bill wald

Church: 
First CRC in Everett, WA
About Me: 

Was a dispensationalist but got "reformed" by reading "The Instituties."

Retired 

Interests: 

arguing. <G>

 

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  • How about the American "value" of "calling a spade, a spade?"  No pun intended. 
    posted on: Do Trump’s "S---hole" Remarks Represent American Values?

  • Even "birds of a feather flock together." Isn't that how God made us? Far as I know, there was only one race and one common language until God invented these problems for us during the "Tower...

    posted on: Hello, My Name Is. . . Racist

  • As your list cynic . . . can't remember back that far. 
    posted on: When Were You Last Filled With Awe?

  • The CRC does not teach that God can regenerate anyone he chooses? Or refuses to regenerate all  those who work hard at loving God and being a good neighbor? IF god can regenerate only "believing...

    posted on: A Matter of Life or Death: Theological Precision

  • There is no official legislative definition of "religion" in the US. An organizations applies to the IRS for tax exempt status and it is granted or rejected.  Apparently a "church" is not required...

    posted on: Purposefully Putting Culture Before Christ

  • Didn't St Paul write, "Don't bleed before you are cut?" 
    posted on: Whose Ministry Is This?

  • Thanks for the reply. Theologically agree but pragmatically taking human nature and social contract into consideration, street corner preaching, for example, is no longer useful. As a cynic, CRC...

    posted on: Purposefully Putting Culture Before Christ

  • Two or three observations:

    First, Maslow's Hierarchy. For most humans, basic food and shelter comes before religion. If one's kids are hungry . . . .

    Second, the first center  of...

    posted on: Purposefully Putting Culture Before Christ

  • Christians have been "believing in" hope for 2,000 years, Jews for 6000 years.

    I hope that young people (under 30) can learn to live with this world as they find it. It isn't the world I...

    posted on: I Choose Hope!

  • Then you agree that this century's "music" is more jungle chant than melodic? Elementary school level children's song without proper written music? More appropriate for prime time TV than worship...

    posted on: The Melodious Part of the Worship Service