tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169766059008941101.post8411854851853647214..comments2024-03-28T09:46:59.931-07:00Comments on Overcoming Our Genes : Living in a War ZoneFlyawayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07201055938643344664noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169766059008941101.post-45350040510113018672014-05-21T09:50:38.053-07:002014-05-21T09:50:38.053-07:00I hope you found a Bible believing church. So far ...I hope you found a Bible believing church. So far the pastor in my new church has preached the gospel and is a apologist about the inerrancy of the Bible.<br />Did you hear about this? Tony Campolo was the subject of an informal heresy hearing in 1985 brought about by several assertions in his 1983 book A Reasonable Faith, particularly his claim that, “Jesus is actually present in each other person.” The book became a hot button issue, and the controversy caused Campus Crusade for Christ and Youth for Christ to block a planned speaking engagement by Campolo. The Christian Legal Society empowered a “reconciliation panel”, led by noted theologian J. I. Packer, to examine the issue and resolve the controversy. The panel examined the book and questioned Campolo. The panel later issued a statement saying that although it found Campolo’s statements “methodologically naïve.<br />So was Compolo a borderline heretic or a heretic? I don’t know. There are many like him who are going in the wrong direction in the United States and around the world. I think God wants us to tell the truth and if people won’t listen we have to give them over to Satan. It is God’s business to convict them. God is winnowing out the tares and soon the remnant will be raptured out of here!Flyawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07201055938643344664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169766059008941101.post-65758481523699453452014-05-21T09:47:57.610-07:002014-05-21T09:47:57.610-07:00From Katherine Harms:It is my opinion that “border...From Katherine Harms:It is my opinion that “borderline heresy” is a contradiction in terms. Either we believe that God gave us the Bible as a guide for faith and life or we don’t.<br />My husband and I changed churches over the Bible itself. Progressive Christians (their term, not mine) claim that the Bible is a precious record of sacred experience written by ancient people but not binding as instruction for people today. When our church chose to go down that path, we chose to find a different church.Flyawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07201055938643344664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169766059008941101.post-77105855157698666792014-05-19T15:02:03.830-07:002014-05-19T15:02:03.830-07:00The above comment was made by Katherine Harms.My r...The above comment was made by Katherine Harms.My reply to her is this:I agree. Ephesians 4: 15 but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love.<br /><br />. I believe we can do this in several ways. One way is to vote for candidates who support life and traditional marriage. Another way is to have conversations with those who have the opposite view even though they say they follow Jesus. But if they will not listen then I Corinthians 5:5 says “5 I have decided to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.”<br /><br />I left a church because even though the pastor does not condone homosexual behavior he believes that we can vote for candidates who support homosexual rights. He believes that the woman is more important than the unborn baby. I told him that James Dobson believes that people who support these issues are borderline heretics. The pastor told me then that up to half the congregation of the church would be considered borderline heretics then.<br /><br />I left the church and I pray for them.<br />Flyawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07201055938643344664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169766059008941101.post-34213205887004575592014-05-19T14:06:57.272-07:002014-05-19T14:06:57.272-07:00These are very solid principles for staying ground...These are very solid principles for staying grounded in Christ through good times and bad. Thank you for this clear and concise exposition. I recommend one more thing. I believe that we must be the voice for absolute morality in the culture. That is a tough stance, but I think we must. If nobody says a word, then nothing changes. We may be hushed or suppressed when we speak, but we must speak. As you point out, we must be centered in Christ and our comments must be Christ-like, but it is completely Christ-like to differ with evil agendas.<br />Flyawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07201055938643344664noreply@blogger.com