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1 | Education encouraged of God? | 2 Tim 2:15 | DocTrinsograce | 243615 | ||
Good points, Ed... I think that this mischaracterization of some of the American denominations that sprung up in the last hundred years is unfair. For example, one of the best professors of proper exegetical principles is Dr. Gordon Fee, Professor Emeritus of New Testament Studies at Regent College in Vancouver, Canada. Indeed, I was introduced to him in Biblical Hermeneutics at Covenant Theological Seminary. Christianity Today had a very pertinent article refuting this assumption concerning these denominations by Rick M. Nanez. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/marchweb-only/113-43.0.html An Pentecostal pastor who is a friend of mine pointed me to the article. It is seven pages long, but worth read. We do not want to paint whole denominations with the same brush as we do individuals, thus protecting the truth as our Lord commands. I also appreciate your concern about the use of those teachings. The abuse of a truth, of course, does not render it false. In Him, Doc |
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2 | Education encouraged of God? | 2 Tim 2:15 | EdB | 243617 | ||
For the most part I agree that in the past a few ole fire and brimstone preachers talked down education. However the present state of many Bible Colleges and Seminaries are tragedy. One Bible College I fairly familiar with was started to prepare those called into the ministry, today it touts ministry as a career with many benefits. In this same school a Godly man of God came to teach. He started a discipleship program that required students that wanted to be involved to attend chapel at 5 in the morning. The other professors in the college went nuts. As this discipleship program picked up speed and more and more committed young men and women started to get involved these professors started all kinds of things to discourage the program. They finally got their way and the professor was forced to leave the school. Today the school is so secular that some professors openly deny a second coming Christ. Students know all the quotes of the most quoted men but most aren't sure who Abraham was. While I never taught in this seminary I saw similar things happening in the schools I taught in. The change of attitude was very evident. On any Sunday there were more students having picnics on campus than there were in chapel. Professors used words that would embarrass most sailors. It was sort of like what we see on the political scene today where one party says anyone in the opposing party is unthinking or ignorant. That was the prevailing attitude of anyone that read the Bible instead of the local scandal sheet. If you could quote full books of the Bible but could not quote the religious hero of theirs you were unlearned and hopeless. |
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3 | SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH | 2 Tim 2:15 | FytRobert | 243622 | ||
HI, ,,,,,SOME PROFESSORS OPENLY DENY SECOND COMING CHRIST.HOW DID THEY ARRIVE AT THIS CONCLUSION..... | ||||||
4 | SEARCHING FOR THE TRUTH | 2 Tim 2:15 | DocTrinsograce | 243623 | ||
Hi, Robert... People who deny the doctrine of the parousia of Christ do so because of one root problem. Christ cited it when He said of the Sadducees that their error arose from not understanding the Scriptures, and not even the power of God (Matthew 22:29). Although they all share this common root problem, they span a wide spectrum of perspectives. On one hand, there are those who deny the divine origins of the Scripture. On the other hand, there are those who add something of greater authority. Ever since the Word incarnate, we have struggled with people who have a low view of the Bible. Goodness, it started even before that, with Satan's questioning what God had commanded our First Parents. It continued to be problematic for the children of Israel. Our Lord and apostles encountered it. The church down through the centuries have surfaced and dealt with a variety of heresies of the same sort of thing. Today, we see it all over the world. Of course we know from Paul's Roman epistle (chapter 1) that the root cause is not an inability to reason properly, or to accept what is true, or a failure to hear; the cause is a moral one. This is what Paul calls the natural man (1 Corinthians 2:14). Another problem is the god of this world (2 Corinthians 4:4); to say nothing of the world system (Colossians 2:20). I have yet to see anyone denying the Word as having any other causes than these three. If you wanted to you could read up on some of these people who have propounded a denial of the Second Coming... but it probably isn't worth the effort. It is hard enough finding those who teach, preach, walk, and live the Word, depending on its authority alone. So instead, just keep filling your mind with the Word, let it transform you. Ultimately, God will deal with the gadflies of this world. By the way, if you are asking a question of a specific forum member, mark it as a note. Over the years there is a convention to view the questions as being open to everyone to answer. In Him, Doc |
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