Thank you for post number 11. I'm trying to answer my CI friends who are fleeing the country for other nations. I love them all, but worry about their salavation. Maybe you could pray for Tomas along with me.
You are absolutely welcome.
I'm trying to answer my CI friends who are fleeing the country for other nations. I love them all, but worry about their salvation. Maybe you could pray for Tomas along with me. ~~ STD
At the moment, my work schedule has not permitted me to re-join my little Thread here for a coupla days... (which almost doesn't matter, as Dr. E. and Topcat are doing such a bang-up job in my absence!!)
However, as I was spending a few minutes to peruse the Thread in passing before I will (hopefully) re-join the Debate this weekend, I felt driven to respond to your Post.
Of course I would be happy to Pray with you for your friend "Tomas" (if Prayer is all that you wish, I can make do with a first name or nom-de-guerre). However, if you have a friend who is currently beholden to the false doctrines of Christian Identity, STD -- then I would be happy to try to do a little more on his behalf, if by God's grace I am able.
Here's the scoop: unlike many (perhaps all) of my Dispensationalist detractors on this Thread, I actually HAVE had direct, personal, one-on-one theological conversations with leading Theologians from BOTH the "Dispensationalist" and the "Christian Identity" camps (Dr. John Walvoord on the one hand and Richard Kelly Hoskins on the other, both of whom respectively claim to be "Baptists" and neither of which are Old-School Calvinist "Primitive" Baptists, spring immediately to mind).
If your friend "Tomas" is currently involved in Christian Identity, I wouldn't at all mind speaking to him directly. Just send me a FReepMail, and I will send you back my private Email address and a cell-number where I can be reached for conversation (if available).
See, to me, the FreeRepublic.Com "Religion Forum" isn't just a place where an old Ex-Liberty Debater (like myself) can try to keep the skills from going too rusty... it's also a place where an Ex-Apostate, Ex-Drunk, Ex-Adulterer (like myself) can step outside the electronic confines of the BBS and try to do some Real-World good works, God Willing.
Send me a FReepMail, if you wish, and I'll try to do more than just Pray for your Christian Identity friend; I'd be willing to speak with him respectfully, kindly, and directly.
Best, OP
By the way, George...
I'm unhappy to tell you that I am not certain I'll be able to join you for the drive to Colorado later this fall as we'd planned. I may be camping with my wife and step-son that weekend, unless I can resolve the double-booking (it's not impossible; heck, perhaps my wife and I will just go camping in Colorado). Give me a ring sometime soon and we'll see if we can't figure it out.
Best, OP