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Subject: Free gift of God |
Bible Note: Hi, SW... (AKA Merv?) You wrote, "The points given in this message has been tested and tried through many difficult circumstances and proven to be the only way of christian living which brings true peace and experience of God in joy of the holy Spirit" (sic). Christianity is about the truth. Your statement is based in something called pragmatism. Pragmatism is a philosophical stance which claims that the significance or meaning of what we say lies in its practical bearings on human activity. It was developed in late 19th century by Charles Peirce, it was further adapted by William James to state that truth is what has fruitful consequences. The pragmatist would say that a belief, such as belief in God, should be accepted if it has better consequences than non-belief. Please note that this is a Study Bible Forum rather than a Study Pragmatism Forum. Arguments based in human philosophies, such as pragmatism, are of no interest to us. We want to discuss the Bible, the truth of God, not the passing waxing and waning fads of human thought. That is the essence of the statement you agreed to when you created this latest account. "Many of today's church leaders have bought into the subtlety of pragmatism without recognizing the dangers it poses. Instead of attacking orthodoxy head on, evangelical pragmatism gives lip service to the truth while quietly undermining the foundations of doctrine. Instead of exalting God, it effectively denigrates the things that are precious to Him." --John MacArthur (See his entire article on pragmatism at www.myfortress.org/JohnMacArthurII.html) "Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ." (Colossians 2:8) "And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God." (1 Corinthians 2:4-5) In Him, Doc |