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1 | Is God in absolut contrl over all things | Acts 4:24 | John Reformed | 61621 | ||
Dear Sir Pent, It's me, John. :) In reading through your note to Jrdoc, I came across the following statment of yours: "You want to discuss specific scripture verses to prove that Calvinism is correct. I’m not interested". Are you certain that JR is primarily concerned with defending his theological perspective or do you assume that that is his goal. If we are to reach even the modest goal of consensus, we must pay special attention to the the words of our co-laborers. I have learned (the hard way) that assuptions are the major stumbling block to communication! I see JR's greatest concern to be what he percieves as your (apparent) prohibition of Scripture. He said "So I cannot look at Scripture to assert the truth". What he heard from your statement above (it seems to me) is "You want to discuss specific scripture verses .... I’m not interested". your thoughts? John |
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2 | Is God in absolut contrl over all things | Acts 4:24 | Sir Pent | 61838 | ||
Clarification ...................................... Dear John, You took one sentance from my post out of the context that it was in and then claimed that its meaning was unclear. Let's put it back in context and look at it. ...................................... I said, "You want to discuss specific scripture verses to prove that Calvinism is correct. I’m not interested. You have already done that with other people on this forum, and I don’t seek redundancy. The purpose of this thread is solely to discuss whether it is possible for a person with an Arminian perspective to believe in a sovereign God." ...................................... I believe that when read in context it is obvious that I my "prohibition" as you call it was very specific. I was not prohibiting all scripture from being used. Instead I was trying to maintain the focus of this thread by avoiding scriptures that merely support Calvinism in general (which would have been redundant with other threads that do that very thing). ...................................... I think that in context, my meaning was clear. However, it appears that JRdoc did misunderstand what I said, becuase he referred to me in a different thread as trying to prohibit from posting anything on this forum at all. Therefore, I did reply to him (in that thread) to clear up any misunderstanding that might have been there. |
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3 | Is God in absolut contrl over all things | Acts 4:24 | John Reformed | 61844 | ||
Dear Sir Pent, I did not mean to imply that your statement was actually unclear. But my desire was to show that it was percieved to say something other than your intended meaning. I am on a mission to warn people to read and reread posts that they recieve from each other and to assertain the intended meaning of the "Poster" before they proceed to reply to that particular post. It may require a sub-post asking for clarification. I believe if we practised this discipline that many of us would avoid fights and wounded feelings. Neither one edifies the church or glorifies God. For instance: You said: "Dear John, You took one sentance from my post out of the context that it was in and then claimed that its meaning was unclear". Your statement could be taken as a straightforward remark or as a rebuke insinuating a deliberate deeption on my part. I took it in the former sense because our posts have been polite and not contentious. But if on the other hand we had been engaged in a hot debate it could easily be recieved in the latter sense. John |
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4 | Is God in absolut contrl over all things | Acts 4:24 | Sir Pent | 61867 | ||
Personal Note ...................................... Dear John, Sounds like a good mission. There are obviously limitations to any conversation that can only be carried out with the written word. Lacking tone of voice, body language, facial expression, etc. can often make interpretation difficult. It is therefore very important that we all dilligently try to "assertain the intended meaning" of posts before responding. You make a great point. ................................................ P.S. Having started on this forum over a year ago, I am glad that I can say, "to the best of my knowledge I have never been in a hot debate with anyone here". |
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5 | Is God in absolut contrl over all things | Acts 4:24 | John Reformed | 61869 | ||
Dear Sir Pent, The Lord has indeed favored you. I must return to work for now, but I promise to go over our lonely little thread and see if I can find a place to begin in regard to your original proposition. God Bless, John |
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