Thanks for your response. I should clarify quickly before going any further that I am using the term “nation-state” in the broad sense of the term, as follows: “a nation-...
1. You have said things about overtures 13 & 14 that are not true. You would do well to acknowledge that. These overtures would in no way stop the church from speaking clearly...
“But, the overtures go too far; they draw the lines too rigid. By these overtures the denomination should not have spoken against, or taken action to oppose: slavery, racism, Nazism,...
Stepping back from the individual congregational level a moment, would you say that it was helpful for denominational branding to drop any frontline mention of CR in the newly-...
Dan,
Did you mean "ecclesiastical" instead of "ecumenical"?
Hello Nick,
A few remaining comments and then I'll duck out of this conversation:
1. The EU is arguably no more successful than NATO, and is in no way mandated or even logically...
Hi Nick,
Thanks for your response. I should clarify quickly before going any further that I am using the term “nation-state” in the broad sense of the term, as follows: “a nation-...
"In contrast, today most messages from the pulpit are designed to take us away from this life."
Wow, Nick, that's quite a sweeping accusation. I bet there are quite a few ministers of the...
Nick,
1. You have said things about overtures 13 & 14 that are not true. You would do well to acknowledge that. These overtures would in no way stop the church from speaking clearly...
“But, the overtures go too far; they draw the lines too rigid. By these overtures the denomination should not have spoken against, or taken action to oppose: slavery, racism, Nazism,...
Hi Kristen,
Stepping back from the individual congregational level a moment, would you say that it was helpful for denominational branding to drop any frontline mention of CR in the newly-...
Your questions and statements belie your claim that you do not disdain God's Word.
Your disdain for God's Word saddens me. I hope someday that you too can come to know and trust God through his Word.
So, Roger, I hear you saying that the Christian message is foolishness to the secularist. Where have I heard that before? Oh, that's right:
I Corinthians 1:18-25 "For the word of the...