Derick,
While I may not always agree with you I do admire your approach to some of 
the topics that appear on this forum.  I have learned quite a bit from your 
post and I thank you for the quality responses.  I have a lot to learn and 
am more than willing to listen and yes even be open minded where I can be. 
I feel that we are far too close minded where legacy and denominations come 
into play.  There are some things I cant change on, and some maybe I need 
to.    I have found a lot of times we respond to the unknown or what we are 
unsure of in a somewhat negative way.  As for me sometimes I don't debate 
more because I might be a little intimidated by others seemingly higher 
level of inelegance.   It seems that way anyhow.  Anyway you keep it coming 
and even though I might not agree with everything you say I value you as a 
true man of God and appreciate your efforts.  Have a great Lord's Day my 
brother.
here because of Jesus
Charlie
Phil.4:13


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Derick Dickens" <Derick@...>
To: <pastorsforum@...>
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 10:16 PM
Subject: RE: [PastorsForum] Women pastors


> 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
>
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