Posted on 01/03/2006 10:57:08 AM PST by ElisabethInCincy
First TBN drops Lindsey, now Lindsey drops TBN Best-selling author says Christian network tried to muzzle his views on radical Islam
richpoore aka investahoy banned.
spocko aka richpoore banned.
emiller aka investahoy, richpoore, spocko, et al, banned.
I think that was my point in my first post.
I will let LS speak for himself, but criticism and admonition are two different things. I do not know if anyone posting to this thread has followed the procedure outlined in Mt. 18: 15-17 (concerning scale-up of admonition followed by the church's proper response to unheeded admonition) to deal with whatever it is they are complaining about here.
15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
I know of nowhere in Scripture we are called upon to denounce other believers or to criticize anyone. I am not saying nobody was denounced in the New Testament on account of their conduct; it is of course urgently important that we be admonished not to sin, and this requires openly condemning sin and pointing out to everyone what the sin in question is (verse 17 would provide for this).
But this is not the same as public criticism of the person who is sinning. At times we are to leave them to their own devices (verse 17 again), but this does not mean that we criticize them. How can we bless those who persecute us while casting verbal stones at those whom we regard as sinning believers? Maybe we should actually pray for them.
You chose not to reply to the question I asked? bttt
Some are decent teachers, but many are not. Overall, I do have to question the judgment of any Christian pastor or teacher who would pay for airtime on the Crouches network and thereby give them tacit support, not to mention funds. Those people and their good buddy Benny Hinn are complete frauds. Why on earth would someone like Charles Stanley want to associate himself with them in any way, shape or form? Is a bigger audience that important to him? It must be, even though he has his own extensive evangelical ministry on radio and in other countries.
emiller has been banned.
You hit the nail on the head, but many of today's "new age" believers hate it when we tell this truth. I have witnessed the downhill slide of the church since the late 1960s. There is nothing new, just repackaging and smart marketing techniques. The bottom line is that they are still in spiritual error and refuse to see it. And millions of blind believers will follow them straight to Hell.
There is a more harsh judgement against the leaders who scatter the flock. They will have their special "rewards" when the time comes. I would like to hear the excuses then.
Is Jan dying from cancer? I hadn't heard that.
Enquiring minds want to know!
Seriously, though, I suspect old Hal's role as the abortionist of the Jesus Movement will catch up with him soone or later.
And thus the Jesus movement was aborted, shunted off into the barren boonies of apocalyptic speculation. Jesus wept.
"And can you be sure they DON'T feed the hungry or send a poor kid to college? You don't know anything about them, really, only what the Christian bashers have to say. I have LOTS of confidence in THEM."
I have no confidence in anyone whose hair color does not even approximate anything in nature.
Encouraging to read many of your posts. Good to know there are like-minded people out there. looking forward to a day when 'we are one like the Son and the Father are one'.
Where is the best place to get your books?
Thanks, I didn't know that.
I hadn't heard that, either. He may have her confused with Tammy Faye Bakker.
That's what I thought when I read it...the poster was thinking of Tammy Faye.
Thanks.
I'll copy you privately.
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