"But postmodern uses of the Bible are prone to impose on the text cultural meanings and desires that ignore or alter the meaning of the Scripture altogether....
Hi Jan and Lloyd - I'm sure that your conversation is fully legitimate and needs to take place, but this is the exact thing I was talking about. There comes a...
Not sure if anyone has been to Apprising Ministries site (www.apprising.org) but there is a wealth of sound, Scripturally based discernment research done here....
Hi Roderick, DEAL :) Excellent points. Thank you for this and thank you for sharing the wisdom of that passage in Proverbs. Looking forward to getting to...
Nate, You've admonished Rod and me now and at the same time stating Ward is nice and those that resist my statement "McLaren is anti-scriptural" should not be...
This group was set up as primarily a group of "Reformed" or calvinistic Preterists. But why? Are we simply trying to split off in our own little group or is...
Is it REALLY this complicated? I agree that McLaren's teachings are dangerous. I guess I was just suprised that WITHIN my first message back to the list there...
Nate, Recently, you were uninformed about Planet Preterist, wrongly advising Roderick, and saying how nice Ward was after you had on offline, personal...
Nate, don't go -- remember -- we had a deal. Your brotherly rebukes & admonishments have already had an impact. I moderated some, banned others & deleted...
Nate, If we have to accept postmodern supporters because they were nice to you offline and your being here is conditional on our not responding to postmoderns,...
Most people don't enjoy conflict. Most will avoid it as much as possible. Surely there can be something we can do to eliminate all strife from among us....
I carefully wrote a statement that at the time of writing it, I thought if anyone even remotely questions or undermines this simple statement, it will be...
[Dan] Lloyd, I am a little troubled by this post because you deny much but assert little. It would be helpful to clarify not only to say you disagree with me,...
Nate, I don't know if you are still here - I certainly hope you are. But I must say I have had an evening of fascinating reading. Thanks so much for the link...
Lloyd, Correct or not as to the accuracy of that viewpoint, it still remains according to the unabridged Oxford dictionary that "A preterist is a theologian...
Ok, so we had a few tense days around here. We could just move on & not look at what has happened -- but in fairness to people I consider Christian brothers &...
Sorry, Rod, but there is so much wrong with your logic I don't even know where to begin ... Regardless of whether opinions are uninformed, the way Nate and ...
Hi Roderick, Your recap of the tension-filled days that we all went through was very helpful as we look back on those discussions. True, mistakes were made in...
Thank you Roderick. Well said. I know many here have a common goal of agreement; no strife; and a conservative, reformist, preterist group. There does have...
Nate's judgment was based on his surface perception of Rod's rebukes to Ward and on Ward's "niceness" to him. Nate judged "according to the appearance." I...
Mike, I was considering your comments until I got to the last sentence. Tension NEVER is created ex nihilo (out of nothing). There is always a reason,...
Definitely. Nate should be careful. Just days ago, people had to encourage him to leave Planet Preterist. While holding hands with related wolves, he's...
Please not just moderate but ban Mike Beidler and Mike Bennett now. ... From: Mike Beidler To: PretCosmos@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 11:15...
Rod wrote: "Tension NEVER is created ex nihilo (out of nothing). There is always a reason, something that causes it." Point taken. But that "something" is...
Jan wrote: "And Rod, you should expect no less from Mike. He also should have been banned a while ago to avoid strife that he is now once again creating." ...
Jan wrote: "Please not just moderate but ban Mike Beidler and Mike Bennett now." I believe Mike Bennett's already been banned, IIRC ... Jan, please feel free...
Related, I believe God's will is agreement (Acts 2) and peace (fruit) versus strife. Great scripture: Proverbs 22:10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;...
Hi Mike (Beidler), I disagree with your assessment that we allowed newcomers to get their heads bitten off and that we then allowed those newcomers to "bleed...
