2 wrote:
That and the smog.
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Lydia wrote:
Grudem’s ST is their bible. And they are inerrantists when it come to their bible and their god. It is tragic that “men” like the ones at Voices are in pulpits. They do not have a clue what pastors should be doing. They are an embarrassment.
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@ Gram3:
Here’s a tidbit of the “sound doctrine” from the article:
“How older women should behave and train younger women to love their husbands and be self-controlled and devoted to the ministry God has given them as wives and mothers ”
Younger women need to be “trained” to love their husbands.
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Nancy2 wrote:
You said a mouthful there Nancy2 and I agree. LA and environs really is a concrete and asphalt jungle as far as the eye can see. The people there have become so divorced from nature and her ways that in a kind of rueful way, they really have become brain damaged even though they’ll crow about how ‘smart’ they are with how many APPS they can cram onto their ‘smart devices’.
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@ Nancy2:
Oh, and apparently men being husbands and father’s really isn’t all that important. Certainly not a “ministry” to which they should be devoted, or even worth mentioning.
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Gram3 wrote:
They are part of the reason the SBC is dying IMO. They seem to have no concern about the Neo-Cal Pastors they are going to live in charge of the SBC when they die or retire.
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Nancy2 wrote:
God has not given them a ministry–it is his ministry and she is just along to support his.
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Muff Potter wrote:
Ha ha! My daughter and her hubby live in a large town in a neighboring county. My sil is a city slicker ….. makes a living as an IT guy – virtual reality specialist/trouble shooter for the city. He says if there is ever a major disaster, they’re (his mom and dad included) loading up and coming out to the farm because we know how to survive!
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Nancy2 wrote:
Might have been true in the 1st century with arranged marriages. Usually to a much older man.
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Nancy2 wrote:
Right. It comes natural with the kephale err…the plumbing :o)
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“Is You’re Church Preaching & Bible Studies Deep Six’ing Your Faith?”
hmmm…
Ā Anyone who want to come to the knowledge of the truth about salvation, should always be cautious and alert. They should make it a point to always double check what is being taught:
Is it actually written in the Bible?
Does it Ā go beyond what is written in the Bible?
Is it twisting scripture to fit the mold of a predefined systematic theology, perhaps?
Ā Ā Please ensure that what you are listening to and studying is the true gospel of Christ, otherwise, your efforts to know the truth Ā might prove to be a painful, and pointless proposition.
Kind folks who are born into, or buy into bad theology later in life, sometimes have a hard time seeing another way, and may actually resist the true gospel when they hear it.
So be easy on yourself if this is the case.
Ā Reading the pure word of God from a reliable translation may help you in an earnest search for the true gospel, a theologically safe church, and a safe place to grow in Christ.
ATB
Sopy
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Here is the latest from Voices
“Iāve read up on you, Kitty, and kinda figured out your agenda. You are are Bernie Sanders supporter, an advocate of LGBT rights, and most certainly not an evangelical Christian. So, my conclusion is that you are a troll, coming on here to disrupt our site. Your Facebook account made that pretty obvious.
So the fact that you do not support Grudemās biblical view is hardly surprising. I asked you not to troll this site, now Iām going to insist.
I suspect you also may be using a pseudonymous account to hide your real identity, but the 320 cat pictures were a blessing.”
This is the kind of hardball Miller plays. No proof of his conclusion provided, but he is god and he has spoken.
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mot wrote:
Even if what Miller said is true, how did he do that without using information he has a the moderator and violating the privacy terms?
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Nancy2 wrote:
He does not care. He wrote one time that he was a foot soldier during the so called CR, so he has practice at smearing other people, all in the name of the Lord.
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@ mot:
I keep warning people these guys are real snakes. The good thing about Miller is he is publicly mean so one can be forewarned. The ones who suck you in as nice and objective in order to obtain intel in which to blindside later (unless you stay nice enough) are the really scary ones.
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Lydia wrote:
How many people’s lives did Miller destroy using the same tactics during the CR? You are right those guys are snakes and beyond mean. The truly scary part is they are pastors.
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@ mot:
IP addresses.that is how these pastors spend their time and the pew sitter money.
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Lydia wrote:
Miller is the moderator and has access to the IP addresses and I am sure he knows what to do with them.
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mot wrote:
So, he did the lower level dirty work to help the Calvinists gain control?
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Nancy2 wrote:
Absolutely! He has plenty of training in ruining and or attempting to ruin people’s lives and he is a pastor. But he got rid of all of them “liberals.” I am being snarky with that last sentence.
