tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post7660188583185886295..comments2024-03-24T03:21:03.154-04:00Comments on CAMPONTHIS: QUOTE OF THE DAY...John MacArthur at T4GSJ Camphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15844201288864307481noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-283604715268386492008-04-23T01:50:00.000-04:002008-04-23T01:50:00.000-04:00Thanks Steve for A1M. It is amazing how one quote...Thanks Steve for A1M. It is amazing how one quote can set the mind to compose. I wrote an article on my blog because of this quote from MacArthur on A1M. Then I am sitting here listening to a sermon by him from Together for the gospel while reading Ray Comfort's blog and I hear that quote again. Well I found your blog from Ray's. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for your ministry. When I was first a Christian I bought my first Christian tape: Consider the Cost. That tape provided foundational teaching in my walk.ashardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15731610251393009564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-22866059434363811832008-04-18T18:20:00.000-04:002008-04-18T18:20:00.000-04:00KurtI once shared with a pastor that I would rathe...<B>Kurt</B><BR/><I>I once shared with a pastor that I would rather that he preach in a manner that would convict and challenge my walk with Christ, than to be gentle with me so as not to offend..."</I><BR/><BR/>Bingo. And the thing is, the pastor doesn't need to be offensive himself to make the message convicting; he just needs to be faithful to the text of Scripture and preach it plainly and without compromise. And the Spirit of God will use it - it is His Sword - to either comfort or convict.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your comment.<BR/>Steve<BR/>1 Cor. 9:16SJ Camphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844201288864307481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-52871490312882904532008-04-18T17:31:00.000-04:002008-04-18T17:31:00.000-04:00Amen!I once shared with a pastor that I would rath...Amen!<BR/><BR/>I once shared with a pastor that I would rather that he preach in a manner that would convict and challenge my walk with Christ, than to be gentle with me so as not to offend citing Proverbs 27:5, "Open rebuke is better than love carefully concealed."<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, he headed toward becoming a seeker-friendly church and I left with biblical justification why. He declined to read my letter of reason too.<BR/><BR/>Praise God though that there is no soft preaching from the pulpit of Times Square Church where I now attend.Kurt Michaelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07486507203545001736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-26684656865258202812008-04-18T08:29:00.000-04:002008-04-18T08:29:00.000-04:00Don.Those verses in Acts are very timely--and than...<B>Don.</B><BR/>Those verses in Acts are very timely--and thank you for your encouraging words.<BR/><BR/>May the Lord continue to use us all by His grace and for His glory.<BR/>Steve<BR/>2 Tim. 2:3-6SJ Camphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15844201288864307481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14012689.post-86430175403615144932008-04-17T18:39:00.000-04:002008-04-17T18:39:00.000-04:00Nice post. I heard Pastor MacArthur preach that to...Nice post. I heard Pastor MacArthur preach that today. He's the kind of preacher I love. And what an example to the flock of Christ.<BR/><BR/>This verse came to mind when i read through your teaching: "When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with teeth. But he [Stephen], being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God." Acts 7:54-55<BR/><BR/>You're a lot like Stephen, Steve. Same name too.<BR/>Keep on.donsandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03665794015011057098noreply@blogger.com