Baptist School Loses Third of Faculty

[matt wade]

...Long time since I've heard from you. Hope you are well, and enjoying your week. I also hope you were blessed with Pastor Dave's message yesterday and the services, in general. BTW - how's the weather looking there in Jacksonville? Our week looks to be sunny and in the high-70's to mid-80's here, with no rain in sight.

Well, I must move on; I have more important things to do than kibitz with you about the weather, but I did want to say hello and let you know that you are not forgotten. I pray for you daily.

Oh you were talking about the weather?

 

[annsni]

Does not a clause such as the OP describes give authority to man to determine what is and isn't sin in the life of their faculty/staff/students? Doesn't this put the college's dean's etc in the place of a high priest when scripture tells us we no longer need such a thing?

(btw, stuff like this is the reason I refused to go to "Bible" college. It is one thing for *me* to decide if something I do or don't do gives the best representation of Christ in my life. It's quite another for someone else to insist that I do or don't do something for the same purpose. Scripture gives quite a nice and concise passage on what the fruits of the Spirit are. God gives us the Holy Spirit for a reason. We need to quit getting in His way!)

I don't believe that it even mentioned that any of that was sin. It would be like having rules against public displays of affection between couples. It's not a sin - just a rule for their own people.

 

[Steadfast Fred]

....your propensity to use this forum as a foundation to judge others, is as much a personal vice on your behalf as drinking may be a vice on anothers behalf.

Get a life, Fred, there are people who need to be saved, and it would best for you to use your time leading the unsaved to Jesus, and teaching them your brand of theology - i.e., DO NOT DRINK - then to try to force feed your opinions and views on another, in order to get them to see it your way.

And NO, I don't drink, but I see drinking as one more vice that God will deal with in His time [not yours or mine]. You can't brow beat, or guilt trip another into believing as you do, because it is just a waste of your time and theirs.

Good day. Shalom

Still isn't working.

 

[Steadfast Fred]

But yet you just attempted to brow beat Fred to believe as you do.

IT's OK if he wants to refer to truth as "browbeating". The fact is, he's wrong but won't admit it.

I'm just curious as to if he accuses his pastor of "browbeating" when his pastor preaches truth that he is rebelling against?

 

[righteousdude2]

Oh you were talking about the weather? I saw 70's and 80's and thought you were dating that shirt and outfit you had in your last picture! :laugh:

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