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 12/30/14 6:12 PM |
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s c wrote:
Advent, your ignorance is raging! "...The day long ceased to be associated with pagan practices..." You really are out of touch with what goes on in the vast majority of the world... Having difficulty reading and understanding? You were ignorantly pointing to the pagan origins of the day and that's what my comment was addressing as you well know. I suspect that the only material your sources point to are the ignorant claims of Hislop or those based on his book. I'm not interested to waste my time becoming as narrow as you or your party - so narrow eyed that you can see through a tiny slit with both eyes! You complain of the spirit of those who celebrate the advent of Christ at Christmas time, but frankly having seen the miserable, wretched, self righteous, narrow minded, priggish spirit of the anti camp, as exemplified by your posts, I know with whom I'd rather stand. I'm sure it must be a nice feeling for you to have boxed up the God of the bible and pretend to be his minority voice on this forum, but your haughty, prideful spirit is not Christian. May the Lord have mercy on all those who have to bear with your narrow error filled posts, and deal with your Pharisaical spirit. In fact I'm done with you. |
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| 12/30/14 9:56 AM |
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s c wrote:
Let me simplify things for you. The things that you listed aren't comparable because they do not, for example, take an event from the Bible and add FALSE information. This is ADDING to the Bible. Is this that hard to understand? Blah blah No one here is arguing for the 25 December being the birth date of Christ. So let's do away with that straw man to start with. Secondly, your ignorant pontificating is very different to discernment, so agreed there. Thirdly, your notion of mixing holy and profane is an extreme and I'll gladly explore that with you and anyone else on here. Fourthly, we have clear examples in the Bible of days of celebration decided upon by the people without any condemnation from God. E.g Esther 9.19. In fact Jesus himself attended the feast of dedication which was NOT a feast commanded in OT law! In the law of Moses the annual day of atonement was observed with fasting. But at the time of Christ some of the Jewish people fasted twice (Lk18.12), without a word of condemnation from God. The people had also added other fast days without divine command, and God (Zech 8v19) promised to turn them into feast days!! Your version of miserable, censorious Churchianity may suit your Pharisaical spirit, but it isn't Christian! |
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| 12/29/14 7:19 PM |
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s c wrote:
Again...where's the reasoning?
The things that you listed are in no way comparable to the topic at hand. And,obviously,my post was not for your benefit unless,of course, you would like to look into it. I didn't realize that some have a monopoly over what can be posted here. The truth does have a way of getting under some people's skin.
And, it's not my case. I was just trying to share the reason why this topic is controversial and subject to confusion. Nobody rang your bell. Surprise, surprise! When pressed to justify other "extra biblical" matters that she has no problems with, all she can produce is a lame they are in no way comparable, and truth has a way of getting under some people's skin blah blah blah. It addresses the principle you were pressing dear. This is a public forum and so when you post on here, you are addressing real people who live real lives and are touched by the issues that you pontificate on. That you should say nobody rang your bell, demonstrates your haughtiness and arrogance. |
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| 12/29/14 5:56 PM |
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s c wrote:
It's the going along with what is extra-Biblical that is part of the challenge. "a fool's voice is known by multitude of words." (Ecc 5 v3b). Please show some moderation. Your extreme view is not shared by everyone, and your unrelenting dogmatism does your case no favors. You sacrifice the principle of 'balance' to ignorant zeal, forgetting that God's word says, "Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise:.." (Ecc 7.16). If you feel you have to have an explicit warrant for everything, provide us with such for the following please: A wedding service/ceremony
Church buildings
The time and regularity of worship meetings
Christians using TV/radio/computers/internet for ministry
Theological Seminaries
Sound systems
Service recordings
...more later For those who want a critique of the so called "Regulative Principle", I refer you to [URL=http://grantgaines.net/2010/12/02/some-problems-with-the-regulative-principle-of-worship-a-more-biblical-view-of-scriptures-normativity/]]] Some problems with the regulative principle[/URL]. Although I do not agree with all his comments I would also refer those interested to study the subject to the writings of John Frame. |
