Re: [TruthTalk] Re [Truth Talk] Saved -- Salvation -- and the pigpen

[Terry Clifton]

Caroline Wong wrote: It's true that there are lots of influences in our kids lives. They want not only answers that make sense but also feels right. Technically, the Christians should win hands down in any contest with the atheists because we have better answers and a living God. Something is definitely wrong if people find the answers of another religion - or an atheist! - better than ours. I remember a radio interview after the tsunami where the host asked a Buddhist, a Muslim and a Christian why it happened. I was thinking if I weren't a committed Christian, I'd be a Buddhist. The other guys didn't make logical or emotional sense!   Love,   Caroline ============================================================== There is a whole lot wrong then, because of all the kids raised in Christian homes, and in church on a regular basis during their time at home, eighty-eight percent of them, when out on their own, leave the church and never return.  Those stats are from the Southern Baptist publications. My guess is that they are impressed by their teachers more than by what they see in their parents lives. Terry     ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Clifton To: TruthTalk@mail.innglory.org Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 6:54 AM Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Re [Truth Talk] Saved -- Salvation -- and the pigpen Caroline Wong wrote: The barrier to understanding is not education but whether the person is informed by the Holy Spirit or not while reading. Education, experience, intelligence etc. increases understanding as the Holy Spirit can reveal more. The more a person has, more will be given. We all start with milk but we hopefully don't stay there or churn our milk into cheese and pretend we're eating meat.   All our great theologians were/are extremely intelligent: Luther, Calvin, Packer, Stott, Grudem. Intelligence and wisdom are 2 different things but a Christian can ask for wisdom and he can be gifted with wisdom by the Spirit. An intelligent Christian with wisdom can be taught and such a person would be used mightily by the Spirit. Paul is an example of such a person.   Love,   Caroline ================================================================== Paul did not have atheists for professors.  Our children, including the intelligent, are being deceived. Terry