Would you stay in a church if...

[Lafon]

Originally Posted by mfblume

What's wrong with fellowshiping with debate? Is debate all about being enemies? Indeed! Very enlightening! I guess you must think me an enemy when you debate me. Gotcha!

You, my enemy! My, oh my, how presumptuous of you. Did I assert, suggest, or even insinuate in nany manner whatsoever, that the participants in discussions or dialogue about a matter in the Debate Room was restricted or confined to "enemies"? Surely you jest!

Can one not disagree with another's expressed beliefs about a matter and not be their enemy? Of course! I've always considered you as a "friend," and NOT as an "enemy." Do we have differing opinions about some things? Yes! And what are those who called themselves disciples of Jesus Christ commanded to do when they discover what they believe to be a "fault" in the epressed beliefs of another brother in Christ? Is it not to engage in a discussion between the two in a effort to reconcile such differences so they align more perfectly to the sacred principles of the Scriptures? Of course!

With utmost candor, my friend, I must express my feelings concerning how I perceive your relationship to me, and it is this: I gather from your statements during discussions and dialogue with me, that you, being a pastor, yea, even a former licensed minister of the UPCI, apparently consider me (and I ask your forgiveness if I am amiss in what I am about to say), to be less than your equal, although everyone that has become an "adopted" son of God are, in His sight equal, being priests in a royal priesthood! And, UNTIL, or UNLESS you are able to consider me as an EQUAL, you will NEVER be able to accept, much less even consider the "possibility" that God has revealed a truth to me that He has not yet revealed to you.

I'll just leave it at that, hoping that you will not respond hastily, but expend some time in contemplating the value, if any, in what I've written.

And, may God richly bless you, my "friend"! I do mean that most sincerely! May God forbid that it be otherwise.