I am preaching on Moses in Hebrews 11, taking a break from Matthew. ------------------------------------ Wallers Baptist Church Pastor derick@... PO Box 95 Partlow VA 22534 tel: 540-582-5703 mobile: 540-894-1772 www.thedickensfamily.org ------------------------------------ > -----Original Message----- > From: Pastor David Warner [mailto:dwarner@...] > Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 11:20 PM > To: pastorsforum@... > Subject: RE: [PastorsForum] Women pastors > > > I'm preaching on "Warn the Wicked" from Ezekiel 3. > I like the new you, Derick. > DW > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven G. Rockhill [mailto:revrock@...] > Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 10:24 PM > To: pastorsforum@... > Subject: Re: [PastorsForum] Women pastors > > > Harsh, No. Passionate, Yes! I agree Derick. > Hope everyone has a blessed Lord's Day. Preaching on "The > Litmus Test for Truth" from 1 John 4:1-6 and celebrating the > Lord's Supper tomorrow. Glorify God in your preaching and > teaching men. > > Peace, > STeve > > Derick Dickens wrote: > > There is a place where you are to be ready to give an answer and to > > defend the faith. To be honest with you, I did come across > very hard > > but the reason is that most liberal people I deal with hate > discussing > > the text of Scripture. Then, as seen here, wish not to > delve into a > > "debate". Yet, the issue is whether it can withstand the > scrutiny of > > cross examination. The hermenuetics of a liberal, though, > is less to > > do with what the Bible states and more to do with what they > think. It > > is a form of Downgrade that Spurgeon fought against > > > > Whilemy language was harsh, and most of you know this is > not my normal > > style, it was set on doing one thing. Trying to get a proper > > hermenuetical discussion on the topic, of which I did not begin but > > wished to show the fallacies of the other side. Taking > shots at the > > other side in a post then refusing to discuss it is, in my > opinion, in > > a forum a very intellectually dishonest thing to do. On > this list, we > > rightly challenge one another to provide evidence for your > belief and > > ask for clarification and challenge one another in the text. Even > > recently I was challenged by David W. to site an example of > where the > > anaBaptists used unGodly means to enforce their beliefs or destroy > > those who disagreed. Which, I complied because it was a > statement I > > made and should stand by. Making a statement and not > standing by it > > to defend it on a forum like this is very intellectually > dishonest. > > While some will call this harsh, with liberals in my years > of studying > > under them, belonging to their churches, and being a part of their > > denomination, it is what I have come to expect. > > > > Am I frusterated. Yeah, you can say that. Someone can make claims > > and be challenged and they put their head in the sand and move on. > > Yes, God can correct you but you have to be willing to be > challenged. > > I thank God for the education God gave me at one of my > schools... They > > made sure no matter the topic we were challenged in cross > examination > > and forced to defend it... Not doing such is what Albert > Mohler said > > in his commentary resulted in cults. > > > > Derick R. Dickens, > > Being more harsh than my usual > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: > pastorsforum-unsubscribe@... > > "In essential things, unity; in non-essential things, > liberty; and in all things, charity." > > -- > To unsubscribe, send ANY message to: > pastorsforum-unsubscribe@... > > "In essential things, unity; in non-essential things, > liberty; and in all things, charity." > >