0:00 Introductory Comments 3:58 Alcohol 10:28 Theological Triage (distinguishing between Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary doctrinal issues) 18:19 The meaning of “Go and sin no more” 22:33 The greatest threats to Christianity today 24:14 Social Justice/Critical Theory, the “Statement on Social Justice & the Gospel” (33:11), Racial History (45:26), Social Gospel vs. Social Engagement (52:40), and Conversionism vs. Transformationism (54:17) 1:02:17 The Revoice Conference and same-sex attraction 1:05:18 The Christian view on overthrowing governments 1:08:21 The Lord’s Day 1:12:26 The meaning of the “hardening of Pharaoh’s heart” 1:14:34 Balancing responsibilities 1:18:03 The Christian response to the homeless
The gospel is not about justice in *that* sense; but what about justice in the sense of fairness and goodness in human society? Justice for the unborn, for example?
Dr Mohler you are an inspiration and a blessing. May our dear Lord raise up more people who hold to the inerrancy of the Bible and devote their time to understanding the times we live in. Thank you for your wise counsel and compassion. God bless you.
God Bless you Dr. Mohler. You are an inspiration to me and many others. I admire you and and pray that God would bless this nation with many more men like you. Your devotion to God and His Holy Word, His Truth, and to Jesus Christ is a light rarely found in the post-modern culture we call the 21st Century.
"Where you find redeemed people you find evidence of there redemption" If NOT then what you have found is, neither one, no matter the claims or appearance, or location. AMEN PREACH !!!!
Dr. Mohler’s wisdom is what stands out so much in this video. It’s like Little theological children came to their grandfather’s front porch and sat around his rocking chair, gleaning every Mosel of wisdom they could. I don’t agree with the abstinence only policy on alcohol, but his honesty and wisdom was very helpful and challenging. Nevertheless, I truly love dr. Mohler. He is a patriarch of evangelicalism today.
I'm concerned that the SBC is reacting to the SJW movement in ways that come off as pandering to the problem, rather than carefully addressing the nuances to such a dynamic topic. The fact is, no one would be surprised to discover that there were racist people in our churches, or that there were racists churches. With that said, 1) I believe there is much less racism that we're making there out to be. 2) I believe that we need a better definition of racism than one that the SJW's are operating under which assumes that every time you find a monocultural church (all-white, all-black, all-anything) that this necessarily means that it harbors racists beliefs (see Gino Jennings's church. BTW, not advocating all of his teachings necessarily, just pointing out that his church is almost entirely black, and he is very much against the idea of only preaching the gospel to black people.). 3) I don't know of any of these so-called racists policies, churches, institutions, etc. Certainly, this last reason is anecdotal; but I've never been to an SBC church that would have turned away a person of color. Now, that doesn't mean that the interactions between a mostly white church in Paducah, KY, are going to be effortless and immediately comfortable when a person of color enters their doors. It does mean, however, that in my experiences (do with that what you will), what I see taking place most of the time, is that people who are striving to mortify the flesh in the best way they know how, are trying to overcome any uncomfortable feelings they have when interacting with people who look different from them for the greater good of the gospel.
The policy is a good one, because if it is an absolute policy, then you do not have to deal with degrees, as he pointed out. In my past life I was a bartender and an alcoholic so I understand some things other people who are not alcoholics do not understand. Alcohol is not necessary for life, and if you never drink you will never have a problem with alcohol. But if you drink, you may do or say things that you would not otherwise, taking the chance you may forget yourself and not act out in a Christian manner. Alcohol is very insidious, it will fool you, and it can be tragically life changing. Play with a snake you will, sooner or later, get bit. So like he said, "it is wise", not to drink. Proverbs 20:1 I never thought I would become an alcoholic, but I did, and drank heavily for 18 years. One day after saying a short prayer, the Lord Jesus completely delivered me from alcohol and 35 years later, I have never drank again. Be wise young man, the devil will trick you. BTW there is only one thing an alcoholic has to "understand" and must understand, that is, you can "never drink", ever again, just one day at a time. That is what the Spirit taught me, I listened and was delivered. I hope that will help someone with an alcohol problem.
I will be privileged to pray for you Lindsay. There is no other place to go for salvation but Jesus. Believe that He was crucified for your sins, died, and was resurrected and you will be saved. That's His promise. He, in His mercy and grace gives you the trust you need if you ask. The Bible says that if you confess your sins then He faithful and just to forgive our sins. It also says that if you pray for wisdom, He will give it to you. That is a promise! All you have to do is abide in Him from then on. Loving Him, abiding in Him, trusting in Him, keeping His commandments is something we do but even that can only be accomplished through His grace. So lean on Him. He does all the heavy lifting!
