Ecclesiastical separation applied selectively

The KJV is not the issue on this board. The issue is separation. Most of these people call themselves christians and baptist to boot but will absolutely not separate from anything. They are supreme authorites on everything from global warming to the color of Balaams donkey. But you talk about separation and they will lock you down. Hey, it's their board.......

 

Paul, bless your heart. Don't get hooked up with me. I'm separated from everything that's not nailed to the floor. My wife and I have eight children, all grown. All serving the Lord in Independent Fundamental Baptist churches across this country. Our oldest daughter and her husband and family are missionaries in Iceland with Points North Baptist Mission. I give the people on this board a FIT! There is only one thing the most of the people here are separated from and it's ME . I get accused of not giving them scripture but when I do they twist it to fit their liberal mold. You want Scripture, Isa.52:11, Jn.15:19, Eph.5:11, IIThess.3:6. That means to be different from the world. I preach against their smoking, drinking, ect. all on here..... a BAPTIST board. You would think they would love it? NOT!

 

I thought this was about ecclisiastical separation not personal.

 

In His grace,
Ed

 

Rhetorician......I am sorry you find me repulsive. I try to be as nice as I can when I preach about the effects of sin.
4Hisglory......I am getting ready for the services tomorrow or I would take some time and explain to you the ramifications of IIThess.3:6.

 

ZING!

 

My athletic coaches did too. So, what makes your message different?

So when you have 30 min. to one hour you spend your time on such temporal things? A man walking with God who even struggles with such things will quit things not good for himself.

Every person I have discipled has quit various things too and have embraced Christ to tell the world about him while at the same time making disciples.

 

Rhetorician, I did not take your remark personally per say. I did take the remark as made toward anyone who took a stand against sin....or actually against anything on this board. I do however fit that category. I am not bothered by the foul comments made toward me on here. I realize I am amoung great odds here. This does not deter my aggressive, arrogant, self righteous what ever you want to call it preaching against sin! Paul told Timothy to preach the word! He was told to preach it when it was convenient and when it wasn't. So....as a preacher I guess that's what I'll do. I suppose that's hard for a guy still duped in the southern baptist convention to understand.
zing

 

Paul, you have hit on something that had never occured to me before. I guess by their own standards IFBer's need to put away their KJV's.

However, I am quite sure they will have their own way of getting around it to say that this is not the right move.

 

Shiloh,

The director of Points North Mission is a fellow by the name of Gary Forney.
Gary was trained for the ministry several years ago by my wife's grandfather. His name is
Clyde Gault. He is now 88yrs old. He has been a IFB his entire life. Mr. Forney was trained by him in a little Bible institue that Grand-pap Gault started back in the 60's.
Anyway if most people knew how (over supported ) Mr.Forney was they would never give another dime to his ministry or his mission.
I'm sure your son is a well meaning, honest fellow who loves the Lord. Yet the director of his mission is one of the best at crying the "poor mouth" when he is very, very well supported.
BTW if Mr. Forney holds to KJVOism it sure isn't because he learned it from my wife's grand father.
He is a true fundamentalist who graduated with honors from Practical Bible Training School back in the 30's up in Bingamton, NY. While Mr. Gault is KJV preferred he is by no means KJVO. He has been around almost since fundamentalism started.
He can tell stories about when the GARBC formed. When the American Baptist went south etc...
It is wild he is a walking history book when it comes to the early,glory days of modern day fundamentalism.
Anyway its a small world I guess. My wife is grandaughter of the gentleman that trained the man that is the director of the mission board your son is with.
BTW, If your up in Maine do you know a fellow named Ernie Gault? He is pastor of Twin Mountain Baptist Ch. over in Vermont. He is my wife's grandfather's nephew. Bro. Gault has been up there for about 30-35yrs. I know alot of IFB know each other way up there just wondering if you knew him?

 

Wouldn't categories such as Cat.2 and Cat. 2.5 Truths be arbitrary at best?
Ed

 

Well said, Squire. Frankly, this looks like one more thread designed to bash the IFB movement. To me it's sad. Seems like folks who say they are conservative in theology would have something better to do on the BB--maybe bashing liberals, or evangelicals who will cooperate with anybody, or Fuller Seminary with it's Biblical errantism. Can we spell "hobby horse?"