tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post115018240697625174..comments2024-03-29T05:31:07.363-04:00Comments on CAMPONTHIS: SPURGEON SPEAKS TO POSTMODERNISM FROM THE GRAVESJ Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15844201288864307481noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-91867518060116968802009-08-14T03:37:42.917-04:002009-08-14T03:37:42.917-04:00I too attend a church that has a pastor who does n...I too attend a church that has a pastor who does not avoid the more difficult passages in fear that someone might be "offended". While it isn't a small church, there is definitely no worries of people disliking the message. If they get offended they can go somewhere else to have someone scratch the itching ear. <br /><br />"Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful." -Proverbs 27:6<br /><br />It's my opinion that the best way is chapter by chapter, verse by verse, precept upon precept.... that way the WHOLE bible is being taught...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16180057920541450787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-40036708524007748262009-08-12T12:31:36.063-04:002009-08-12T12:31:36.063-04:00Awesome. And isn't this the struggle of the a...Awesome. And isn't this the struggle of the ages? To guard the trust and keep the truth polished and sharp? There seem to be men in every age (oh yeah, that includes my own wicked heart) that want to make a cream puff out of the rock solid truth.The Blainemonsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13157965154638461280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-9042716795299326342009-08-12T07:59:18.481-04:002009-08-12T07:59:18.481-04:00So blessed, so blessed!
Steve - your timely words...So blessed, so blessed!<br /><br />Steve - your timely words of Spurgeon are indeed propetic for this critical time and age. <br /><br />As effeminate Christianity struts the world stage with all her baubles and pomp that sharp two edged sword is impatient in its desire to be unsheathed and let loose again in the souls of men and women. <br /><br />As Tozer once said "Someone someday will arrive on the scene and really believe and preach the Word and shame us all"<br /><br />Keep em coming!Dead Men Talkinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07532822351086840537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-1150387338833180272006-06-15T12:02:00.000-04:002006-06-15T12:02:00.000-04:00Always love C. H. Spurgeon. Excellent words for us...Always love C. H. Spurgeon. Excellent words for us today.<BR/><BR/>4given, You are truly blessed. Thanks for sharing that. God surely does have His pastors. Jer. 3:15donsandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665794015011057098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-1150342628351662022006-06-14T23:37:00.000-04:002006-06-14T23:37:00.000-04:00"But this I have against you, that you have left y..."But this I have against you, that you have left your first love. Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place-unless you repent" Revelation 2:4&5<BR/><BR/>Forget all of the theories about whether these verses are speaking of the Church through history or a specific church at the time or what ever else and look at these verses. Perhaps we can use them to pray for ourselves and then the church in America.<BR/><BR/>I agree that the pattern shone in the European countries seems to be the path the American church is headed down, as evidenced above. All the more reason to pray for open mouths and loosened tongues that proclaim the gospel to every man woman and child.N. L. Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01939900967954170553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-1150333624301042652006-06-14T21:07:00.000-04:002006-06-14T21:07:00.000-04:00Would a full-orbed Biblical view have to concede t...Would a full-orbed Biblical view have to concede that the pitiful state of preaching in America is God's judgment on Evangelicalism?Gordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14527530618839981892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-1150283246387585702006-06-14T07:07:00.000-04:002006-06-14T07:07:00.000-04:00"You might go into a Roman Catholic chapel now-a-d..."<I>You might go into a Roman Catholic chapel now-a-days, and hear as good a sermon from a Popish priest as you hear in many cases from a Protestant minister.</I>"<BR/><BR/>In something I've been listening too lately, I believe it's the White Horse Inn's series on the Romans Revolution, it was mentioned a religious liberal had attended an "evangelical" church in the south. He was surprised because he said the sermon could have been preached in any liberal church. So what happened in Europe is happening here, just a century and a half or so later.Taliesinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06250806687440204400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-1150216142918206322006-06-13T12:29:00.000-04:002006-06-13T12:29:00.000-04:00I heard a speaker a while back who pointed out tha...I heard a speaker a while back who pointed out that what <I>isn't</I> said in a church is often more important than what is. One can attend any number of denominations' weekly service and hear things that are certainly true. I attend my grandmother's church when I visit her, a Methodist church, and I can barely stand to sit there. What the preacher says is only so much fluff, and no matter how true it is, it teaches nothing. Like 4given, I attend a small church, with a pastor who, well, everything she said, LOL! I always leave church feeling like I have learned something, and my husband and I usually discuss the sermon on the ride home. I would not be comfortable attending a church where things were <I>not</I> said just to keep people happy or to attract more people into the church. Unfortunately, more and more people want to be somewhere they feel "comfortable," the truth is compromised, and the itching ears get scratched.Janahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05755365059311051601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-1150201584333028442006-06-13T08:26:00.000-04:002006-06-13T08:26:00.000-04:00"I believe you will pick up in some poor humble ch..."I believe you will pick up in some poor humble chapel more doctrinal knowledge in half an hour, than in some of your larger chapels in half a century."<BR/><BR/>My church is very small. But the goal to be as Christ in word and deed is indeed there. The teaching is God-honoring truth. My pastor displays Christ in His life and teaching. He labours over the Word of God to feed and encourage us, not only on Sunday morning, but ALL week. He encourages us to be as Bereans and to hold him accountable. He challenges us daily to get out of our comfort zones and eat, live, and breathe Christ. He weeps with us when we are in pain... he lovingly but boldly confronts sin... he is a praying pastor that walks in holy fear. He is not on a high horse. But he is genuinely working out his salvation in fear and trembling as he diligently pours his heart and life into the Word of Truth relying on the Good and perfect Shepherd to teach him how to be our Shepherd. <BR/>no gimmicks.4givenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16604421713579961024noreply@blogger.com