We have to remember that our country is not ruled by a monarchy but by the people. We were a colony of the Crown not a part of the Crown. In our country we the people are the rulers not those in government. They are our servants not our rulers. We, the people hire them to do a certain work for a certain period of time and they can be fired. We people cannot be fired by the servants. We seem to have reversed the role. I pray that we the people make the right choice in our hiring practices.
Victimization has a personally subjective as well as an objective perspective. IMHO Dr Mohler failed to account for the sinner who is sustained by his victimization. The doctor lost me when he focused on his own (mis)perceptions of racial prejudice and its current state.
But he did acknowledge that a harmful self-victimization sometimes happens. Wasn't his point simply that harmful and unfair victimization is real and needs to be addressed?
I expected Dr. Mohler to give Biblical references to all his historical argument on Racial Justice. I'm still not convinced by the argument. The Gospel is the Gospel! Social Justice is social justice! Scripture. Scripture. Scripture. We are allowing the sewage of the world to poison the pure stream of the truth! By the way, I'm an African-American.
He doesn't need to mention all the verse references (though he does mention several explicitly) because he's talking to seminary students who understand the allusions to the Scriptures. His main point is that the gospel of salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone is the only gospel, but that loving your neighbor (including on a social level) will be evident fruit wherever the gospel has taken root, as is made clear all over the Bible and especially in the structure of nearly all the New Testament epistles.
To his credit, it sounds like his main line of reasoning that leads to places where he may be counted in error here is that he needs some further elaboration and specification to be given before signing onto the Statement on Social Justice, whereas he is at odds with Russell Moore and his ilk in the silliness at hand, and as he pointed out, his office within a flagship seminary and the history of his (and my) denomination puts him in a difficult position, and unlike Thabiti Anyabwile, rightly denies that someone can repent of another person's sin. As for Scripture references, he does allude to the Biblical anthropology laid out in Genesis 2. (I say this as an enthusiastic signer of the statement on the second day it was public)
@@kgilli5409 He's denied it, but then also went on to affirm it again within the very same article. Compare to the following hypothetical statement, "Of course all humans are ontologically equal. However, in practice, we cannot deny that blacks have demonstrated that they're unfit for certain rights. This isn't personally true of every black person, but as a collective community, they aren't suited to things like voting." Within that hypothetical statement is a denial that people of different skin colors aren't equal, but the sentences following that denial make the denial no more meaningful than the assurance a Mormon would give that the LDS church is Christian because its full title is the "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints". Such a statement, taken in its entirety, would still be plainly racist. As such, Thabiti's attempt to deny that he thinks people can repent for others' sins is still an affirmation that people can (and should) do just that. At best, he's horribly inconsistent.
I look at the story of pharaoh as meaning that God has set up certain natural consequences that occur in response to certain actions. For instance if we refuse Christ we will go to Hell. If we defy the law of gravity to a great degree harm will come to us. In pharaoh's case resisting God will lead to a hardened heart but the same will happen to us today. God did not make pharaoh the way he was. He made himself that way and suffered the consequences that are common to all of us.
Listening to Albert speaking I have to say I cannot wait for Jesus to come and put all these man made ideas about God to an end. Just as the Jewish leaders did by creating their own ideas of what God wanted, so we have a range of educated people ("church leaders") that have a range of ideas not found anywhere in the NT. Calling people stupid from the pulpit, just as a church I used to attend even in a joking way says something about the heart...
You mean like loving your neighbor as yourself or using just weights? If you look at the Gospels, it was the Pharisees who were the literal in there perception, but walked in the way that pleased them. Read the text of the gospels and look at who is my neighbor- this is HOW social structures change. Look at Acts 17:6, why did they say they had turned the world upside down, they were living in a manner that was different than the rest of the world. I think this is what is being asked, that those who name the name of Christ at least be able say some things are wrong, not that we can change them by our power but if we as believers in Christ come together and call sin, sin, including that which is structural, change can come.
Sorry your response makes no sense... Saying something is wrong compared to being arrogant and calling people crazy from a pulpit seems worlds apart. Jesus didn't call He's accusers names from the cross but prayed for them on the cross so if we have "esteemed" leaders that does not follow in Jesus's example in deed, what value does your version of truth have. I'm so tired of "leaders" that talk and never do. They have all the knowledge but very little truth in their walk. Sure they don't drink, smoke, sleep around, have nice clothes, but the core act of Love is missing. Sure looks very close to the Pharisees if you ask me. We hear so much about missions, I'm actually sick of it. So many pastors will rally groups of churches for a "holiday" in Haiti or Africa and call it a missions trip, but show me how many people you've fed and clothed in your own town and then lets see what your mission is. People like Albert does the same and he affirms this practice to others with no correction in their actions. Millions are spend on shiny church buildings with "missions" that looks more like a trip to Disney World than anything else. Rock bands, rock star pastors, etc is the order of the day, and anything is accepted, and I mean anything. I always wondered why Jesus could have said "Many will come to me on that day, saying Lord, Lord, and he will say go away I never knew you" but the longer I'm in America and come to see just how FALSE this church system is, the more I can affirm, Jesus has to say that as many talk but very few do. Jesus will tell them "You lived as if I never gave you a law"!!! And that law is to love, not to have a Phd, or hold an office of power, of be a pastor, but to love. Not with words but with actions. Jesus said those that want to be first, should be first in being a servant to others. Think about that. Churches in the USA looks more like a secural company than the church of Jesus. People are forced to sign contracts (covenants) before they can "join" a church. Pastors are not accountable to anyone but themselves but making sure those contracts prevents you from questioning anything they do and hiring other pastors that will support them in whatever they do. They spend money unchecked, they twist God's word for their own gain, they praise those that praise them and ridicule those that question their motives. The more I look the harder it is to see leaders that are "examples" of who Jesus is. They think they need to be creative about tell you about Jesus, but that is so far from the truth. They should be a chief example for what Jesus is, and not the other way around.
