tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.comments2023-05-22T06:44:52.968-04:00Arguing With AngelsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-59097221345833204692020-05-03T19:58:41.449-04:002020-05-03T19:58:41.449-04:00This review has inspired me greatly. I sense a rea...This review has inspired me greatly. I sense a real love for not merely the writings but the writer. I believe this post will lead to something beautiful between you and Paula. God bless you. Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15432311252130080742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-18939893715396441272015-09-21T23:08:25.824-04:002015-09-21T23:08:25.824-04:00Awwwwwwwwwww I LOOOOOOVED HER BOOK!!! Perfect book...Awwwwwwwwwww I LOOOOOOVED HER BOOK!!! Perfect book for a boy-crazy-32-year-old!!!! Sooooo happy that you two found each other!!! My friend and I stalked your love story on the internet!!! LOL We actually wish we could come to the wedding...maybe you guys can video it for your readers!!! Puleeeeze!!! :)))Mary Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592629191586565512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-17026713433912985052015-08-18T03:10:43.441-04:002015-08-18T03:10:43.441-04:00Thanks for your information. I appreciate your blo...Thanks for your information. I appreciate your blog post, beautifully expressed and well written.Yahoo password resethttp://www.customercarenumber.co.uk/yahoo-forget-password-recover-helpline-number/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-69614726801038658122013-09-25T22:42:47.707-04:002013-09-25T22:42:47.707-04:00This is excellent.This is excellent.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16120985271762769538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-82514166485597597762013-04-02T21:01:37.853-04:002013-04-02T21:01:37.853-04:00Thanks for the comments, fellas. Good points from ...Thanks for the comments, fellas. Good points from each of you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09648159378532573705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-27604247812719912052013-04-02T02:31:36.469-04:002013-04-02T02:31:36.469-04:00Thank you. That was good. I've also been tossi...Thank you. That was good. I've also been tossing that idea around. It's obvious that Christianity's stand against homosexual marriage does not help us reach them. It tends to turn homosexuals away - angrily.<br /><br />But then what would it show us to be as Christians if we didn't stand against this sin? I can't help but think of what Spurgeon said:<br /><br />“If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to Hell over our dead bodies. And if they perish, let them perish with our arms wrapped about their knees, imploring them to stay. If Hell must be filled, let it be filled in the teeth of our exertions, and let not one go unwarned and unprayed for.”<br /><br />This issue obviously calls for a lot of wisdom. I think Christians need to be very careful that they're standing up against the sin, and still accepting the person. We can't do this with our ownown wisdom.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09467900213539450939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-63991138524595622062013-03-31T21:28:50.884-04:002013-03-31T21:28:50.884-04:00I agree and appreciate your point. Sad seeing Chri...I agree and appreciate your point. Sad seeing Christians celebrate sin. Everyone is a slave to sin and no one gets to "choose", and there's only healing and change in Jesus for their sin and mine. The issue is close to my family so I've had to wrestle with and research it quite a bit. calebburghardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00712449371971998508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-64353410528779626482013-03-04T16:29:22.562-05:002013-03-04T16:29:22.562-05:00I've actually written a tune to this one...I've actually written a tune to this one...David Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10280709058861417304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-64470008957285509942013-01-15T16:56:05.366-05:002013-01-15T16:56:05.366-05:00Excellent. Can't wait to read the rest of thes...Excellent. Can't wait to read the rest of these.David Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10280709058861417304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-86045665914602565192012-12-27T20:07:05.716-05:002012-12-27T20:07:05.716-05:00Amen, my brotha.Amen, my brotha.Adam Fordhttp://adam4d.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-8292856930604251172012-10-30T23:00:58.189-04:002012-10-30T23:00:58.189-04:00Marta, great to hear from you! Yeah, this was some...Marta, great to hear from you! Yeah, this was somewhat of a strange post. Things are well here. Be sure to say hi when you are in town!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09648159378532573705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-76651813410505597442012-10-30T11:18:58.832-04:002012-10-30T11:18:58.832-04:00Trevor, I was cleaning out/sorting my Favorites fo...Trevor, I was cleaning out/sorting my Favorites folder for religion/theology blogs and realized I must have added yours a while back. Interesting post! Hope you're doing well in school/Syracuse. Martanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-17153572346115769862012-07-26T20:05:51.807-04:002012-07-26T20:05:51.807-04:00Hah! I hear ya Jon. When I read that I thought, &q...Hah! I hear ya Jon. When I read that I thought, "Wow, for a paedobaptist, Owen surely makes baptism relevant and important in my eyes...and I'm not an infant."