[PeterPrinciple]

“If I preached on the Nashville Statement and declared my allegiance, would that help or hinder her own spiritual journey?” he asked. “Why would I be more comfortable with pastors and not Christian academics creating this document? Because orthodoxy divorced from relationships can many times lead to rhetoric that hinders (not helps) us achieve our overall mission, to lead all people to Jesus,” he said.

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1) I would hope he doesn’t preach on the Nashville Statement. His job is to preach the word. Nor is his allegiance to the Nashville statement, it is to God. Why would he even think that?

2) Would it help or hinder. Speaking the truth might very well be a stumbling block, or it can be a stepping stone. Wouldn’t it be nice to find out?

3) our overall mission to lead all people to Jesus? That is NOT what Jesus said. He said find his Sheep, the ones who hear his voice, the ones God has given Him. If they don’t want to hear God’s truth, shake the dust from your feet and move on. You planted a seed.

[Elsie]

Speaking the truth might very well be a stumbling block, or it can be a stepping stone.

Jonah 3:3-5

 

Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it.

Jonah began by going a day’s journey into the city, proclaiming, “Forty more days and Nineveh will be overthrown.”

 

The Ninevites believed God.