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3/18/17 6:06 AM

Matt B

| Woodstock, GA

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Sermon:
Russell Moore & The Fight For The SBC
Sean E. Harris

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“ Ecclesiology matters ”
This sad situation shows why one's theological view and high regard for the local church is so important, which is so lacking in modern evangelicalism today. The fact that they even have this kind of power to hold missionaries hostage is proof that the Biblical model of a local autonomous church accountable to a plurality of Biblically-qualified elders is largely absent today. You nailed it - for the sake of tradition they are making void the Word of God (Matthew 15:6). They are making the same mistake the Jews did when they expected Jesus to be a political Messiah to overthrow the evil Romans. I don't recall William Wilberforce holding missionaries' livelihoods hostage when he used his own God-given vocation - in that context - to stop the slave trade. History has shown time and time again that when the church becomes sacral (tied in with the State) the consequences are disastrous for the Gospel.

3/5/17 1:51 PM

Matt B

| Woodstock, GA

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Two Things We Must Say About The Transgender...
Sean E. Harris

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Not every public school district indoctrinates their kids with 8 hours a day of radical leftism. There are pockets in the country, particularly in exurban or rural areas in the Midwest and South, where the public schools are still community-oriented, containing authentic Christians and Christian influences, and do not ram these things down people's throats. In addition, if you have a special-ed child, private and Christian schools are often lacking in resources to educate these kinds of children, unless you are willing to pay $20k per year. My point is that school choice is a Romans 14 and 1 Corinthians 8 issue and should not be a marker of Christian identity. I have seen well-adjusted, godly children come from all 3 schooling methods (public, Christian, homeschool). Parents have to answer before God for how they train their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord and we should not be judging another's servant (Romans 14:4-5).

2/17/17 6:33 AM

Matt B

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Finding the Balance, and A Little on...
Dr. James White

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Even when Paul is defending his ministry against the false apostles in 2 Corinthians 10:1, he appeals to the meekness and gentleness of Christ. Matthew Henry's commentary on this verse is excellent and very applicable here: "The mild and humble manner in which the blessed apostle addresses the Corinthians, and how desirous he is that no occasion may be given him to use severity... He addresses them in a very mild and humble manner... yet in the midst of the greatest provocations he shows humility and mildness, from the consideration of the meekness and gentleness of Christ, and desires this great example may have the same influence on the Corinthians. Note, When we find ourselves tempted or inclined to be rough and severe towards any body, we should think of the meekness and gentleness of Christ, that appeared in him in the days of his flesh, in the design of his undertaking, and in all the acts of his grace towards poor souls." -- Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 10:1

12/12/16 7:17 PM

Matt B

| Woodstock, GA

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Calvinism is a Trojan Horse in the SBC
Sean E. Harris

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“ Christians must be honest ”
Amen. Great job guys in flushing out all the issues, including church government. The authors of the 1689 London Baptist Confession, Bunyan, Spurgeon, Gill, and today, MacArthur, Washer, Dever, et. al would be surprised that being Baptist disqualifies them from being Calvinist. It boggles the mind that a seminary President would commit such huge category errors and be that woefully ignorant of church history. The only explanation is that it is politically motivated propaganda; hang onto your tradition at all costs, even at the expense of your own credibility. This teaches us all something - you cannot misrepresent your opponent's position and have any credibility. Try doing that with an atheist, Mormon, or Muslim you are witnessing to and see how far you get. It is imperative that Christians have the highest standards of integrity, even with those with whom they disagree.

11/19/16 6:59 AM

Matt B

| Woodstock, GA

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Literal Theology Grows a Church
David McManus

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Good discussion. I have always found it fascinating why people attend liberal churches since they are asking people to devote their time to an organization that thinks their basic book of teaching is largely myth. If they want to take care of the needs of others, why not just join a charity organization? Also, it would be good to know if that study ever considered the growth of conservative evangelical churches to be due primarily to conversions or hungry saints coming home to them from megachurches with shallow teaching. Also, to answer your question on organs - a pipe organ for a medium-sized church will set you back about half a million dollars but the technology out there is so good right now you can get a very authentic sounding electronic organ for about $50-80k. I am an organist myself and I would love for more truly evangelical churches to return to this grand instrument for hymn singing.

9/25/16 8:35 AM

Matt B

| Woodstock, GA

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House Churches; the Business of the Church
Sean E. Harris

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“ Matter of haert priorities ”
I agree wholeheartedly that good stewardship is a positive witness as it is a Biblical principle and it reflects God's nature as a God of order. I think the people who you mention that might have an issue with this are conflating good stewardship/business sense with "corporatism" (such as churches looking to the corporate business world and its models rather than the Bible on "how to do church") and setting up a false dichotomy as a result. People see this everywhere in America and immediately have knee-jerk reaction to anything "business" and that is falling into the ditch. Churches that believe in the sufficiency of Scripture are becoming rarer, and as long as that principle is maintained (like it is in Berean's case), there is nothing wrong with good, common-sensical management of God's resources.

