Featured Letter to a Greek Orthodox Church

But what you're telling me is that is not enough and I need someone else to explain it to me.

 

The gracious response is "I accept your apology."

 

A gracious response requires Grace.

 

Darrell,
Ever since Evan has come onto BB - he constantly asks for advice - but rarely does he ever takes said advice.

 

Don consistently offers you good advice in a gracious but honest manner, and you hardly ever take it. And you wonder why you are dog-piled when you keep floating harebrained ideas and are taken aback when no one agrees with you.

I admire your zeal for evangelism, but I'm not sure that you are in a position to preach the Good News effectively when your online postings evidence little empathy for real people.

 

Yes, listening to other people is bad.

 

People here are not largely against letter writing anymore than those who disagreed with you in the past about certain books are against reading books (something that you charged them with at the time). Some disagree with you that we should be writing letters to false churches as this principle is absent in Scripture (it is not evangelism as one cannot witness to an organization). Others seem to insist that the practice is not effective. It all goes back to you being faithful to the call and purpose that God has given you (making sure, of course, it is faithful to His Word) and allowing others to do the same. Too often we look for others to be like us, but in the Body of Christ we all have different functions. The "eye" shouldn't demand the "ear" to see, for example).

 

The reason so many have "targeted" Evan is becasue this is his "MO" constantly asking for advice -but not taking it.- Some have surmised that he is only looking for people to agree with him. We do NOT take pleasure in yanking his chain. We have simply tired of his complaining of his life situations in spite of NOT taking good solid Biblical advice. As far as Street preaching - we are not against it! - But Evans thinking is apparently is that if you are not street preaching you are not following Mark 16:15. Yet, he himself disregards Mat 28 :19-20 (Making disciples). Evan has stated discipleship - is not his gift. That I can understand - but that is not an excuse to not even try. Over the years, I have heard many people say - " I do not have the gift of {fill in the blank}, but when I did attempt it the Lord has bless me!"

So NO - we are not jealous that we dont do street evangelism - many of us simply believe it is not that effective in this day and age as it has been in past decades. We have tried to show Evan - that other forms of Evangelism CAN be more effective- but apparently he will not even consider it.

At first, I was surprised that several others have not posted here- but then I concluded that several of them have given up - could be that their heads still hurt from banging their heads constantly against the wall.

 

Evan - next Sat ( 29 April) a Sister SBC church will be coming to our church and will assist us in a prayer walk.
I was wondering if you have ever done that? I have never done one myself - but am anxiously awaiting to see this in action!