tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post5510222670964811542..comments2023-10-19T10:34:33.030-05:00Comments on Praisegod Barebones: Theological Triage and Statements of FaithBart Barberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-15182643434921856992013-06-09T20:24:10.200-05:002013-06-09T20:24:10.200-05:00Dear Baptist/evangelical brothers and sisters in C...Dear Baptist/evangelical brothers and sisters in Christ,<br /><br />I ask you to consider these points:<br /><br />1. When God said that he would preserve his Word, what did he mean? Did he mean that he would preserve the original papyrus and parchment upon which his Word was written? If so, then his Word has disappeared as none of the original manuscripts remain.<br /><br />Did he mean that he Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519721717265344702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-14563218557570655722013-04-07T15:22:21.713-05:002013-04-07T15:22:21.713-05:00Bart, not particularly relevant to a Convention-wi...Bart, not particularly relevant to a Convention-wide official statement of faith, but we are using a sort of tiered approach to a doctrinal statement for our church.<br /><br />It begins with two foundational statements about the existence of God and the inspiration of the Scriptures, since all that we hold emanates from those truths. Next are fundamental principles, most of which would be sharedR. L. Vaughnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10992710377193518029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-29995832307097604652013-04-04T23:02:55.460-05:002013-04-04T23:02:55.460-05:00Hi Pastor Barber,
I have wondered this:
there is...Hi Pastor Barber,<br /><br />I have wondered this:<br /><br />there is one teaching in Calvinism that is fairly important and not all Christians support. I am wondering where you think Southern Baptists might place this teaching in a 'triage' setting:<br /><br />"double-predestination," <br /> This teaching claims that in addition to electing some people to salvation,<br /> GodChristianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15969310497166526545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-67441408329815574272013-04-04T10:46:48.136-05:002013-04-04T10:46:48.136-05:00I agree whole-heartedly that a tiered structure wo...I agree whole-heartedly that a tiered structure would work best for the BF&M. I also agree there would wars and rumors of wars over what was in each tier. It would have to be a large, wide, and varied group that converged on the objective. However, once the battles were over and the thing was accomplished, there would be much less room for controversy. Though, most of the time, we Baptists Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15075845113653601497noreply@blogger.com