9/13/16 6:28 AM

Matt B

| Woodstock, GA

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Andy Stanley & the NOT So Inerrant OT
Sean E. Harris

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Alfred - yes, James White has a two-part point-by-point rebuttal of Stanley's 8/28 and 9/4 sermons (while playing it) on his Dividing Line which is excellent. He makes the same points I have indicated below plus many others. History is repeating itself - Spurgeon went through the exact same thing in 19th century England - pragmatic churches that eventually degraded into full-blown liberalism. We now see where England is today.

9/4/16 6:54 AM

Matt B

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Andy Stanley & the NOT So Inerrant OT
Sean E. Harris

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Thanks guys for standing up for the centrality of the Bible. Three thoughts: 1. His easy-believism theology is driving his thinking - he does not consider that maybe the reason people are "de-converting" after growing up in the church and running into college professors is because they are looking for an excuse to disbelieve - that their hearts were never changed in the first place, and are therefore inclined toward believing the skepticism. 2. He is capitulating to the skeptics and assuming there is no way to be able to be taught how to defend a Christian worldview (with the Bible as the central authority) in Sunday schools - I agree there is a lack of this teaching in many churches but that does not mean it is the Bible's fault. 3. He loses his credibility by being so wrong about the facts of church history. The early Christians had a Bible - the Septuagint, and yes they knew how to read it. How did the early church fathers defend against early theological heresies without Scripture? Your comments about the development of the canon and how Stanley misconstrues it are spot on.

8/25/16 6:09 AM

Matt B.

| Woodstock, GA

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Sermon:
I'm Sorry For Not Being A Baptist
Sean E. Harris

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Good discussion. I believe there is nothing wrong with personal "rules" or "fences" as long as you don't go beyond Biblical authority to bind another's conscience. I think Paul's guidelines in Romans 14 are excellent counsel in how you straddle this line among "gray" areas. I agree that it is wrong to flaunt Christian liberty and this is one of the issues I have with the YRRs - (and I am a Reformed Baptist). Not that they exercise appropriate Christian liberty but that they make a big deal out of it. I do agree that flaunting it sets up a general cultural aversion to personal holiness and may cause others to stumble. I also feel for pastors because they have the burden of wanting to not be extra-Biblical in their counsel to others, but at the same time try to protect them from worldly influences. It is difficult because it is not always clear where the line is. I think "The Resolutions of Jonathan Edwards" is an excellent read for anyone interested in the issue of setting up personal rules or standards.

2/28/16 7:19 AM

Matt B

| Atlanta, GA

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Movie Review: Risen
David McManus

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Thanks David for your careful and thoughtful analysis as always. I saw the movie yesterday; I am a history nerd as well and agree with your analysis. However, for me there is another level to being bothered in that these same historical details are also not accurate to Scripture, such as the ascension of Jesus being in Galilee and not in Bethany, the portrayal of the comfortability between the disciples and the Gentile Clavius, which seems to contradict the account of Peter in Acts 10 and specifically in Acts 10:34 in the house of Cornelius, were he now (at that point) realizes that God did not show favoritism among the nations. I have no problem with historical fiction as long as it does not contradict the Bible, which can undermine its perceived authority among new converts and seekers. For me that is a big deal. I also thought their portrayal of Jesus lacked the force of his authority and lordship and watered down the Gospel message when he was talking to Clavius. Bottom line, if they had gotten the Bible accurate, I would have liked this movie a lot better.

7/10/15 12:17 AM

Matt B

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1/5/08 9:42 PM

MattB

| Columbus, Ohio

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Survey:
Do you support the death penalty?

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The problem with exercising the death penalty in this country is that executing a person requires great judgment and wisdom. In a country where we can't trust the government to deliver our mail, we ought to think twice about allowing them to kill our neighbors.

The Biblical manner for executing a murderer is at the lowest level of government, and it is done by the people involved (witnesses) in the crime or by the people affected by the crime. When a nameless, faceless court and jury of people who know nothing about the murderer or the case (the only way you can be on that jury) make the decision, it is far from following the Biblical model.

10/17/07 8:54 PM

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Survey:
2008 Presidential Election: Who will you vote for?

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Ron Paul is the only candidate truly representing the Constitution.

Additionally, he is the only candidate who is promoting Biblical principles of self-government. The civil government's job is to punish evildoers (Rom 13), it is NOT to provide us with countless "programs" to solve social woes, spread democracy, legislate virtue, etc...