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Originally Posted by Sam
Romans is a pretty good book.
I realize Bro. S.G. Norris founder of the Apostolic Bible Institute in St. Paul, MN "taught that ministers should not read publicly or preach from certain passages in Romans, Galatians or the text Ephesians 2:8-9 on the grounds that it could breed confusion among parishioners."
This is from page 142 of "Christianity Without the Cross" and is based on a Bernie Gillespie interview on November 20, 1999.
In "The Message of Romans" (copyright 1987) David Bernard says, "In this larger purpose for the epistle, we see the hand of God at work. God inspired Paul to write Romans so that the churches could have a clear, powerful statement of the gospel of salvation by faith. As such, God designed Romans to have a universal application." (page 23). Later in the book he qualifies this by defining faith as obedience to certain acts.
In my opinion, if a person reads the Book of Romans, particularly chapters 3 and 4, several times and in several different versions, he/she will come to the conclusion that salvation is by faith alone. |
Brother Sam I respect you. I love you and I dont want to be unkind or disrespectfull...
but saying that Romans is a pretty good book is like saying water is wet or oxygen is nice for breathing.
The notion that a preacher got to be a preacher without having a grasp of Romans seems about as stupid a think as possible. Romans is vital. Im just mind boggled that a preacher "read romans" and changed his doctrine....after BEING A PREACHER??? AFTER BEING A PASTOR???
We may not agree on all points. We many not agree on some things that we both think are important that are addressed in Romans... but the suggestion that some guy who has given his life to the service of God one day decided to "read romans" and got some brand new revealation is just mind boggling.
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