MARKBSNR: There are times when in my limited judgement that I believe that they depart from the belief.
Hmmm... So you wouldn't even regard us as Christians?
Flabbergasting.
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt." -- Psalm 71:23-24"My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed.
That is why I quit posting to him.
That is an mischaracterization! And in making it over somethng I asked of the poster you drag me into your mischaracterization. He did not say he does not consider you Christians. To the contrary, are we not told by God to edify one another, to admonish one another. Would a fellow Christian be edified by you mischarterizing his post, trying to paint it in the extreme? You verify the clarity of his comment because you have now exhibited ‘limited judgment’ just like we admit to falling into on occasion.
From a pastor friend:
A client brought a litter of golden-retriever puppies to my veterinary clinic for inoculations and worming. As the look-alike pups squirmed over and under one another in their box, I realized it would be difficult to tell the treated ones from the rest. I turned on the water faucet, wet my fingers, and moistened each dog’s head when I had finished.
After the fourth puppy, I noticed my hitherto talkative client had grown silent. As I sprinkled the last pup’s head, the woman leaned forward and whispered, “I didn’t know they had to be baptized.”
In the long run though - whether in this life or the one to come - we will all recognize and accept each other.
Praise God!!!
Let's hope he never gets around to "doing the Lord's work"
We have the examples of some of the Church Fathers who expressed heretical views. Does that make them non Christian?
Do we not honour Justin Martyr, Origen and Augustine? If someone expresses non Christian views, then that is their perogative. If they express non Christian views and call them Christian views on a forum like this, then do I not have recourse to call them non Christian and the reasons why?
I am not surprised at the vehemence. Judging by the quality and depth of the arguments, the entire platform appears to be extremely shaky, especially when examined in depth.
Hmmm... So you wouldn't even regard us as Christians?
It's refreshing to see this honesty. I consider them to be among the lost.
I'm sure there are Christians within this sect, but when you learn how self promoting their institutional church is and how they have treated Christians who have refused to submit to their dictatorial practices you can't but wonder is their faith in an institution, or JESUS.