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Methodist Bishop On Terrorism and "Jesus Will NOT Come Again" (It's hard to go to Church...)
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| a little old, but some updates, 2001 and 2003
| Michael L. Gonzalez
Posted on 04/21/2003 9:01:51 AM PDT by rface
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posted on
04/21/2003 9:01:51 AM PDT
by
rface
To: rface
It has been long taught at Emory university that the second coming was the resurection.
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posted on
04/21/2003 9:06:46 AM PDT
by
Lysander
(My army can kill your army)
To: rface
SO he is methodist-Islam?
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posted on
04/21/2003 9:10:30 AM PDT
by
smith288
(Visit my gallery http://www.ejsmithweb.com/fr/hollywood/hollywood.php)
To: rface
How sad.
To: rface
the United States for a foreign policy that has resulted in deaths of Muslims in past years Let's see, what regime has killed more Muslims than any other?
Answer: Saddam Hussein.
Thus is Joseph Sprague revealed for either the ignoramous he is, or the abettor of a mass murder.
Winning Iraqi Freeedom
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posted on
04/21/2003 9:32:15 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
To: Lysander
What is Emory's explanation then for the witness and explanantion of the angels to the disciples at Christ's ascension after He was resurrected as recorded in Acts 1:9-11.
9. And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
10. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold two men stood by them in white apparel;
11. Which also said, Ye men of Galillee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
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posted on
04/21/2003 9:41:48 AM PDT
by
Jeff Head
To: Lysander
Sheesh! My grandfather, who graduated Theology at Emory in 1910 or thereabouts, would be horrified. He was a Bible-believing, old-fashioned, cold-water Methodist preacher. He also was the closest person to a saint I've ever met.
What does Emory Theology say about the Apostle's Creed (let alone the Nicene Creed)? ("He shall come again with glory to judge both the quick and the dead")
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posted on
04/21/2003 9:45:34 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . there is nothing new under the sun.)
To: rface
How, exactly, can one call himself a Christian and not believe in Christ's resurection? Isn't that kind of like being a Democrat who knows what the definition of "is" is?
To: AnAmericanMother
I can't answer your questions about Emory. However, perhaps you and others will find it interesting that Bishop Sprague has angered a large segment of the United Methodist Church with his public rejection of Jesus Christ's eternal deity, virgin birth, bodily resurrection and unique atonement for the sins of the world.
This comes from the "UM Action Briefing" dated April, 2003. I will look to see whether the newsletter is available online.
I believe Bishop Sprague is in deep trouble with the Methodist Church and may be forced to resign. There is a movement under way to get this done, per the following:
". . . it is fundamentally fraudulent for him (Sprague) to attack the traditional Christian faith while serving as Bishop of a Christian church. Decency and integrety require his resignation or removal."
As a member of the United Methodist Church I will contribute financially and as a volunteer worker to get Joe Sprague removed as Bishop.
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posted on
04/21/2003 10:18:09 AM PDT
by
toddst
To: AnAmericanMother
The Methodist church was infiltrated years ago by the communists and liberals. Some of the things that the UMC has supported lately is homosexual marriage, homosexual pastors and chirch leaders, anti-war/anti-U.S. organizations, ad nauseum.
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posted on
04/21/2003 10:29:48 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: toddst
Gosh, he sounds like OUR homegrown loonybird, Bishop Spong of Newark. But none of the bishops in the Episcopal Church ever had the guts to chastise him. He retired and at last report was writing a cybersex column (I kid you not).
C.S. Lewis knocked these guys off in one in The Great Divorce. His apostate bishop publicly rejects the Creed and it brings him worldly fame, book deals, etc. Given a last chance to repent by a friend who is sent to rescue him from Hell, he turns his back on salvation and goes back to Hell to write a book on how Jesus would have adopted the bishop's views "if he had lived."
Gee, their names even begin with the same two letters. Suppose there's a connection there . . . ? nah. ;-)
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posted on
04/21/2003 10:38:10 AM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . there is nothing new under the sun.)
To: toddst
I believe Bishop Sprague is in deep trouble with the Methodist Church and may be forced to resign. I'm pretty sure that went down in flames (no pun intended).
But there are strong movements in the UMC to get the church back to where it belongs. Groups such as "Good News" the Renewal Movement and the Confessing Movement in the UMC are much more conservative and are trying to undo the harm done by liberals like Sprague.
To: rface
There's more if you want it....HERE
No Thanks!!!
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posted on
04/21/2003 10:50:07 AM PDT
by
dvan
To: Jeff Head
If Jesus, John, and others who spoke of His return were liars, then I guess we can't believe other vital doctrines in the Bible, such as salvation, repentance, etc.
A slippery slope. How can Mr. Sprague pick-and-chose doctrines at will?
To: rface
read later
To: CFIIIMEIATP737
If this is the Jesus 1000 year kingdom, I'm the Easter Bunny.
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posted on
04/21/2003 12:27:57 PM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(Semper Gumby - Always flexible)
To: LiteKeeper
I am interested in your take.
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posted on
04/21/2003 12:29:49 PM PDT
by
rface
(Ashland, Missouri)
To: toddst
As a member of the United Methodist Church I will contribute financially and as a volunteer worker to get Joe Sprague removed as Bishop.Ad my name to that list, a United Methodist from Arkansas.
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posted on
04/21/2003 12:34:07 PM PDT
by
AxelPaulsenJr
(Get High on Life, Not Drugs)
To: AnAmericanMother
That's a great book. Also fun to read.
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posted on
04/21/2003 12:35:35 PM PDT
by
altura
(I am so sick of these whiney liberals. Shut up!!!)
To: AnAmericanMother
We just finished studying Spong's last book in our Bible class. (Episcopalian, of course.)
We all hated it, but it did make one think as one repudiated all his arguments. By the way, the only source he cited was himself!! (ha) no footnotes.
Our current Presiding Bishop is a joke, and an annoying one.
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posted on
04/21/2003 12:37:53 PM PDT
by
altura
(I am so sick of these whiney liberals. Shut up!!!)
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