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Originally Posted by scotty

Boy wish I would have caught you before you typed all that.

Sorry Some where back at the beginning I must have missed the word "pioneers"


No arguments here with your post, My fault Brother.

No prob. I thought that it was a good opportunity to question this point from the angle of our pioneers.

I remember hearing NA Urshan say a lot of things about his dad's beliefs. He wasn't disrespectful of his father in the least, but he did feel like he had to "push" the movement away from his father's position (and many other people's position) on the issue of exclusivism.

Remember that famous (infamous?) televised debate where Walter Martin ask N A Urshan, "Do you consider me your brother?" If A D Urshan had been there instead, the whole complexion of the debate would have been different. The elder Urshan (going by his writings) would not have hesitated or stammered and try to dodge the question.

Walter Martin was a rascal at times, and his soul in in God's hands now. But we hurt only ourselves when we are met with a genuine offer of friendship by other Bible believing Christians and we turn them away. We don't compromise our distinctives by sharing a burden with other Christians. In the end we may even help them to gain some very essential things.