I'm not answering for TS, BUT...unless someone has a good working knowledge of scripture, AND they believe scripture has the final say, then this doctrine sounds right, and very believable. Its a feel-good religion to the core.
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"God, send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours."
--David Livingstone
"To see no being, not God’s or any, but you also go thither,
To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
--Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, Song of the Open Road
CP may be wrong but he has given up his ministry and the money and everything he had to be honest and open. I have to respect that. He said, when asked about whether he was really right: "For once, I am not so concerned about being right as I am about being real." Putting aside anything else that we may think about him how many people would be willing to do what he did and lose what he lost for simply changing views?
I have more respect for him than I do Ted Haggard.
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Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the people doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
When I was young and clever, I wanted to change the world. Now that I am older and wiser, I strive to change myself. ~
32 And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.
KJV
Some wrongly connect this scripture to lifting him in praise, but it has to with his death. and through his death I WILL DRAW ALL MEN UNTO ME.
Not want, not try, not hope BUT WILL draw ALL men.
So looking at this it APPEARS that all men will be drawn to Christ, does it not???
Kinda Like i can understand how one thinks there three persons in God.
It's true what you say... when a person questions the validity of the Bible and/or the importance or truth of some scripture it all goes out the window.
If everyone will be saved, preaching, teaching, baptising.. it's all moot. In fact, if everyone will be saved, than Jesus himself was a liar. God help CP on judgement day... The Bible says there will be people given over to a strong delusion that they would believe a lie.
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Psalm 19:14
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
CP may be wrong but he has given up his ministry and the money and everything he had to be honest and open. I have to respect that. He said, when asked about whether he was really right: "For once, I am not so concerned about being right as I am about being real." Putting aside anything else that we may think about him how many people would be willing to do what he did and lose what he lost for simply changing views?
I have more respect for him than I do Ted Haggard.
I don't know you, but with all due respect...
How in the WORLD can you respect someone for preaching something that will take people to hell... There is no respect deserved... being "real" or not.
__________________ Mrs. LPW
Psalm 19:14
Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer.
How in the WORLD can you respect someone for preaching something that will take people to hell... There is no respect deserved... being "real" or not.
What would you prefer, an honest hearted someone who preaches a message that they believe is true to the point of giving up great prestige and power or a lying cheat who preaches "the truth"?
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Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the people doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
When I was young and clever, I wanted to change the world. Now that I am older and wiser, I strive to change myself. ~
What would you prefer, an honest hearted someone who preaches a message that they believe is true to the point of giving up great prestige and power or a lying cheat who preaches "the truth"?
How about an honest hearted someone who preaches the truth, believes it, and lives a life that examples it?
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Psa 119:165 (KJV) 165 Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them.
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