Subject: Call from God! |
Bible Note: Doc, I apologize, my tone and response to you was not very Christian like. I have not studied Puritanism very much, but I have read a little history. Until you mentioned it I had never heard of Dr. Francis Roberts, so his writings are unfamiliar to me. However when someone makes a statement that there are no Puritan writings or writings from Dr. Frances Roberts contrary to scripture I think that is foolish at best. There are plenty of court documents and historical writings that tend not to lend themselves kindly to American Puritist movement. Dr. Francis Roberts may or may not have had anything to do with these events, I do not know. To address what you said of her writings, they were never intended to be scripture, just conversations she had with God throughout her life. They were only her interpretation of those conversations and published only to inspire others that dialogue with God is truly a two way conversation. I'm sure most of the Saints who wrote the Bible had many such conversations with God, however God saw fit to include only small snippets into the Bible, which were Scripture. Francis J Roberts writing were not and are not Scripture and should never be mistaken for such. Searcher56, Thank you, Francis J Roberts passed away a little after 1pm June 23, 2009. She never allowed a biography of herself to be published as she did not want recognition for the things she did in her life. I learned much about my Grandmother at her funeral where many people told stories of how she had served them, most of which immediate family was not aware. I truly learned a lot about what it means to truly unselfishly serve Christ. One of the Pastors who spoke said these kind words, "a sermon reference the Bible, and a Eulogy references a persons life. In the case of Francis, the two are difficult to tell apart." In Him, Mike Roberts |