Comments on: Distraction from the Gospel :: Doctrine http://www.revivalblog.com/distraction-from-the-gospel-doctrine/ Didn't our hearts burn within us? Mon, 08 Sep 2008 05:33:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: David Copeland http://www.revivalblog.com/distraction-from-the-gospel-doctrine/#comment-12485 David Copeland Thu, 21 Dec 2006 03:48:46 +0000 http://revivalblog.com/2006/12/18/distraction-from-the-gospel-doctrine/#comment-12485 Acts 4:13 "Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and percieved they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus." Acts 4:13 “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and percieved they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them that they had been with Jesus.”

]]> By: Mark H http://www.revivalblog.com/distraction-from-the-gospel-doctrine/#comment-12458 Mark H Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:09:31 +0000 http://revivalblog.com/2006/12/18/distraction-from-the-gospel-doctrine/#comment-12458 I love the stuff you're coming out with right now. It makes me laugh out loud - nervously. I'm convinced that the only reason we have so much intellectual treatment going on is because we bring our intellectual baggage to the gospel and then spend a lifetime getting rid of that baggage. We don't learn anything - we just unlearn, if you catch my drift? So I think there is a strong case for working within the culture of intellectualism, like good missionaries, in order to help people with the renewing of the mind. BUT, like you, I love that God, in all his facets, just loves to cut through all that with genuine ENCOUNTER. That's where my heart is. That's both the sole basis, and the daily reassuring evidence, of my salvation. That's what I pray for others, and that's how I prefer to minister. Here's a shocker: the early church had no Bible, no cannon of Scripture. No theologians. No commentaries. No internet. How WERE they saved? How DID they grow so quickly? ;-) I love the stuff you’re coming out with right now. It makes me laugh out loud - nervously.

I’m convinced that the only reason we have so much intellectual treatment going on is because we bring our intellectual baggage to the gospel and then spend a lifetime getting rid of that baggage. We don’t learn anything - we just unlearn, if you catch my drift? So I think there is a strong case for working within the culture of intellectualism, like good missionaries, in order to help people with the renewing of the mind.

BUT, like you, I love that God, in all his facets, just loves to cut through all that with genuine ENCOUNTER. That’s where my heart is. That’s both the sole basis, and the daily reassuring evidence, of my salvation. That’s what I pray for others, and that’s how I prefer to minister.

Here’s a shocker: the early church had no Bible, no cannon of Scripture. No theologians. No commentaries. No internet. How WERE they saved? How DID they grow so quickly? ;-)

]]> By: carl http://www.revivalblog.com/distraction-from-the-gospel-doctrine/#comment-12412 carl Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:17:26 +0000 http://revivalblog.com/2006/12/18/distraction-from-the-gospel-doctrine/#comment-12412 Chris, Check this out <strong>http://tinyurl.com/y7qpub</strong> Which church do you think is reaching the lost? Chris,

Check this out

http://tinyurl.com/y7qpub
Which church do you think is reaching the lost?

]]> By: Chris Hamer-Hodges http://www.revivalblog.com/distraction-from-the-gospel-doctrine/#comment-12402 Chris Hamer-Hodges Tue, 19 Dec 2006 09:38:17 +0000 http://revivalblog.com/2006/12/18/distraction-from-the-gospel-doctrine/#comment-12402 > There is no theology based on a single Greek word that is of any significance. The most important doctrinal debate of the fourth century, arguably one of the most important debates of all, hung on a single Greek letter! homoiousious or homoousious Is Jesus just a divine-like being, or is he truly one substance with the eternal nature of God? This debate may not get anyone saved, but it did determine whether there was still a true expression of the church for them to be saved into. I share some of your frustration over fruitless arguments over words, that the Scriptures warn us against, but lets not throw the baby out with the bathwater. Doctrine is important! > There is no theology based on a single Greek word that is of any significance.

The most important doctrinal debate of the fourth century, arguably one of the most important debates of all, hung on a single Greek letter!

homoiousious or homoousious

Is Jesus just a divine-like being, or is he truly one substance with the eternal nature of God?

This debate may not get anyone saved, but it did determine whether there was still a true expression of the church for them to be saved into.

I share some of your frustration over fruitless arguments over words, that the Scriptures warn us against, but lets not throw the baby out with the bathwater. Doctrine is important!

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