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Discussion in 'General Baptist Discussions' started by Revmitchell, Mar 10, 2015.

  1. Reformed

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    I will only speak from a Reformed perspective. The Bible is the only source of inerrant truth that God gave to the Church. The Bible contains the words of life. The Bible contains the Gospel. Those churches that relegate the Bible to secondary status have abandoned the Christian faith.

    The real problem is not contemporary churches that put more effort into the worship experience and less focus on the sacred scriptures. The real problem is a systemic dumbing down of "thus sayeth the Lord"! If a church properly teach the Word of God it makes it applicable (relevant) to all areas of life. The questions that Millennials are asking today are answered in God's Word, but there are too many pastors that have abdicated their positions as prophets (preachers) in pursuit of celebrity.
     
  2. Use of Time

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    Providing names would invite challenge which the author wants no part of. Hence the broad generalizations and attempts to demonize young people and contemporary churches instead of just making his central point when speaking about the twisting of the gospel with compromise. (which is probably not that controversial on its own) It just looks like defensive projection to me. I have no doubt there are pastors out there that may do this but again it is hardly exclusive to contemporary churches. I wish this self defeating traditional vs contemporary feud would try to see the bigger picture and realize we are supposed to be allies. Like you said, if a church is failing with regard to preaching the gospel properly, write an article that states "I visited this church and found this issue." Name names, name churches. Even then I would tread lightly and make sure some sort of conversation takes place with the "flawed" churches leadership so they aren't just tossed to the wolves on the internet.

    I think Reformed actually worded the meat of the article in a more productive manner than the author.
     
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  3. robustheologian

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    :applause:
     
  4. quantumfaith

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    Excellent and insightful analysis. :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
     
  5. Bro. James

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    Evangelical is a misused, ambiguous word of late--last 70 years, perhaps. There are New Age evangelists in high places.

    Individual Christians are caught between: "here am I, send me" and "here am I, send somebody else."

    "Be not conformed to this world; but be transformed by the renewing of your minds..."

    Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

    Bro. James
     
  6. The American Dream

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    Included but teaching false doctrine in general. Here are a few names.

    .A. Allen
    John Arnott and Carol Arnott
    John Avanzini
    Earnest Angley
    Tony Alamo
    Herbert W. Armstrong
    Garner Ted-Armstrong.
    Neil Anderson
    Marilyn Agee
    Justin and Rachel Abraham.
    Doug Addison
    Richard Ames
    Todd Bentley
    John Bevere
    Mike Bickle
    Alice A. Bailey
    Markus Bishop
    Steve Brock

    Rienhard Bonnke
    William Branham
    Rodney Howard Browne
    Heidi Baker
    David “Moses” Berg
    Doug Batchelor
    Irvin Baxter Jr.
    Dietrich Bonhoeffer
    Juanita Bynum.
    Rob Bell
    Roland Baker
    Michael Brown
    Darlene Bishop
    Arthur Blessitt.
    Jim Bakker
    Karl Barth
    Madam Helena Blavatsky
    Shawn Boostra
    Buddha
    Paul Cain
    Tony Campolo
    Morris Cerullo
    Paul (David) Yonggi Cho
    Randy Clarke
    Kim Clement
    Kenneth Copeland
    Gloria Copeland
    Paul Crouch
    Jan Crouch
    Larry Crabb
    Confucius
    Harold Camping
    Miss Ivery Campbell
    Charles Capps
    Guy Chevreau
    Jack Coe
    Edgar Cayce
    John Crowder
    Paul Cunningham.
    Wayne Cordeiro
    Cash Luna
    Ron Callihan
    Aaron and Amanda Crabb.
    Tony Cooper.
    Mark Chironna
    David Chilton
    Deepak Chopra
    Fred R. Coulter
    Alister Crowley

    Fennis Jennings Dake
    Charles Darwin
    Michael Drosnin
    Jack Deere
    Creflo A. Dollar
    Jesse Duplantis
    James Dobson
    Denny Davis
    Jim Driscoll
    Mark Driscoll
    Colin Dye.
    John and Joy Dawson.
    John Alexander Dowie.
    Marc Dupont
    Marion Dalton.
    Dalai Lama
    Anthony De Mello
    Misty Edwards
    Mary Baker Eddy
    Gene Edwards
    Betty Eadie
    Francis Frangipane
    Sigmund Frued
    Matthew Fox
    Jerry Falwell
    Sandy Freed
    Steve Furtick
    Steve Fletcher
    Darwin Fish
    Jentezen Franklin
    Louis Farrakhan
    Lucy Farrow
    Gerald Flurry
    Charlene Fortsch

    W.V. Grant Jr.
    Shawn Gabie
    Joanne Gravell
    Chritina Glenn.
    Dr. Peter Gammons

