----- Original Message -----
Sent: March 24, 2004 08:25
Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] All truth leads
to Jesus.
Judy, Kevin, and anyone else you may be awake at
this hour:
There is much to which I could respond. This post
raises a couple of important distinction type questions. Some of Judy's
earlier posts raise questions, and Kevin has left a couple on the table. I
think, rather than addressing them, any of them, I am going to forego any more
discussion at this time. Right now it is all too clear to me where the
problems lie. It is probably not good that I be so confident: perhaps part of
the problem is my own. I should take some time to reflect upon that
possibility. It may do others well to do some soul searching also. I think,
however, that this conclusion is accurate and apt: we are talking past each
other; we're not hearing each other's voices; in other words, we are not
communicating. And so, as for me, I will withdraw for a while and
reevaluate my potential contribution to this forum.
May God richly bless you all,
Bill Taylor
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 5:37
AM
Subject: [TruthTalk] All truth leads to
Jesus.
Do you mean me Kevin?
I believe God chooses to save ppl by the foolishness of preaching and
that what is preached is important.
Sin, righteousness, and the judgment to come should be explained along
with the death, burial and
resurrection of Christ and how his blood cleanses our conscience from
dead works so that we may
serve the living God. I was raised in a denomination with a
social gospel which was death to me. I was
taught to see Jesus as a historical figure (like the Nicene fathers) -
It was by the grace and mercy of God
along with some faithful believers that I finally learned the
truth. My extended family are still in the mire
.... so I don't take for granted that church attendance automatically
means believer.... and the saying
"all truth is God's truth" is fallacious.
judyt
"Man in his pomp is like the beasts
that perish"
Could you explain what you mean by Gospel here?
From:
"Wm. Taylor" <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Kevin,
If it is not your gift to reach people
in these arenas, that is fine. Why be offended if it is someone else's?
Jesus is not bound by our limitations. He always raises someone up to
preach the Gospel. That someone may be a philosopher to philosophers, a
scientist to scientists, a blond haired big hallucination to druggies.
What difference does it make? Praise the Lord! Bill
jt: Now WHAT is the
gospel? We have several different Jesus characters here and I wonder
how many gospels there are. The way I understand the example Jesus of
Nazareth left - his followers left their nets to follow him. They
gave up their former way of life and thought - in Pauls case he counted
all of it dung. I know everyone is not called to the same ministry as
Paul and some folk do stay in their former professions but we are not
to follow them. There is ONE Lord. We are
focused more on Polanyi than Jesus here and the subject line is
backward. The person of Jesus IS ALL Truth.
judyt
I think not. The point is why go to a
place where you must pick through the trash to get at the
meat, when you can go Boldly to the One who is truth? Why not point
people directly to the Truth (John "thy word IS Truth") rather than a
secondary source? Some might swallow a bone.
"Wm. Taylor"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Well, what do you
think, Kevin?
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