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1 | The SBF what does it need to do? | Bible general | justme | 243448 | ||
I am going to be bold here. The SBF has very few who post any more. We have prayed about this for sometime. I would like to open this up to suggestions as to what do you think the SBF needs to do to be alive and active once again. Be honest and even pray before you post. Lockman has dome a lot to keep the SBF up all these years. Now its time for us who are earnest about keeping the SBF relevant and a place we can be open with our questions and concerns about the Bible and our growth as Christians. Now its your turn what do we need to hear? |
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2 | The SBF what does it need to do? | Bible general | DocTrinsograce | 243501 | ||
Dear Justme, One of the enormous problems over the years has been the unwillingness of members to be tolerant, accepting, humble, patient, kind, and gentle. Look at how often such people have been criticized? Our Terms of Use call us to be tolerant to those around us. Thus, I have quoted empiricists, liberals, Pentecostals, protestants, Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, even atheists. I think that Lockman did its best with the Terms of Use, but I am persuaded that there are some whose faith is more about being against others than it is about being for anything. I have received more than half of dozen emails from people who have been so upset with such participants that they have left the forum entirely. I cannot blame them at all. Indeed, I intend to leave very soon myself. Let the left wing of doctrine make of the forum what they wish. Peter speaks of the unlearned and unstable in 2 Peter 3:16. Perhaps we can allow their approach to restore what they make shipwreck. I have always thought it was foolish beyond measure to ask people to post something contrary to what they believe. How does someone -- anyone -- come here and maintain a clear conscience? May God forbid. If you want to see what Godly early members of the forum thought, simply look for Hank (Southern Baptist) and Kalos (Pentecostal) had to say on the matter. Their positions are like many of the old teachers of the past, now beyond their ability to be argued. Nonetheless, it is truth that sets us free, not opinion. I have been active in this forum for thirteen years. Since then, I have prayed that God would magnify what brings Him glory, and that He would cause to whither what fails to do so. Since that time I have seen man's will magnified, man's opinion magnified, man's experience magnified, all at the expense of God's Word. Just as the enemies of the Word have vanished into history, while the faithful, though dead, still preach... we ought not expect the fads of men to prosper contrary to a forum based on Sola Scriptura. What a blessing that God's will -- even when we hope for something contrary -- cannot be thwarted despite the efforts of those who glory in men. Nonetheless, what a wonderful opportunity to pray explicitly for those who seek to subordinate the Word. It is through this very forum that we have been made aware of them, though they live faraway. God in His providence has given us their names, that we may daily pray that their eyes be opened. Watch the character of people around you. It will be clear as to whether they are Christlike or fleshlike. Pray earnestly according to the needs of each. Time is short. In Him, Doc |
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