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Darlene wrote:
Well, the reformed movement is certainly aggressive and moving. But, I remind you of a Scripture which proves they will never Calvinize the world.
“Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.” (Matthew 5:5)
Meekness is not in their DNA. You will never meet a humble Calvinist; it is an animal which does not exist. Instead of humility, we find the rankest kind of pride; an arrogant spirit, instead of meekness. Thus, the New Calvinists will never Calvinize the world; nor will Calvinism become the theological default in all of Christendom. Their movement will implode before that happens, as their prideful hearts swell, explode, and propel them to obscurity. That may not happen in my lifetime, but some of you will see it. “Blessed are the meek.” God does not bless pride and rebellion. The best New Calvinists will be able to do is inherit each other; and Lord knows, they deserve each other.
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Max wrote:
I meant to say “You will never meet a humble “New” Calvinist …”
During my 60+year journey as a Southern Baptist, I have worshiped alongside several classical Calvinists. I have found them to be civil in their discourse and of humble spirit. It’s this “New” tribe that does not have a meek bone in their body. There are know-it-all rebels among them who are running roughshod over the people of God for which they will pay a price, individually and corporately, for their actions.
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Max wrote:
Who taught them to be this way?
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Look what Miller does now:
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Since Kitty would not leave the ESS subject alone, I did a little internet snooping and found someone of her name ā a lesbian, LGBT rights advocate, a āChristianā left winger, and a vocal critic of conservatives and Christians. I assumed Kitty to be a troll on that basis.
She has assured me that she is not the same Kitty who was on that site, and another person (her husband?) has said the same. I will accept their representations.
So, I apologize for putting 2 and 2 together and getting 5. Kitty, I am sorry for making that link and assuming that you were the same person who shared your name and some of your views. I should have checked it out.
My point remains ā I did not write an article about ESS and you have been dismissive and demeaning to Grudem and others who do not share your viewpoint. Iām going to insist that we leave that alone on this comment stream.
Does anyone else consider this an apology?
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Miller says this to Kitty after misrepresenting her.
“My point remains ā I did not write an article about ESS and you have been dismissive and demeaning to Grudem and others who do not share your viewpoint. Iām going to insist that we leave that alone on this comment stream.”
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From Miller:
“She has assured me that she is not the same Kitty who was on that site, and another person (her husband?) has said the same. I will accept their representations.”
Miller would not take the word of a woman. He had to have her husband support her representation.
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mot wrote:
Well, if they actually believed their own doctrines on total depravity, etc., they should at least be aware of the propensity within humankind to be controlling, harsh, desirous to rule over others, and deceived into believing that oneself is doing such because it is God’s will.
In other words, it’s not that mankind has to be taught such as the above, rather according to Jesus, mankind has to be taught just the opposite if one is actually following Him.
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mot wrote:
Quoting Miller:
āIāve read up on you, Kitty, and kinda figured out your agenda. You are are Bernie Sanders supporter, an advocate of LGBT rights, and most certainly not an evangelical Christian. So, my conclusion is that you are a troll, coming on here to disrupt our site. Your Facebook account made that pretty obvious.”
But THAT is not ‘dismissive and demeaning’.
Log meet speck.
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mot wrote:
I’m surprised that Miller didn’t reject the husband as well, and demand confirmation from their pastor.
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Lydia wrote:
Hah! You are acting as if SCRIPTURAL, HISTORICAL, and CULTURAL CONTEXT matters!
The patriarchals just whizz right by that, not taking into consideration the vast difference between current marriages in the west and marriages in the east during that time. Not dissimilar to the arranged marriages we see even now in many countries.
Marriages arranged by family patriarchs while the marriagees were still children.
Yeah, in that context telling those wives to love their husbands was indeed radical.
However, the pats take that ‘wives love their husbands’ and add their own twist to it.
To train a women to love her husband ends up being defined as ways “to subordinate yourself completely in a winsome, joyful way to hubby’s every whim”.
Happily. even when it’s something as monumental as rinsing off the soap bubble she couldn’t see, that hubby, the dish-washing overseer, could spot from several feet away.
Just how neurotic have/will wives become who live under the constant burden of saying, doing, and being in all minutia, the wife-model that patriarch hubby has created in his own mind for her to be?
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BL wrote:
BL wrote:
He was just trying to cover his but. Someone better get a screen shot of his nastiness to Kitty. It just might disappear.