Are we all simple Reprobates here? - Page 3

rgcraig · #21 05-06-2007, 04:18 PM

I was offended by the statement because I know what was implied and what reprobate means.

It seems this week there has been a turn on this board that doesn't feel as safe or a tolerant community as it use to be.

We are diverse here and so far, the core group here get along just fine with those diversities. We have learned to respect each other, but when a word like reprobate gets thrown around......just not feeling good about that.

Nahum · #22 05-06-2007, 04:19 PM

BTW, there are those on this board who readily admit their backslidden state. Wouldn't it be great to be able to bring them back with love?

berkeley · #23 05-06-2007, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

BTW, there are those on this board who readily admit their backslidden state.

oh, right.

rgcraig · #24 05-06-2007, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

BTW, there are those on this board who readily admit their backslidden state.

True, but that doesn't mean they have been turned over to a reprobate mind.

BoredOutOfMyMind · #25 05-06-2007, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

The danger in the whole "reprobate" thing is that it affirms the notion that the conservatives are mean-spirited and act a lot like Pharisees.

Only caring about appearances without giving one whit about a lost soul.

So how then do we move past our appearance to others on the Wild Wooly Web?

I will state again I don't see us as declared as reprobates. Pastor Poster did a great job of defining the word.

#26 05-06-2007, 04:21 PM

When the participle is left hanging, it is easy to become confused as to the subject of the main clause of the sentence. I see a lot of this is some of our posts. Not to say that I do not violate some of the most cherished rules of sentence diagraming. However, a little more thought to sentence construction can remove a great deal of confusion sometimes.

rgcraig · #27 05-06-2007, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

BTW, there are those on this board who readily admit their backslidden state. Wouldn't it be great to be able to bring them back with love?

This is my heartbeat.

What if we encouraged just one person that had slipped away to get back where they need to be?

Instead we are sealing their fate by giving them more reasons to mistrust. It just makes me sad.

BoredOutOfMyMind · #28 05-06-2007, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by rgcraig

This is my heartbeat.

What if we encouraged just one person that had slipped away to get back where they need to be?

Instead we are sealing their fate by giving them more reasons to mistrust. It just makes me sad.

You, who are spiritually strong, restore such a one. Taking heed, lest you fall.

(Boomm paraphrase....)

SDG · #29 05-06-2007, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

BTW, there are those on this board who readily admit their backslidden state. Wouldn't it be great to be able to bring them back with love?

Some have prophesied over themselves ....

Pastor Poster in another thread, today:

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At this rate I will be backslidden by the end of the year. I'm fading fast.

http://apostolicfriendsforum.com/sho...11&postcount=9

BoredOutOfMyMind · #30 05-06-2007, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Brother Strange

When the participle is left hanging, it is easy to become confused as to the subject of the main clause of the sentence. I see a lot of this is some of our posts. Not to say that I do not violate some of the most cherished rules of sentence diagraming. However, a little more thought to sentence construction can remove a great deal of confusion sometimes.

Elder, I find this has little to do with misuse of the King's English.