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09648159378532573705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-56632420545565419382012-07-20T07:33:46.581-04:002012-07-20T07:33:46.581-04:00I agree with this quote and think it's a good ...I agree with this quote and think it's a good one. The ironic part is that Owen is calling many of his congregants to do something that they cannot do: literally remember their baptism since he was a paedo-baptist. It's not likely people can remember their baptism if they were babies when it happened. If he's calling them to remember the fact of their baptism, then it's a problem because at that point, they weren't regenerated. His own point makes a lot more sense if he would have held to believer's baptism. Of course, he can't do much about that now although now he knows better. Not to be nit-picky (don't you hate it when nit-picky people say that?). :-)Jon Speedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13428220486245660041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-65745744124212252602012-07-13T15:37:04.685-04:002012-07-13T15:37:04.685-04:00The post below is the answer to your question! I a...The post below is the answer to your question! I accidentally missed the "Reply" button at first!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-37676716919122155182012-07-13T15:35:16.813-04:002012-07-13T15:35:16.813-04:00The fear of the LORD is not one of dread and horro...The fear of the LORD is not one of dread and horror but of reverence, awe and obedience to his word. To fear God is to fear sinning against him. "How then could I do such a wicked thing and sin against God?" Genesis 39:9. You cannot genuinely fear evil without truly loving the Lord, these two concepts go hand-in-hand.<br /><br />For a further study I suggest reading the article entitled the "Fear of the Lord" by Rosemarie Scott. Not sure about the entire website or the theology it proposes, but this particular article is good! http://home.earthlink.net/~mysticalrose/fear.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-38090065287046809502011-09-27T00:41:51.422-04:002011-09-27T00:41:51.422-04:00Just wanted to post this so you can now know what ...Just wanted to post this so you can now know what he meant: <br />http://pastormark.tv/2011/09/26/an-update-on-the-converted-warlockLisa Vothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02014138843644957448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-75346153633921445892011-09-14T00:05:09.125-04:002011-09-14T00:05:09.125-04:00@Louis - hmmm. I guess I'd disagree.
The Gre...@Louis - hmmm. I guess I'd disagree. <br /><br />The Greek 'profeteia' (Matthew 13:14; Romans 12:6; 1 Cor 12:10 13:2, 13:8, 14:6, 14:22; 1 Thes 5:20; etc...) refers to a discourse from God. The root is 'prophetes' which refers to a spokesman for God.<br /><br />What reasons do you have (scripturally) to believe prophesy is different from OT and NT?elohimitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984425504179741786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-54468686233999121552011-09-13T15:32:24.476-04:002011-09-13T15:32:24.476-04:00@elohimito - I believe prophesy for the church tod...@elohimito - I believe prophesy for the church today is fundamentally different from what it was during the period God was inspiring Scripture. Before the canon was closed, prophesy represented "a word directly from God," as you said. Prophesy became part of the Bible. <br /><br />Today, however, I believe prophesy serves a different function. For today's Christians, I believe prophesy takes the form of Scripture intersecting with situations in daily life. Scriptural truths are illuminated in situations either through God using His Word to give guidance in a situation, or providing Christians with words of knowledge and wisdom to edify themselves or other members of the body. <br /><br />The impression Mark Driscoll received regarding this man could have been prophetic if his confession demonstrated God drawing Him to salvation, but attributing a direct quote to God is a big mistake. <br /><br />Maybe instead of using the word prophesy as a noun, using the words prophetic knowledge and wisdom would be better?Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06286511738971543512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-51712635437687490082011-09-13T09:56:01.807-04:002011-09-13T09:56:01.807-04:00@Frank Turk - would you deem it possible that it w...@Frank Turk - would you deem it possible that it was meant to read: "[I] Met a former warlock today who was near death on a drug OD & [he] heard God say, 'This one is mine & I love him'. [So I say] Yup. He's elect."? I'm not defending his prophetic 'gifts' he's starting to proclaim lately, but I'm just wondering if we're misunderstanding him.