Christian Message Boards: a needed update after being gone

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Posted by Ntercesser (Member # 332) on :

So great to be back, but so little time to stay.
I've missed "youz guyz"(though around here they say ya'll).

Did anyone hear about some ArchBishop or some thing like that in a Protestant Church that got brought up on Heresy charges for like the 6th time in 2 years? It was dismissed, but I also heard he doesn't believe in Creation and Jesus, and that he believes in same sex marriages.

Someone probably already got that story, but i haven't had time to check into it.

And does anyone know anymore about Justme? I know she was considering suicide and that she almost did, but God was awesome and it didn't happen.

K, sorry for the random, but i am out of time. Love you guys (and gals) and will see you all soon, but not soon enough [Smile]

"through Grace by Fatih alone"

In Him,
me

Posted by Caretaker (Member # 36) on :

Your reference is probably to John Shelby Spong, a retired Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese in NJ. He opposes the majority of the tenets of the Christian faith, ordains homosexuals, and lauded by many in the extreme liberal community.

http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs/1119.asp

http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs/2477.asp

Spong's pet hate is fundamentalism. He never defines the term, but Paul Enns states:
Historically, fundamentalism has been used to identify one holding to the five fundamentals of the faith adopted by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the USA in 1910. The five fundamentals were the miracles of Christ, the virgin birth of Christ, the substitutionary atonement of Christ, the bodily resurrection of Christ, and the inspiration of Scripture.16

Spong exploits the negative modern connotations of the term to attack those who hold to the original meaning. According to Spong, fundamentalists are 'afraid of knowledge' (RBF p. 27), incapable of abstract thought (RBF p. 155), and are fearful and insecure Christians who do not even bother to read the Bible they pretend to defend (RBF pp. 3-5, 79, 133, 217). He also criticises them for taking the Bible literally. By this he does not mean that they literally interpret passages which are clearly expressed in poetic or figurative language. Rather, he criticises them for accepting the Bible's doctrinal, moral, and historical propositions as actually true. In particular, his attacks centre around the 'five fundamentals'. Rescuing the Bible from Fundamentalism attacked the inspiration of Scripture; Born of a Woman attacked the Virgin Birth of Christ; and Resurrection: Myth or Reality? attacked His bodily resurrection.

Spong implies that there are no fundamentalist scholars. Works supporting liberalism are 'well written and even brilliant works of biblical scholarship' whereas works supporting biblical inerrancy are 'tracts, pamphlets, and books from the pens of fundamentalist Christians' (RBF p. x). But how broad is Spong's reading on these issues? Examining the bibliography of RBF one finds that the only fundamentalist author cited in it is Jerry Falwell. However, our bibliography contains works of many fine scholars ignored by Spong.

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Posted by Kindgo (Member # 2) on :

Ntercesser, [Kiss]

Where have you been?

Please don't stay away so long!

I wish I had good news about 'just me', there as been no word from her since Dec.10.

[tears]

I still pray, and maybe she is fine... [Prayer]

Anyway its a sick old world, Jesus is coming soon to take us outta here. [Big Clap]

Its really good to see ya!

Posted by Ntercesser (Member # 332) on :

thanks Drew

sorry to hear about Justme [Frown]

i only have internet access at College so when i went away from Christmas I couldn't get on and with my classes as they are now, things are hairy. [Smile]

k, thnx again.

In Him, me

Posted by Lost (Member # 343) on :

keep praying for justme. i keep in contact with her and she's doing her best to move on. so don't lose hope and persevere in your prayers for her. "Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much." James 5:16-17 (NKJV). i know i'm a heretic for using the nkjv [fie]

, so you don't have to bother pointing that out. [Laugh]

btw, that last line is part of my sarcastic humor. much love and God bless.

lost

Posted by Kindgo (Member # 2) on :

Lost that is the best news ever [thumbsup]

I am so glad thankful happy overjoyed that [Big Grin]

'justme' is still fightin the good fight,
I sure will be praying hard for her!

Please tell her that there are many brothers and sisters here that care about her, and want to help her any way we can.