@danjpalmer Daniel, this really seems hyperbolic. So much has changed since 1985, and if this amendment doesn’t pass all of a sudden everything is forfeited?
adolescence. It is the spiritual vigor that grows out of years of trusting God in prayer, coupled with the wisdom that comes from a treasure chest of rich memories, both sorrowful and sweet.
Tim Keller
Only through worship are we restored to vigor from the exhaustion & burnout of seeking our own glory. And if we maintain fellowship with God over the years (Psalm 92:13), there is a kind of freshness that can come with increasing age. It is not the naïveté of perpetual spiritual
@danjpalmer @andrewhebert86 If the BF&M 2k is not clear enough on this, does it need to be redone completely? What about open/closed communion? What about EFS/ESS heresy being taught in places? What about cessationists or being open but cautious? What about Arminian/Calvinist diff? We may just disagree.
@danjpalmer @andrewhebert86 @danjpalmer I know you are pastoring an SBC church and I am not, but don’t you think there is validity to the points Herbert makes? Do you agree there is potential overreach that would come from the LA passing?
My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 73:26
“If we believe in God only when He is doing great things for us, we are not really serving Him; we are only using Him.”
Tim Keller
Amen!
RT @ronniep: There is no surer mark of backsliding and falling off in grace than an increasing disposition to find fault, pick holes, and see weak points in others.
J.C Ryle, Holiness
True freedom is never found in putting yourself at the center, with your choices and behavior shaped by your allegiance to you. Real freedom is found when God’s grace liberates you to live for One infinitely greater than you.
Paul Tripp
RT @LesslieNewbigin: Because man is so made that only God can satisfy him, his desires are unlimited. When he tries to satisfy unlimited desires by means of natural goods, he ruins himself.