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My kung fu sihing (elder brother in the art) used to say this to me. Certainly. Agreed, but not that it is sin per se. Absolutely. I see a real difference between sin and foolishness. Sometimes such lacks can make us unfit, but other times not. I mentioned the fellow missionary I knew and...

I'd like to know that too. I'm sure he just misspoke. If not exercising is a sin, then: 1. How long does one go without exercising before it becomes a sin? 2. What type of exercise must it be to make it not a sin? 3. What about the guy who worked all day in a factory or another blue collar job...

Nailed it!

That we call the "Baptist distinctives," of course.

Let me add here that simply being overweight is not a sin. It cannot be a sin because it is a condition, rather than an action. So answering the OP, the sin of gluttony cannot include being overweight, but must be actions that make one overweight: overeating, not caring for the Holy Spirit's...

Good point.

Good point.

Please elaborate on how Calvinism plays a role in Baptist history.

Good post, but I have to say that Calvinism is not a Baptist doctrine.

Sorry, I'm not going to change on believing that Baptist ecclesiology (and anyone else who follows the points I laid out) is closest to Scripture. Now there are so-called Baptists who don't follow the Baptist distinctives, and I do not consider them to be true to the faith. But you see, I was...

Is it biblical to be baptized by immersion? Is it biblical to take the Lord's Supper? Is it biblical to make the Bible your sole rule of faith and practice? Is it biblical to have each church be autonomous? (There are no denominational headquarters in the Bible.) Should a church have just two...

Well said. Along that line, I had a friend who was supported by one church at $500 a month. The problem was, he had to document every expenditure right down to a candy bar! I would have turned down the support, myself. :oops:

We Baptists believe that being a Baptist is to be as Biblical as possible. I heard about a Japanese church which was often visited by Baptists from a nearby US military base who could not speak Japanese, but nevertheless attended and always had their Bible out. When the Japanese church...

I'm not against such financing, just against a completely free ride (complete scholarships). My son got through college and his MA and MDiv by working, but the PhD was very expensive. My students nowadays graduate with tens of thousands in debt, which takes forever to pay. Where I teach we have...

That was a really tough but principled decision for Judson to make. They were very far from home, only regular mail for communication, which went by ship for weeks at a time, and with family to care for and bills to pay.

That's exactly what I got one time, a 7 page questionnaire from a supporting church with stuff like you mentioned. As soon as I saw it I knew that support was going to disappear and the friendship with the pastor was over, but I answered the whole thing as a matter of principle. I had taken...

That's a good question. Don't know! Generally missionary biographies and mission histories don't have that information. But I'll say this, I've never known a missionary who thought he had enough support! :Coffee

Heh, heh. :Biggrin

English: KJV, NKJV, NASB, ESV. EMV (English Majority) Japanese: Shinkai Yaku (like the NASB), Kogo Yaku (1st Japanese colloquial), Lifeline Japanese NT. Greek: TR, Byzantine Textform, Majority 2nd ed., UBS 4 Hebrew: Leningrad Hebrew OT

Yeah, but don't tell my wife. I have her fooled. ;)