An Open Letter to Steve Epley
 

Steve,

I am concerned that you love your message more than you love God.

On multiple occasions over the years you have started the "All Trinitarians are Lost" thread. Each time you address the issue you restate the title along with little smileys. What is that about? I completely disagree with your belief that all trinitarians are lost but if I did agree I wouldn't smile, laugh or rejoice at the thought of someone being lost.

You have repeatedly stated that you would not allow someone with a beard in your church. That they may go to Heaven, but they will have to do so from somewhere other than the church you lead. Where do you get the authority to make such a ridiculous statement? You seem to hold this position as a badge of honor. As if the fact that the men of your church are femininely smooth-faced is a source of pride. I worry that you love your standard more than souls, and truth.

Your comments in the thread about Steve Pixler affirm my belief that you have no love in your heart for others.

Steve, you have been given free rein on this forum for as long as it has existed. You are apt to rebuke others, label them in the most hateful way imaginable, and then retreat when you are not treated with respect. You are held to a different standard than others.

None of that exempts you from truth.

Steve, you need to repent. You need to call Pixler and ask for forgiveness. You need to make a public apology for all of the hurts you've heaped on those with whom you disagree. You are not doing the work of God. You and your online cohorts have done more to damage conservative Pentecostalism than Pixler and other "compromisers" could ever dream.

Respectfully,

Ed

Re: An Open Letter to Steve Epley
 

Could you not have pm'd him this? And let just him 'open the letter'.

Re: An Open Letter to Steve Epley
 

This coming from a man who called the man he is correcting a "sick puppy?"

Re: An Open Letter to Steve Epley
 

Keep it up, EB.

I am so thankful for the online demeanor of men like you and Steve Epley. With every caustic post you prove the content of your heart and fruit of your message. You win more to freedom than legalism, to my belief system instead of yours.

Again, thank you.

Re: An Open Letter to Steve Epley
 

Ed, your not caustic? You called the man a sick puppy.

By all means Ed, spoon feed, show me how your behavior is a step up?

You were angry on the other forum, and you are clicking it up a notch here.

Re: An Open Letter to Steve Epley
 

You may use those labels at will, but they don't fit. Also, you seem fixated on "the other forum."

Let it go. I did years ago.

Re: An Open Letter to Steve Epley
 

I may use those labels?

Ed you are the one in axe swinging mode here.

The other forum is where your flower started to bloom, hence I bring it up.

Re: An Open Letter to Steve Epley
 

You're posts are as caustic..in fact they are more so. You might have changed doctrinally but you are an Ultra Con at heart.

Re: An Open Letter to Steve Epley
 

Not going to dignify your post with a reply. Have a nice eternity.

Re: An Open Letter to Steve Epley
 

There you have it.

I absolutely will have a nice life and eternity.

By the way, you did dignify my post with a reply.