tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post6411500074363338704..comments2024-02-27T06:42:59.658-08:00Comments on Assembly Quest: Setting asideclumsy oxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11698216739528209499noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-4180958325463601902016-09-16T15:36:56.061-07:002016-09-16T15:36:56.061-07:00All of the comments above resonate with me. I used...All of the comments above resonate with me. I used to wonder why the men who came to Ephesus claimed they were apostles and not teachers Rev 2. I now see that a man claiming to be an apostle can introduce 'new light' to the saints. The men mentioned in N.I. would never claim apostleship, although some are almost treated as such, but their teaching is new light and on that ground alone Robert Thomsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-43250231378311244322016-09-15T11:56:20.246-07:002016-09-15T11:56:20.246-07:00To be blunt, I think the "wonderful paradox&q...To be blunt, I think the "wonderful paradox" would be an improvement over the current trend of blatant anti-"Calvinism". Is Calvinism the whole counsel of God? Of course not! But the current trend seems to be to rabidly attack anything vaguely reminiscent of "Calvinism", regardless of what scripture actually says.<br /><br />My ultimate concern is not that people areclumsy oxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11698216739528209499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-18183059297549224512016-09-15T10:27:36.379-07:002016-09-15T10:27:36.379-07:00Concerning election, would you guys say that both ...Concerning election, would you guys say that both open ad closed Brethren went downhill from Darby and the early founders in that most of them adhere to the notion that God's sovereignty and man's "free will" are both true...."a wonderful paradox"?<br />Susan Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-49560187883150876692016-09-15T01:56:50.728-07:002016-09-15T01:56:50.728-07:00Robert, here in Northern Ireland, the new doctrine...Robert, here in Northern Ireland, the new doctrine of corporate election is being pushed by some of the most able, respectable ad conservative men among the 'tight' gospel halls, and most obviously through a new publishing outfit they have begun. They have published a statement of this view in 'God's way of electing souls' by a mysterious author known as MSB - who seems to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-25424251983259372482016-09-14T07:52:16.380-07:002016-09-14T07:52:16.380-07:00The older I get, the more central I see this whole...The older I get, the more central I see this whole issue. Donald Grey Barnhouse is said to have declared, "Nothing provokes the flesh like the doctrine of election."clumsy oxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11698216739528209499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-51670567006877962742016-09-13T00:46:19.897-07:002016-09-13T00:46:19.897-07:00Thank you for the link to R. A. Huebner's book...Thank you for the link to R. A. Huebner's book. In the UK, we have a rise of corporate election teaching. At first it was promoted as an alternative view; now it is insisted upon by some as a test of orthodoxy. It is simply the first man seeking status before God. Worse than that, it makes God's choice dependent on man's choice and turns the universe on its head!Robert Thomsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6083552635566549294.post-5285059484459410942016-09-07T07:05:15.265-07:002016-09-07T07:05:15.265-07:00Wonderful truth!.....but how slow we are in reachi...Wonderful truth!.....but how slow we are in reaching itAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com