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| 12/28/14 6:56 PM |
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Angela Wittman wrote:
Just a quick comment - There really is such a thing as the "Regulative Principle" for Worship and it doesn't include incorporating pagan or manmade practices. If you care to, you can click on the home icon above for a blog I maintain and scroll down for a series of articles regarding the practice of observing Christmas I've featured. Thanks.  Curious to know how you answer this question. Moses forbade the setting up of pillars to honour false gods. Yet he himself set up pillars and before which sacrifices were offered. ( Deut 12v3; Exod 24 vs 4,5). Where do you find an explicit command for Moses to set up pillars in the worship of God? |
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| 12/27/14 6:47 PM |
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GSTexas wrote:
..Then show me in Scripture that the birth of Christ is more important than his death and resurrection. It is his death and resurrection that saves us, not his birth. Christ would not have been Christ apart from his coming in the flesh, being born of a virgin to Mary and Joseph etc. Like Paul argues in Corinthians without the resurrection the gospel is worthless, so without the miraculous virgin birth of the God-man, the gospel is worthless, because we don't have a prophet, priest and king worthy the name. Maybe of slight moment to liberals, but hopefully evangelicals know not to slice up the person of Christ and his work into parcels of what is and is not important. Everything he is and did/does is vitally tied up with our salvation. Setting up a false premise like the importance of the crucifixion over his advent is nonsense, because as you've already realized the one could not have happened without the other. And actually we are saved by his life and death, by his active and passive obedience. Even if we admit that without the shedding of blood there is no remission, this is but one vital part of the gospel. |
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| 12/27/14 11:10 AM |
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John UK wrote:
Man oh man, I've never sent anyone to a crusade meeting in my whole life. Oh do forgive me for misreading your mixed messages from the BG thread. You're not a ecumenist, you rebuke them blah blah but would not condemn BG's ministry because God had saved so many by it blah blah, and I'm the one that's confused?  |
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| 12/27/14 10:45 AM |
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John UK wrote:
Thank you Dorcas.
Besides, you won't find me inviting any BG lookalikes into the corporate worship assembly here, blah blah Yet you'd gladly send the unconverted to one of his crusades so that God can save them?! |
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| 12/27/14 10:33 AM |
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Mike wrote:
I wonder why faulty men's faulty confessions need be supported. But for the sake of peace, perhaps we should be celebrating the birth of the goodhearted Cromwell? What part Cromwell personally played in outlawing Christmas is not at all certain, because it was parliament that banned it some time before he became Protector. But we shouldn't let facts get in the way of a good rant!John UK wrote:
Do some research, and eventually, as you come to know God and his ordinations, you will be of a different mind.. blah blah Ah Mr Pious Arrogance is at it again. Those who cannot agree with him must be ignorant of the God of the Bible, or at best ignorant of the facts. What a wonderful Christian you are Mr Pharisee!John UK wrote:
Mike, I did check, but I couldn't find any biblical precedent to celebrate anyone's birthday, even mine own, let alone Mr Cromwell's. It seems the angelic host forgot to check for those verses at his advent. What a pity that there was such joy at his coming, eh Mr Pharisee? |
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| 12/27/14 9:57 AM |
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John UK wrote:
...It is nowhere to be found in scripture, but gives proof to its origins in its name - Easter, derived from Astarte - a supposed goddess of fertility."
The Link Really? What sources did they use to establish this fiction? But, and even if they could establish this as fact, so what? Its pagan association has long since been lost, except to the Pharisees on this board. |
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| 12/27/14 9:12 AM |
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Xmass idolator alert wrote:
   
What lengths you religious will go to for your pagan festival that Rome told you is the BD of Jesus Christ.
Did ya catch their leader walking around in a frock with a pointy hat carrying a plastic doll and his cronies bowing and kissing the little dolly.
The Lord God Almighty sits in the heavens and LAUGHS. Run out of arguments so resort to character assassination. How very Reformed of you! |
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