I'm not sure that is what everyone is saying!
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Letter to a Greek Orthodox Church
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I'm not sure that is what everyone is saying!
Well, feel free to at any time post a letter you have written, and I'll be glad to critique. I actually ask people all the time to proof-read certain things I write and it's kind of hard to get anyone to do it. But it is helpful to get others' views, and perhaps have them critique, because they may be able to point out flaws we might not want in a finished product.
God bless.
But what you're telling me is that is not enough and I need someone else to explain it to me.
That's not what I said! I said they are largely against letter writing. I never said that's what everyone believes!
The gracious response is "I accept your apology."
A gracious response requires Grace.
Untrue. I apologize any time I'm wrong.
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.
Don't listen Darrell.
Yes, listening to other people is bad.
Then let me rephrase - people are not against letter writing - perhaps they don't agree with your letter writing or the content of your letters or maybe they don't agree with what they see as your boasting about your letters (or maybe all three) none of which makes them against the writing of letters!
As I said in a previous post, I would like to hear you talk the Lord Jesus Christ as I honestly believe that even if people still disagreed with you on a lot of things - if you were speaking about Jesus rather then yourself people would a lot warmer towards you. Anyway, that is just my opinion - do with it as you will
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).
What is also true is that Evan is targeted by a certain crowd who seems to take pleasure in yanking his chain, so, it is no wonder that one would not often take advice from people who are usually antagonistic towards him.
Usually what I see with Evan is other members seeking to discourage and provoke him, rather than encouraging him. This has gone on for years, and amazed me because there were Christians here...discouraging street preaching. What is likely is that those who were negative towards him are likely jealous they have not the courage for street evangelism.
God bless.
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.
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Then let me rephrase - people are not against letter writing - perhaps they don't agree with your letter writing or the content of your letters or maybe they don't agree with what they see as your boasting about your letters (or maybe all three) none of which makes them against the writing of letters!
As I said in a previous post, I would like to hear you talk the Lord Jesus Christ as I honestly believe that even if people still disagreed with you on a lot of things - if you were speaking about Jesus rather then yourself people would a lot warmer towards you. Anyway, that is just my opinion - do with it as you will
I do not speak about myself as much as you assume. I speak about theology.
But you assume things. When I write I write to an individual within the organization. It's also not absent in scripture as Mark 16:15 teaches.
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