tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591518369598505341.post6581728689885968947..comments2023-10-18T09:38:27.290-05:00Comments on Time 2 Change Churches!: Bible Studypastorbrianculverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07325788116682801754noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591518369598505341.post-20346736330892875962008-02-07T05:17:00.000-06:002008-02-07T05:17:00.000-06:00add me, yo!!! february is a crazy month for me...b...add me, yo!!! february is a crazy month for me...but i'll try to be on top of it. :)stellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00450173593394313801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591518369598505341.post-68737004520374438612008-02-05T11:21:00.000-06:002008-02-05T11:21:00.000-06:00I'm checking the website daily to figure out the c...I'm checking the website daily to figure out the cost. The one in Florida that will take place in March is free. It will just cost us money to get down there (and we might be able to stay with some family). I'm hoping the St. Louis one will be free as well. And hopefully by the time registration comes around, we'll be able to see if there are anymore that will be closer to us. But I love road trips anyway. :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00144910846284431972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591518369598505341.post-58023323625831052262008-02-05T03:52:00.000-06:002008-02-05T03:52:00.000-06:00I have you in with us Michelle, thanks!Jessie, I w...I have you in with us Michelle, thanks!<BR/><BR/>Jessie, I would love to be able to go to it but I do not have the extra money to be able to afford it. you will have to let me know how it goes! Sounds like it would be pretty powerful in reaching the lost! What great teachings!pastorbrianculverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07325788116682801754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591518369598505341.post-38277999117626424442008-02-04T22:18:00.000-06:002008-02-04T22:18:00.000-06:00i'll join!i'll join!michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17918731275082085840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591518369598505341.post-80010993714305130792008-02-04T18:20:00.000-06:002008-02-04T18:20:00.000-06:00While I don't always agree with Erwin Lutzer, I do...While I don't always agree with Erwin Lutzer, I do remember him quoting someone as saying "The truth is like a football. You can kick it around all day long and at the end of the day will still be full and round".Tim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06771868540726222826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591518369598505341.post-38762233295331709512008-02-04T17:07:00.000-06:002008-02-04T17:07:00.000-06:00I'm with you as well, if the truth bashes what you...I'm with you as well, if the truth bashes what you seem to maybe kinda believe, then bash away. We all ought to be able to take our beliefs of what God is, read the Word, and come to the same conclusion. If not, then change your beliefs, the Word is truth, and by it you will be sanctified. Regardless of which denomination you are a fan of, many of those people are on their way to hell because they do not know Christ. Narrow, both the gate and path. If it's not studied in that manner, it sure won't be preached in that manner.Jfranklin6https://www.blogger.com/profile/10652187147202440613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591518369598505341.post-9257094157326475522008-02-04T16:48:00.000-06:002008-02-04T16:48:00.000-06:00Just thought of an example. John 15:18ff. You'd be...Just thought of an example. John 15:18ff. <BR/><BR/>You'd better believe I'll speak my mind on what that means. Would I mention movements? No. But if simply exegeting that passage is deemed "bashing" by someone then this may not be the study for them.<BR/><BR/>Just getting my intentions out in the open.Tim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06771868540726222826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591518369598505341.post-9229218503982882542008-02-04T16:33:00.000-06:002008-02-04T16:33:00.000-06:00Regarding the issue of "bashing", I think Brian de...Regarding the issue of "bashing", I think Brian dealt with that sufficiently in his original post. <BR/><BR/>Having said that, I would add that we (at least I) would expect to let the Word speak when taken in it's Literal, Historical, Grammatical, Contextual sense. If that steps on something, so be it.<BR/><BR/>Bashing is one thing, and I wouldn't want that any more than Brian. However, I see no reason to restrict what we share in the name of "getting along", either.<BR/><BR/>If Brian allows, I'll try to take a part in this -- it goes along with what we do at our home church on Sunday mornings. It's not about bashing, but I'll have nothing to do with a symposium (that's where we all just pool our ignorance and say "I think...").Tim Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06771868540726222826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591518369598505341.post-61141943087072422652008-02-04T11:00:00.000-06:002008-02-04T11:00:00.000-06:00Jolly good. And I feel ya with the purpose of the ...Jolly good. <BR/><BR/>And I feel ya with the purpose of the blog. Soon after starting my own, I was very convicted that in whatever I do, I must do as unto the Lord. The main thing I am told to do is preach the Word. So, I must preach the word from wherever I am, a voice crying in the cyberspace. We still have arguments there from time to time, but I was convicted that if I was going to blog, it better be solid exposition of Scripture. <BR/>This Bible Study could be a really cool thing to do instead of the "negatives" you mentioned. Well done. If we are known more for the plethora Scriptural studies, and messages than for the great debates we have on certain "church" issues, I think we have done well by Him Who sent us.<BR/><BR/>Count me in Bro, I'll do what I can.S.J. Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15922550763548455625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591518369598505341.post-13622048059432693402008-02-04T00:30:00.000-06:002008-02-04T00:30:00.000-06:00Please add me to this! I've been looking for somet...Please add me to this! I've been looking for something like this!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00144910846284431972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591518369598505341.post-45375613398489852622008-02-03T22:02:00.000-06:002008-02-03T22:02:00.000-06:00I have not received an email from you. Did you rep...I have not received an email from you. Did you reply to me ot write seperately, using my addy. If you did the later, it may have went to my bulk mail (being the first)Thoughts From Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11658741692973255432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591518369598505341.post-80041206687942819902008-02-03T16:51:00.000-06:002008-02-03T16:51:00.000-06:00Hi Layneh,I considered doing that, but to be hones...Hi Layneh,<BR/>I considered doing that, but to be honest, I am not sure how long I will be blogging on here. I am putting it to serious prayer right now. My original purpose of doing this blog was to get people to look for biblical teaching in the church. I wanted people to get away from the soft gospel and back to the whole Word of God. I truly enjoying reaching out to the lost and to Christians who need support in their community. I enjoy the thought of doing a Bible study to help people come to learn God's Word and to encourage them to get into His Word on their own. I am finding that the cynical attitudes that come from some people is very frustrating. I have to decide, do I want to continue arguing my point to someone who is arrogant with only a desire to create discord, or is my time better spent out in the streets reaching the lost for Jesus? I think I just answered my own question with that comment. I am spending way too much time reading negative comments from lost people who are only interested in promoting hate (disguised as the love of Jesus). Sounds a lot like the way Satan would disguise Christianity. It has been disgusting to see how some people respond (people who claim to be Christians). They accuse you of being a liar when you are sincere and being truthful. They accuse you of being like every other arrogant and obnoxious person they have met (when they really need to be looking in the mirror at themselves). I can handle the persecution because I know they hated Jesus first, so that is not the real issue. The real issue is that it is keeping me from spending my time in service to Jesus and fulfilling the Great Commission. While the suicide rate for teenagers is the highest it has been, it is important that the Word of God gets out to them, because so many churches are not giving them what they need, the Truth of God's Word. So many people feel that it is okay to lie, they teach their kids to lie and feel that is okay with God. There are people who are flipping people off, all in the name of the forgiveness of Christ, and there are people who, as pastors, are turning their heads away from outward sin within their church walls. Many people are not learning what they need to learn from their own church, so I feel a desire and an obligation to reach the lost and to not wait another day.<BR/><BR/>Jfranklin6, I will be looking forward to working with you on a Bible Study.<BR/><BR/>Jeff G, if you are coming into the Bible study with preconceived ideas that I am going to pick on you, then don't bother joining. I gave you my word in a personal email and you still question it. It is not "my" words that decide whether something is heresy, it is the Word of God. You say a key word that shows me you are not willing to participate with an unbiased point of view. The comment that your "view" will be considered heresy, shows me that you are already making judgments about this. I ask people to not just say, "I think..." or "this is what I feel it means..." what we are going to do is read the Bible and back up everything we say biblically. If there is anything that seems contradictory, then we will go deeper into God's Word to study it. If you want to contribute your study, using the Bible only as a reference, then you are more than welcome to. Again, I do not appreciate the hint that I am not going to keep my word with you or anyone else. You have been in the ministry long enough to know that behavior is not of God with fellow Christians.pastorbrianculverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07325788116682801754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591518369598505341.post-76166931961678920372008-02-03T13:28:00.000-06:002008-02-03T13:28:00.000-06:00I will attempt to do this. I tend to agree with la...I will attempt to do this. I tend to agree with layneh that the process seems a little long without seeing the discussion.<BR/><BR/>I am also not sure if I will get included in the studies because you will probably (since you are deciding) that my view will be considered heresy.<BR/><BR/>Obviously, if there is any pokes at beliefs or movements, I will gracious bow out.Thoughts From Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11658741692973255432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591518369598505341.post-85053254971644948452008-02-03T10:44:00.000-06:002008-02-03T10:44:00.000-06:00I look forward to joining your Bible study.I look forward to joining your Bible study.Jfranklin6https://www.blogger.com/profile/10652187147202440613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6591518369598505341.post-56316346994464576212008-02-03T09:34:00.000-06:002008-02-03T09:34:00.000-06:00Why not just run it off a blog instead?Personally,...Why not just run it off a blog instead?<BR/><BR/>Personally, I am not a fan of online debates, it takes to long for a response.Laynehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12549086508777531754noreply@blogger.com