I attended BJU for 2 years in seminary and worked there as a GA. However after I left BJU I got really into The Way of the Master and started to open air preach. However I noticed that all of my BJU friends except for one person whom is really into Paul Washer kept their distance from me and would not evangelize with me, because open air preaching is against BJU rules. My theology has also leaned far more towards Reformed since leaving there, and I also am no longer a teetotalist and believe in moderation with alcohol. I have not tried to cause division or anything and have spoken honestly about BJU. During my many days of street witnessing in Greenville I got questioned many times about BJU and I spoke praises as well as concerns so I was honest. Many on the streets of DT Greenville knew I came from BJU, and even once I got interviewed on Fox Carolina regarding my street preaching ministry. In a small town like Greenville surely word of me reached their ears. I ran into many former students whom chatted with me on the streets of greenville and we seemed to be in fellowship.
Maybe I have been ostracized within some BJU circles and active faculty is not to fellowship with me. Or maybe I am just dreaming and imagining all this. I guess no one really knows. I have tried to friend some ACTIVE staff on FB and my requests have been ignored, I have tried to contact some active staff and my letters have not been returned. I just wonder... I was on Fox Carolina and I know BJU saw it because they interviewed me personally.
Well if true or not God is in control. Ray Comfort has made many enemies, Jesus had many enemies, and so will all whom boldly proclaim the gospel.
Am I an embarrassment to the Fundamentalist movement?
Discussion in 'Fundamental Baptist Forum' started by evangelist6589, Oct 17, 2013.
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Is BJU considered IFB?
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I asked you this before but I dont recall an answer......"Have you ever studied the Revivalists.....people like John & Charles Wesley, George Whitefield, Jonathon Edwards etc? I think you will find much of your answers there..... Both Whitefield & Edwards in particular. -
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http://www.sermonaudio.com/search.asp?SpeakerOnly=true&currSection=sermonsspeaker&Keyword=George^Whitefield -
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Brother, not that you ask for it but here is my advice to you. I believe you are in Colorado now, not SC. If its not already it will soon be cold/frigid weather probably, unlike anything you've experienced before. Take one week, or two weeks will be better, grab your lovely bride, and when you get off work go to a park, drive to a rural area have a picnic whatever. Turn off BB, turn off Facebook, leave your books at home, take a break from street preaching, etc. etc. Just enjoy some time with your wife and enjoy the beautiful part of the country where God has led you and stop worrying about what this person or that person thinks about anything, it doesn't matter anyways. (Romans 8:33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth.)
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Very wise advice. We did that after we got married. Maybe do it again? Getting her to shut her phone off is impossible but I can manage. I leave it at home often when going to church as I am so tired of phone bibles. -
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In the past I believe it was appropriate to use the Ten Commandments, and it is still appropriate depending on the situation. But we live in a post-Christian society and I am not sure that this is still the best method – particularly since it is not prescribed in Scripture to reach the non-Jewish lost. It would be just as biblical to evangelize with the expectation that the Holy Spirit brings people under conviction – they are under conviction outside of the OT Law – and this “law” written in their own conscious is just as valid in terms of Gentile condemnation.
I guess my question is why you think that God rejoices with tracts that “confront sin hard” in a world that is already judged and under condemnation? Does God not rejoice with tracts that demonstrate God’s own love, or Christ’s atoning work on the Cross?
Lastly, why would a difference in understanding the relationship between human responsibility and divine sovereignty cause you to exclude yourself from a class? If they are brothers in Christ, it seems that this would be a great opportunity to learn, teach, and grow. I ask because it seems to me that we often have a problem of allowing differences to become divisions instead of being united in Christ (it would be different if they were not Christian, but our soteriological understanding is not what saves us). Perhaps that class is precisely where you ought to be. -
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