    John Hagee
    Ted Haggard
    Kenneth Hagin
    Charles Hunter
    Frances Hunter
    Jack Hayford
    Marilyn Hickey
    Steve Hill
    Benny Hinn
    Robert C. Harris
    David Hogan
    Bill Hybels
    Tom Horn
    Jonathan Hanson
    Napolean Hill
    Rex Humbard
    Ron L. Hubbard
    Milton Henshel
    Larry Huch.
    Bill Hamon.
    Brian Houston
    Christian Harfouche
    Keith Heflin.
    Sarah Hickey.
    Nancy Harmon
    Bill Hamon
    Jack Van Impe
    Reverend Ike
    Carl Jung
    Prophet Bernard Jordon
    Stan Johnson
    Cindy Jacobs
    T.D. Jakes
    Tony Jones
    T.B. Joshua
    Rick Joyner
    Bob Jones
    Monte Judah
    Bill Johnson
    Manessah Jordan.
    Bishop Noel Jones.
    Leroy Jenkins
    Jim Jones
    Patricia King
    Thomas Keating
    Essek Kenyon
    John Kilpatrick
    Paul Kidd
    Kathryn Kulhman
    David Koresh
    Tim Keller
    Dan Kimbal
    Daniel Kemp
    Bob Larson
    Roberts Liardon
    Bishop Eddie Long
    James Lloyd
    Larry Lea
    Cash Luna
    John G. Lake
    C.S. Lewis
    Mother Theresa.
    Frances McNutt
    Mike Murdock
    Miles Monroe
    Joyce Myers
    Brian Mclaren
    Aimee Simple McPherson
    Monte Kim Miller
    Arnold Murray
    Steve Munsey
    Rodererick C. Meredith
    William Miller
    Dave McPherson
    Sun Myung Moon
    Lord Maiteya.
    Beth Moore.
    Brennan Manning
    Bishop Clarence McClendon.
    Donnie McClurkin.
    John Mellor
    Apostle Rob and Prophet Reeni Mereros
    Shirley Maclaine
    Kip Mckean
    Maharishi Malesh Yogi
    E. Lonnie Meashenko
    James Mckeever

    Gary North
    Joel Osteen.
    John Osteen
    T.L. Osborne
    George Otis Jr.

    Norman Vincent Peale
    Rod Parsley
    Carlton Pearson
    Peter Popoff
    Fredrick K.C. Price
    Charles Fox Parham
    Paula Price
    Earl Paulk
    Joseph Prince
    Don Piper
    Jason Phillips
    Doug Pagitt.
    David C. Pack
    Albert Pike
    Mark Prophet and Elizabeth Claire

    Phineas Quimby
    Michael Rood
    Charles Taze Russell
    James Ryle
    Pat Robertson
    Sid Roth
    Peter Ruckman
    Gail Riplinger
    Richard Roberts
    Oral Roberts
    Joseph Rutherford.
    Dr. Bob Rodgers
    John Ritenbaugh

    R.W. Schambach
    Robert Schuller
    William Seymour
    Gwen Shamblin
    Gwen Shaw
    Dutch Sheets
    Leonard Sweet
    Jerry Sevelle
    Paula Sanford
    Lester Sumerall
    Stephan Strang
    John Shelby Sponge
    Emanuel Swedenborg
    Miss Maple Sanford
    Sherry Shriner.
    Jimmy Swaggert
    Donny Swaggert
    Katie Sauza
    Reverend Angus Stuart
    Warren Cole Smith
    Perry Stone
    Ed Silvoso
    Joseph Smith
    Tim Story.

    Tommy Tenny
    Casey Treat
    Robert Tilton
    John Marks Templeton
    Eckhart Tolle
    Cindy Trimm.
    Richard Twiss.
    Joshua Tongol.
    Leroy Thompson.
    Dwight Thompson
    Jason Upton
    Dave Vaughan.
    Ann Voskamp
    C. Peter Wagner
    Rick Warren
    Paula White
    BruceWilkerson
    David Wilkerson
    John Wimber
    Edgar C. Whisenant
    Smith Wigglesworth
    Maria Etter-Woodworth
    Oprah Winfrey
    Ellen G. White
    Steve Wolberg
    Andrew Wommack
    Bro Steve Winter
    Dallas Willard.
    Dr. Bill Winston.
    Ronald Weinland
    Jim Whittington.
    Mike Warnke.
    Watchman Nee
    Witness Lee
    Charles Wheeling
    Marianne Williamson
    W. Paul Young
    Michael Yeager
    Ed Young Jr.
    Brigham Young.
    Sarah Young.
     
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  7. Iconoclast

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    Good article, thought provoking....


    looks like the author reads BB posts!
     
  8. Bro. Curtis

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    Easy believism ?
     
  9. InTheLight

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    These people run "hip", "progressive" evangelical churches?

    :laugh:
     
  10. Use of Time

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    Yeah, that list pretty much just proves my point that the author has an axe to grind against modern churches.

    Millenials are leaving the churches in droves to go hang out with Pastor Sigmund Frued.
     
  11. Zaac

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    :laugh: :laugh:
     
  12. OldRegular

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    Zaac disappeared for a time! Who knows perhaps CTB cloned himself!
     
  13. Aaron

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    We all read that you drew a contrast between the unborn and living.
     
  14. Zaac

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    Nope. That's the contrast YOU made about what I said. :laugh:
     
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    Then you need to retake your language arts courses. Because that's what you wrote, Hillary.
     
  16. Zaac

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    You need to take another reading comprehension class because I said what I said and you took it the way YOU wanted, Mittens.
     
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    If you had said "Pro-life for the unborn but unloving and uncaring about those outside the womb", it would have meant what you say you meant. But with this wording that you used, it is a contrast because of the "but". So you have made a contrast between the unborn and the living. Please make sure you are careful with your use of words if you do not wish to be misunderstood.
     
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    Whatever Zaac meant it is the same pious and hypocritical nonsense that Crabtown boy spouts!

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    sigh and smh


    Anyone else want to post the words sigh and shake your head? It doesn't add to the thread but it can make you look self righteous.....so...there is always that. :BangHead: See I have done it! How does it look on me? Pretty snazzy huh?
     
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