Ballestero's The Saved Backslider

[Jeffrey]

Originally Posted by Charnock

A hearty amen to that!

Just left a forum because many ministers expressed an opinion that they would rather a minister commit adultery than not preach standards.

Weirdness.

[Charnock]

Originally Posted by DAII

Some who believe false doctrine (pants on a woman) trumps adultery.

John Piper just made Charnock's list of holiness preachers ...

Did he?

Cool.

Daniel, again, I agree with MB's overall premise while disagreeing with the specifics involved.

Sorry that bunches your undies.

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by Charnock

A hearty amen to that!

Just left a forum because many ministers expressed an opinion that they would rather a minister commit adultery than not preach standards.

Weirdness.

Exactly! Just weird. And some of those that commit adultery will be preaching again soon too.

[DAII]

This is the same bi-polar blogging that produced this piece a few weeks ago ...

1. Pompous Pentecostals Are Hurting The Church. They are hurting our church growth. They are hurting our spiritual growth. Saints and sinners alike observe them with disdain.

Pompous Pentecostals won’t speak to other Pentecostals in the Mall or on the street. You see them coming toward you in the mall and you nod. They don’t even nod back. They act like you are invisible. Why?

Here is a short list of things I’ve seen some disfellowshipped over by pastors and saints.

Wearing the color red
Wearing shoes with heels out
Wearing shoes with toes out.
Women’s hair not in a hair net.
Because of no seams in women’s nylons.
Women shaving their legs.
Playing Old Maid.

The list is endless. Pompous Pentecostals are inconsistent. Pharisees always seemed to incur the rebukes of Jesus. He was more angry with them than the sinners.

http://martynballestero.com/2011/02/...-pentecostals/

[Charnock]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

Exactly! Just weird. And some of those that commit adultery will be preaching again soon too.

Yes. I know of several men who committed adultery within the last little while and haven't skipped a beat. Their conservative buddies cover for them, and open their pulpits to them, simply because they still believe "the message."

[DAII]

Originally Posted by Charnock

Did he?

Cool.

Daniel, again, I agree with MB's overall premise while disagreeing with the specifics involved.

Sorry that bunches your undies.

No self-inflected weggie ... here ... just seems that most of those self-professing Christians he's condemned in this blog ... would agree with your bible-based holiness list.

[rgcraig]

Originally Posted by Charnock

Yes. I know of several men who committed adultery within the last little while and haven't skipped a beat. Their conservative buddies cover for them, and open their pulpits to them, simply because they still believe "the message."

Still a bit amazed that a former owner of a forum went down that road.

[Charnock]

Originally Posted by DAII

No self-inflected weggie ... here ... just seems that most of those self-professing Christians he's condemned in this blog ... would agree with your bible-based holiness list.

Probably.

And he may have arrived at his conclusions partly because of things you and I have written on forums. I'm sure I would be included in his "self-professing Christians" list but, honestly, I couldn't care less what he thinks.

His commentary is focused on the past. He is irrelevant to the future.

[DAII]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

Still a bit amazed that a former owner of a forum went down that road.

Really, I'm not ... the hard-liners have a history of some of the sickest, debauchery-filled soap operas.

[Charnock]

Originally Posted by rgcraig

Still a bit amazed that a former owner of a forum went down that road.

How can you say that?

I was not, and am not, surprised.

The guy was a flake. A fake. An imposter.