tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504248.post6663521189339773266..comments2023-10-29T04:52:56.730-07:00Comments on Salt & Light: Howard Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07131678953403450197noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504248.post-64459118640393510612010-04-18T20:36:09.105-07:002010-04-18T20:36:09.105-07:00oops. I wrote a comment from another computer and ...oops. I wrote a comment from another computer and didn't think about my name.Howard Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07131678953403450197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504248.post-55296921765703811192010-04-18T10:44:01.458-07:002010-04-18T10:44:01.458-07:00Great comment Paul. Thank you for taking the time ...Great comment Paul. Thank you for taking the time to share your experience. I could not agree more.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17873777709279726240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9504248.post-45419591207159997832010-04-17T17:46:21.371-07:002010-04-17T17:46:21.371-07:00From the article: “You're living in Nashville....From the article: “You're living in Nashville. Are you in a church these days?<br />Knapp: No.”<br /><br />Man, this is hitting home for me. I have recently come in contact with some old friends from the church that I grew up in via a popular social network. My stomach sinks as I read what they are reading and celebrating. Mostly the “everything you were ever taught about the Bible, Church, and Christ is wrong” books. In response I picked up the book “Why we love the Church” and one of the authors (Kevin Deyoung) said in his chapter “The personal: On Hurt and Heresy” (p 79) says:<br /><br />“Before the disgusted and the dismayed write off the church, I’d like to waive a caution flag in the form of 4 questions”<br /><br />The first question is right on the money if you ask me.<br /><br />“Are you rejecting the Church or the Faith?” “There’s a disturbing trend in many of the church-leaver books. People are not just getting bored with church. They are rejecting the historic Christian faith.”<br /><br />Like Knapp, my friends seem to be picking and choosing their Bible conviction.<br /><br />You were right on the money when you said<br /><br />“But what she in particular and us all in general need more than anything else is to hear the Gospel in the context of a local church.”<br /><br />My heart breaks for my friends. Just tonight I read that they love the book “Hope Beyond Hell” it’s all about universalism and its junk! Here is an interesting quote from the book <br /><br />“J. I. Packer, a Calvinist, is one of the most influential theologians of our time. He says to believe that Christ died for everyone logically leads to the belief that all will be saved.2 Is he right? Think about it. If you believe, as Packer does, in God‘s limitless power and that man is helpless to override His will, you must agree that God brings to faith all for whom Christ died, which for Packer is only the elect. Calvinism, because of its wide acceptance and influence, lends great credibility to the Blessed Hope because it shares with us the same view of God‘s power. Their theologians unwittingly offer strong arguments in defense of the Blessed Hope. In essence, I share Packer‘s view that God does all His will. But unlike Packer, I maintain that Christ died for all. So, as Packer attests, since I believe in God‘s absolute power, and that Christ died for all, it is natural and inevitable that I would believe that God will save all.”<br /><br />Thanks for the post Howie. I know my comment was long, but just chalk it up as a local pastor preparing and wrestling on a Saturday night with the implications of preaching the gospel in a local church tomorrow. “Who is sufficient for these things?”Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15659209542816420119noreply@blogger.com