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Well Said Bill - I can agree with you 100% in
this area. Thanks for verbalizing it so well. jt
Out of respect for David Miller and what he is
attempting to convey with his ad hom rule, I am back. After departing I wrote
to David over my concerns that we the Christians on TT were allowing ourselves
to be drawn into the gutter with our language to each other. I suggested that
the Christians on TT would be willing to accept and impose upon themselves a
higher standard of discourse, considering he whose name we bear. We did
not actually get into how this ought to be implemented, but I did tell David
that the responsibility was his to take the initiative, since TT is his site.
I assured him that his moderator would respect and support his decision and
that the membership would fall in line as it became clear the reasons for the
renewed emphasis upon godly discourse. I am probably a little more libertarian
about the way this should all take place than David is, but we are both in
agreement that the Christians on TT, having the Spirit of God to guide them,
are well equipped to be setting a godly example for any who may not be naming
the name of Christ as their Lord. Please, let us all agree to govern ourselves
and not put the moderators into a position of having to police our language. I
am serious about the edification thing. It is our vocation to the church to
strengthen and build up our brothers and sisters. If what in actuality we are
doing on a regular basis is tearing each other down, then we need to repent.
May I suggest that we all just take a little time to reflect upon our own
desires for being on TruthTalk. And then when we have done that, either come
back on with a renewed motivation to glorify the Lord with our language, or
out of respect for our Lord, for David, and for the others on TT, maybe decide
to just not come back on for awhile. Time does seem to have a way of putting
things into perspective.
Your brother,
Bill
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