Who is this "one person" that you speak of?

Would you consider Islam to be one of the "owtward forms" of the "church?"

If so, why? If not, why not?

Stephen
BiblicalThought.com


On 8/23/07, Jonathan E. Brickman <jeb@...> wrote:
>
> > Hey fellow soldiers! Did this group fall asleep or is everyone working
> on
> > different projects? Just dropping in to say HI. Any good resources on
> the
> > Emerging Movement? A friend of mine has begun promoting the term "the
> > Diverging church". What dost thou thinkest? [KJV] - So, what do you
> think?
> > [ESV] - How do you feel about it? [TNIV] :)
> Quite frankly, I am somewhat sick and tired of pointed applied
> adjectives to the word "church". I think that a generation or three
> previously, the longstanding fad was being persnickety about "baptist"
> and "methodist" and "Roman" and "church of Christ" et cetera; and today,
> the fad is to care more about "emerging" and "mainline" and "orthodox"
> and "evangelical".
>
> There is only one church. It has many outward forms. I think only one
> person loves all of them. But that one person is the only one whose
> opinion really counts. I find, that this one person whose opinion
> really counts, encourages all to use any and all of the holy forms, if
> to His glory.
>
> J.E.B.
>
>
>



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Soli Deo Gloria,

Stephen Macasil

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"Resolved, never to give over, nor in the least to slacken, my fight with my
corruptions, however unsuccessful I may be"

--Jonathan Edwards
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