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11/10/07 7:54 PM |
John | | San Jose, CA | | | |
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More testomony:The wife of one of my reformed christian friends is divorcing him. She was married before but this is his first time. Since American law/culture/society is presently geared toward easy divorce, my friend has little recourse but to "let her go" and claim the popular reformed escape-clause of "desertion", rather than fight to try and save his marriage. It's an easy out for him, her, and current American culture (and, apparently, modern reformed theology!). I guess my point here is to Walt, Seaton, and my other fellow reformers is: Try not to spend all your time in scripture, WCF, etc. Don't foret to take a look at what's going on in the world around you--for this is where you see scripture--and the lack thereof--applied. I really think Abigail, Yamil, and similarly aligned folk are onto something that YOU people are NOT, regarding this whole "divorce" issue. I also notice that I have a hard time speaking against divorce as it becomes more popular--like homosexuality, which is much more popular than when I was a kid, and was then much easier to speak against. Keep reading the Bible, but THINK about it, too. Please...and make sure you're not just following other learned theologeons. Think and pray about these issues yourselves. |
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11/8/07 8:36 PM |
John | | San Jose, CA | | | |
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Sadly, this guy and his testimony also will just be shoved aside by our present overwhelmingly powerful environmental interests, here in the USA.It's amazing how much clout the environmentalists have--especially here in California. We in California have world-class agriculure--especially wines. We have world-class media production resources (Hollywood, etc.). We have a rich history of developement starting with the gold rush of 1849 and culminating with Silicon Valley, Aerospace, Biotech, etc. And yet not a single one of these great achievements was represented on our state quarter (each of the 50 U.S. states was recently commemorated on the reverse of our George Washington quarter-dollar coin with images pertaining to that state's identity). Just what was on our California state quarter? A full-length portrait of John Muir (first president and founder of the Sierra Club--oldest and most respected environmental organization) framed by an image of Yosemite National park with a California Condor flying overhead. All three are images of conservation and environmentalism! |
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11/2/07 2:07 PM |
John | | San Jose, CA | | | |
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Wish I had more time to read the testimonies of those of you who've experienced divorce and remarriage.With no divorces in my imediate family I must admit to having lived a "sheltered life" regarding this issue. God's grace. A few years ago, I lost an argument with my previous landlords over this issue. They beat me to death with 1 Cor 7, Matt 19, and similar passages; but later ended up quickly divorcing each other a few months later. Rather than try to save their marriage and fight to make it work, these people QUICKLY excersized their perceived Biblical authority to dissolve their relationship and simply moved on with their lives. Don't know if they've remarried yet, as they claim that "liberty" as well, but what kind of a Christian testimony is that? I'm even willing to concede that Walt, Seaton, and others are more right than I am on this issue; but what disgusts me is when these perceived marriage-escape-clauses found in the Bible are treated like a "get out of jail (marriage) free" card by so many who call themselves Christians but tend to act no different from the rest of the world. |
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11/2/07 2:43 AM |
John | | San Jose, CA | | | |
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Be careful, Walt.God, Himself may be a divorced person (as one of my own OPC pastors was only so pleased to remind me), but we are NOT God. Therefore your argument from Jeremiah does NOT apply to the issue being discussed here. In fact, your own accomodation of God's authority to divorce could even be a form of blasphemy on YOUR part. Think about it. Better yet, PRAY about it! ...and please re-read Yamil's Bible references yourself, as they should be quite sufficient to lead you into all truth. God bless you. |
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11/2/07 1:06 AM |
John | | San Jose, CA | | | |
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I'm with Dessie and Seaton.When people die, they either go to be with Christ or they are locked away, waiting for judgement on the last day. Therefore, there are no such things as ghosts. Movies like "The Sixth Sense", which I saw while flipping channels a year ago are particularly insidious, in that they purport to comfort those who've lost loved ones by actually ENCOURAGING them to welcome contact with spirits that they presume to be those of dead relatives or ancestors. At best these "contacts" are merely the product of the seeker's imagination, and at worst they are demonic impersonations of that which the seeker desires. |
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