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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
Karen Harding, Thursday night, March 4, 2010, San Marcos, Texas - "There is power in uncut hair. I was in services with Brother Stoneking in Houston."
This is going to be our modern day Latter Rain Movement!! We will weather this storm.
We have seen people leave, pivoting away from sound doctrine concerning the Gospel message. Anywhere you go, from my observation, something is being preached incorrectly. BTW, His name is Jesus. It is not Father God. That is just so annoying! LOL!
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Originally Posted by DAII
Harding said that ... WOW. Not surprised by disappointed.
I agree PO ... this is Branham and friends revisited.
Its a matter of time that audio tapes of the prophet will become part of the liturgy.
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Folks, if someone says "there is power in abstaining from fornication", or "there is power in being truthful", these are not stretches, and I think both of you distinguished thinkers would verify that the statement is accurate to a degree. If KH said verbatim "there is power in uncut hair", it is alluding to the same thing, that
"there is power in obeying God's word". When KH said what she said, I in no way believe she or anyone who heard her believe that uncut hair in and of itself has magical powers in it's material substance. I agree with you that some of the language some may be using needs to be addressed, but there is no reason to defame inidividual's about this. If Dan Seagraves or DKB, or one of our other accomplished theologians are making incomlete statements, I would be concerned. But that is not the case. While she may be giften in talent and Spiritual gifts, KH is not our leading voice regarding theological matters, and her statement, IF this is what she said "verbatim", should not be given much weight or be a great cause for concern. Preachers need to address the language and understanding so that incomplete understanding is not propogated. And IMO, that will be enough. People should not be slandered, and there was probably no reason to bring KH's name into the picture.
I also want to say that I tend to be more in the camp of DKB's thoughts concerning "letting down hair" than I do DS's. I do not think unconventional acts of demonstration that elevate faith are limited to the instances in scripture of people laying under Peter's shadow, and people taking handkercheifs from Paul. Although these are identified in scripture as things people were doing, there is NO instruction from scripture or the apostles directing people to do these things. There were "unprecedented" acts at the time, and they set a precedent for other "unprecedented" acts that may "focus individual faith". Not only were these acts not instructed in scripture, they were not discouraged either.
Our theologians and Bible students MUST be accurate and thorough in their language and teaching, our preachers MUST endeavor to follow this order, AND our authors (theologians or not) must do due diligence to ensure their phraseology and verbiage is consistent with prevailing theology in our movement, especially regarding doctrinal matters. Problematic or erratic language being used must be addressed, but individual character should be spared in the process. JMHO
Dan, you are credited with HMH semantics, because it was your efforts that made the nomenclature more widely trumpeted. Like it or not, YOU are the HMH Website guy! lol...
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