Posted on 06/13/2011 6:54:18 PM PDT by Gamecock
If you believe that Pope Benedict XVI is the devil, and that his followers are Mary-worshipping pedophilic alcoholics who hate Scripture and curse themselves with the sign of the cross,
Then you might be my Bible-thumping coworker.
;^)
Just sayin'.
My pleasure!
“Don’t be silly. Our love for Christ should so overshadow the love we have for our parents that we in contrast we appear to hate our parents.
Just sayin’.”
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Now hang on there partner...
How do you distinguish between the HATE of the Esau verse and Jesus’ instruction to HATE our parents?????
One, you say is literal. The other comparative.
How do you make that distinction???
If you’ve never, ever uttered the words “I’ll be brief,” you just MIGHT be....well, you know. :-)
I guess I are one.
Sorry, I still like the NASB better than the ESV but the one that really gave me pause was “Pink”—my first thought was the celebrity with that color hair, and couldn’t figure out why she was being mentioned in the same class as Spurgeon :-)
Because if we insist on literally hating our parents, and yet we are told to honor them, we have fractured Scripture.
No such fracture exists with God hating x number of people.
This one:
“If youve never, ever uttered the words Ill be brief, you just MIGHT be....well, you know. :-)”
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Errr, I am not sure why I was pinged.
I had never seen this FR thread.
Does this mean that I have been marked, and should be
afraid..very affraid? hahaha ;)
If you have to order theological books online because no one at the Christian bookstore has ever heard of them you might just be a Calvinist.
Ain't it the truth.
If you have ever purchased 100 or more copies of the same John Piper book to hand out to random people you meet you just might be a Calvinist.
I have purchased cheap copies of "The Heidelberg" to give out. Think of it as an unusually large tract.
If you read The Purpose Driven Life just to see how bad the book really is you might just be a Calvinist.
My copy of PDL sits on my "questionable to heretical" shelf, alonside Warren mentor Rob't Schuller's Self Esteem: The New Reformation, the Catholic Catechism, the Book o' Mormon, and some Marian apparition stuff. I'm keeping an eye out for Osteen and co.
If you purchased an MP3 player with the sole purpose of downloading sermons you might be a Calvinist.If you were shocked to just discover that some people download MP3 files that are not sermons you might be a Calvinist.
And, I have the Luther movie on my player.
If your preacher says to turn to Obadiah and you do not use the index you might be a Calvinist.
If your preacher has ever given a sermon on Nahum, ... (Yes, back in the day.)
If you find yourself wanting to read your Bible instead of watching television you might be a Calvinist.
Not too difficult.
If your Bibles must be replaced in less than a year due to pages separating from the spine you might be a Calvinist.
You would not believe how beat up the covers of my RSB got. To the duct tape stage in less than a year. Interior's fine. Spend the money to get something that's not glued together.
If youve ever been banned from a Sunday School class for quoting scripture you might be a Calvinist.
It's possible I'm viewed as a troublemaker.
If you have ever purposefully sung a different word in a hymn to conform to scripture you might be a Calvinist.
< sigh>
Interestingly enough, Alice Cooper is reported to be a Calvinist.
tulip
Yes my ancestors were Walloons and Huguenots
If you have ever watched Joel Osteen on TV and you were just utterly speechless.....
“No such fracture exists with God hating x number of people.”
Oh “yes it do”!
“For God so loved THE WORLD that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”
“The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands ALL PEOPLE everywhere to repent, “
(Incidentally, my little son sitting here has told me to tell you to check on it in the Bible and you will find out that God loves everyone and He wants them to be saved.)
For God so loved THE WORLD" does not say For God so loved everyone in the world, now does it? Rather is means there are those from every tongue tribe and nation.
"but now he commands ALL PEOPLE everywhere to repent"
And those who do will be saved. Those who don't, well, we know how that will turn out.
the Bible and you will find out that God loves everyone and He wants them to be saved
All men or all men whom He chooses? If He want all men to be saved, why dis he harden the heart of Pharaoh? Why does He harden those who he desires? If you hold that he wants all to be saved and yet he hardens hearts and creates some to be vessels of wrath, well, you have fractured Scripture.
Best regards to your son! 8-)
I've received two of them.
How many of those do you have to match to wear the badge (for some - of shame) of “Calvinist”?
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