i am curious

I'd have to say Miss Abby and Diane

 

Except for the bow tie, Dr. Bob and I are time-sharing a brain...

 

One thing I have noticed on this board is the wisdom and understanding of many women here. Sue, Diane and Miss Abby comes to mind. Also, it has gotten to where when Helen speaks, I listen.
Others include Artimaeus, Jailminister, Joseph_Botwinick, Ed Edwards, massdak, Trotter and no doubt many more.

 

I do not have a hard line group who I particularly agree or disagree with.... I love you all in Our Lord. But Trotter and USN and I seem to be in the same boat. New or preparing for pastoral ministry. They have presented many relevant issues. I have also learned a lot from everyone here... Dr. Bob may be a little old school but he is cool... and Brother Jim always has thoughtful responses. y'all just keep posting and keep me running back to the Word and His counsel and I will keep learning. I even learn from Rev Joshua, even i disagree most with him.

 

Rev. Joshua is a very kind considerate person. I can say this because when I first joined the Baptist Board, my daughter had died suddenly leaving two small children and I didn't know how much I should assist their dad in their care. I did not want to interfere, but I wanted the Dad to know that I would help him anyway I could.

I asked for guidance and support on this Board. Rev. Joshua sent me a private message encouraging me and advising me on how to support their Dad without interfering. His message was very comforting and I will be forever grateful that he took time to send me the message.

He may not believe the same as you do, but he cares for others and I don't think I have ever seen a post where he belittled anyone.

If Rev. Joshua is a liberal, then it makes me think that being a liberal may be a good thing.

 

Betty said:

Diane

 

One of my best friends in the world is an atheist. He is intelligent, thoughtful, well-read, erudite, considerate, and brave (he worked for the State Department, and in the early '60s saved the lives of a group of missionaries who had been taken hostage at great risk to his own life). We have communicated about the Gospel over the years, so it's not like he doesn't know. His late wife was a believer as well.

As a man and as a friend, he surpasses most of the Christians I've ever met, but if he died right now, he'd spend eternity in hell, because he is lost and undone.

True believers will grow in Christlikeness, and one of the most important parts of that is objective Truth--John 14:6, 18:36-38.

Good behavior does not trump bad doctrine.

 

Rom 16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. (KJV)

We are to avoid those who stray from the apostles’ doctrine.

2 Th 3:6 Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. (KJV)

We are to withdraw from Christians who refuse to live right and not follow the way that God has laid down in His Word.

2 Th 3:14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. (KJV)

We are to have no company with those who refuse to obey the principles and precepts of the Word of God.

What you believe does make a difference.

 

That was the first thing that Joshua did. Prayer is important in our every day life as well as during times of troubles and grief. Christ was also the first one I turned to for comfort, but Jesus also sends Christians to comfort us.

 

Thank you massdak for turning a positive thread into something negative

 

#1 There is not an if about it he is a liberal, he has stated so many times on this board.

#2 Being a liberal is not a good thing.

Murph

 

I am still trying to understand "labels"

Maasdak gave me his definition of liberal.

What is yours?

 

I have had many private conversations with Joshua and have no doubt whatever that he is a dedicated twice-born believer. The fact that he follows a different path of understanding God's word does not alter that fact.

The only labels I put any stock in are sewn to garments I wear. They tell the size and give laundry instructions.

These religious labels are a lot of hogwash and I personally despise them. I began to wonder if the lot of you even know what a liberal is. How many of you go back far enough to even remember the days of the modernist battles?

Just delight yourself in the Lord, and get on with it.

Cheers,

Jim

 

how did i turn this into a negative? </font>[/QUOTE]Up to this post the topic was positive
with many witnesses of how others here had
helped us in our Christian walk:

j_barner2000: "I even learn from Rev Joshua, even i disagree most with him."


Here is where the topic took the nosedive:

Massdak: "rev joshua? you learned from?
rev joshua makes my blood boil."

Ed's Mother: "If you don't have something good to
say about somebody, don't talk about them."

 

Amen, Jim. Actually, I don't go back far enough to remember the days of the modernist battles.

I said it a few days ago, and I will say it again: I have respect for him. We weren't always in agreement, but he was never averse to rational discussion. I always enjoyed his posts.

 

Amen, Brother Jim. Preach it!

 

Ed's mother apparently didn't read the passages that Pastor_Bob posted. That seems to be such a nice statement, but Christ, Paul, John, Peter, and the like had no problem accusing people of false doctrine and calling them dogs, even.