<br /><br />@Louis - I'm confused on what you said. If you believe prophecy is still a viable gift why would you say that would be heresy? Isn't a prophecy a word directly from God?elohimitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984425504179741786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-72654797298413908712011-09-13T09:45:03.350-04:002011-09-13T09:45:03.350-04:00"When a church leader makes these kind of sta..."When a church leader makes these kind of statements, he is implicitly expressing a level of authority granted to him that may not be available to other Christians. "<br /><br />It's technically not authority granted to ANY Christian. Attributing a direct quote to God other than something in Scripture is heresy. It makes me sad because like you, I've been blessed a lot by Mark Driscoll. I actually do believe that prophetic gifts are still for today's church, however, in the type of prophesy we receive today is not on the authoritative level of Scripture since the Bible explicitly lets us know our canon is closed. <br /><br />In a situation like this it would be more appropriate to state he felt impressed upon by God after speaking to this man that he was being called into a saving knowledge of Jesus, NOT that God told Mark that this man was one of the elect. Only God knows who are his.Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06286511738971543512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-80334791340262411422011-09-13T07:17:34.623-04:002011-09-13T07:17:34.623-04:00Just for the record, I have met warlocks -- that i...Just for the record, I have met warlocks -- that is by a longshot not the weirdest thing in this tweet. Guys who say they are warlocks are weirdos, but they are more common, in my experience, than Brazilians.<br /><br />The weird thing needs massive clarification: the voice of God is now governing Mark Driscoll's evangelism?<br /><br />Wait: that gets the cart before the horse. Here's what I read in that tweet: "[I] Met a former warlock today who was near death on a drug OD & [I] heard God say, 'This one is mine & I love him'. Yup. He's elect." But I think, having lived in the internet neighborhood for enough time to know that his fans will say anything, might say he meant "[I] Met a former warlock today who was near death on a drug OD & [he] heard God say, 'This one [PastorMark] is mine & I love him'. Yup. He's elect."<br /><br />I am certain the second interpolation is not any better than the first. But at some point, Driscoll's going to have to man up in his claims and talk to someone who is not his fan, not his cohort, someone without an investment in making sure other people believe what he says, and come clean on his new trip as the Guy God speaks to with words not in the Bible.FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-1874099043236426182011-09-13T01:07:09.381-04:002011-09-13T01:07:09.381-04:00lol. I read that original tweet completely differe...lol. I read that original tweet completely different.<br /> <br />I read it as the former warlock was the one who heard God say, as if about him, "This one is mine & I love him" - Driscoll was therefore saying, because he now has faith (I'm assuming, although it doesn't actually say he's now a christian...just not a warlock anymore) he is obviously elect.<br /><br />I wonder if he meant it that way...just a thought...if he didn't, then I pretty much agree with you ;)elohimitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14984425504179741786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-12323524233471447392011-09-12T19:26:29.169-04:002011-09-12T19:26:29.169-04:00Matt,
The content that circulated recently (his c...Matt,<br /><br />The content that circulated recently (his comments about cessationism and the seeing others' sins on a mental TV) are definitely more troubling.<br /><br />I may have well read into this too far, I would not eliminate that possibility. Given Driscoll's recent track record, I extrapolated his previously explicit views to this tweet. I read it as a clear "God told me" statement. <br /><br />Again, thanks for the charitable comment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09648159378532573705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010472431438260003.post-16314827299716772832011-09-12T19:18:56.804-04:002011-09-12T19:18:56.804-04:00When it comes to Driscoll, I share an identical mi...When it comes to Driscoll, I share an identical mindset to yours. I greatly admire many of his sermons and hard preaching of the Gospel, and all of his work in A29. But all the recent controversy about his "revelation from God" and what not has sort of bothered me. I still highly regard him as an excellent preacher and man of God, but I find trouble with statements of such matter.<br /><br />The content that most urgently troubled me was the brief clip that's been circulated among all of the blogs exploding about him, and one you posted a link to not too long ago. But this particular tweet, I didn't really find any fault with.<br /><br />I think that for the purpose of being succinct in a tweet, he called the man a Warlock; which is merely referring to a man who practices witchcraft, or Wicca.<br /><br />As far as his quote from God, I wasn't sure if I was just reading too heavily into it (it being a tweet, a tiny piece of a public forum unable to fully convey what one might be saying). I think perhaps you pulled out implications from what wasn't there (i. e. the hypothetical that God would conversely tell you who He does not love). Also, maybe this is just his manner of saying "God spoke to me," as we all unarguably hear from God. I don't know, I'm probably just trying to be too defensive of Mark, as I hold much respect for much of his other work. These are just my thoughts on the Driscoll controversy.<br /><br />In Christ,<br />MattMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10370379282985574899noreply@blogger.com