He did call them names in public places, white washed tombs; blind leaders of the blind; hypocrites. However, he was not just calling names, he was saying what their fruit represented. I don't believe in name calling either but if you took the time to read my reply, you would understand. The issue is that too many of us try to protect ourselves and who we are as opposed to acknowledging there are issues. Too much romanticism of the the faith, faith is gritty and takes guts to live out. In your previous post you cannot wait for Jesus to return so that we can be rid of these man made ideas. My response was, you mean ideas live loving your neighbor as yourself or using just weights so as not to rip off your fellow human. I must add, Jesus was speaking to those who were supposed to be the people of God and living as if they did not know God. So, don't know how much clearer I can get.
He did call them hypocrites which is what they were, but never stupid. Correcting people with harsh words is fine with me, but when you start calling people "stupid" or "crazy" to say they below your education level and unable to see the truth, that's another thing all together. Always remember, you might be wrong and they might be right. So be very careful being so arrogant that you think you've arrived at a place where you start calling people "stupid" just because you think you know more. Show me your service to others before you start throwing theology at people as people won't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
Why are seminary professors being compelled to sign onto the 1689 LBCF, which is a man-made confession? It is a flawed document based on an attempt to correct the Westminster Confession of Faith. Both Reformed Covenant Theology and modern Dispensational Theology fall apart in Galatians chapter 3. Both also tend to ignore the New Covenant promised to Israel and Judah in Jeremiah 31:31-34. A contrast between the two covenants is found in 2 Corinthians 3:6-8, and Hebrews 12:18-24. Both the Westminster Confession, and the 1689 LBC claim the 10 commandments were given to Adam before the fall. Paul said the law was "added" 430 years "after" the promise made to Abraham "until" the seed(Christ) could come to whom the promise was made. Are we still under the 4th commandment, based on Colossians 2:16-17? In Galatians 4:24-31 Paul compelled the Galatian believers to "cast out" the Sinai Covenant of "bondage". In Galatians 3:16 Paul says the promise was made to the one seed, instead of the many seeds. Since the original "Calvinists" were baby baptizers, who drowned Anabaptists, how did we end up with those who claim to be "Baptists" also claiming to be "Calvinists"? Those promoting "isms", and claiming to be "ists" are violating Paul's warning about divisions in the Church, found in 1 Corinthians chapter 1. Watch the RUclips video "The New Covenant" by Bob George.
First of all, it saddens me the direction that Dr. Mohler has taken the Southern Seminary. When he first took office in 93' the students were of diverse backgrounds. A main fear those students had was what would happen to women in seminary and in pastoral ministry. Dr. Mohler has brought that fear to reality. Secondly, I would brand anyone who takes the Bible to be ultra literally is also a fundamentalist. Reading the creation accounts to be literal 6 hour is a fundamentalist reading of the Bible. If Dr. Mohler thinks that Justification by Faith _Alone_ is a 1st order of doctrine, then there must have been no Christian before Luther. This is just non-sense!
The wheels fall off when you posit Luther originated by faith alone and you conclude from that it would mean there were no Christians prior. Ridiculous.
"We dare not deny real oppression" , but crime statistics can be denied. This guy reminds me of a politician with no polish. What a long winded non answer to a simple question.
Mohler is the typical Calvinist who does not believe that man truly has a freewill, but that (his) God chooses who is forced to go to heaven while most of the rest of humanity is damned to hell before they are even born. So sad that he and those like him are theologically taken serious.
finally..!lol ive been trying to find out what these guys believe in, so if these people are into Calvinism or free masons or any other movement thats not Biblical then i wont waste my time here
0:00 Introductory Comments
3:58 Alcohol
10:28 Theological Triage (distinguishing between Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary doctrinal issues)
18:19 The meaning of “Go and sin no more”
22:33 The greatest threats to Christianity today
24:14 Social Justice/Critical Theory, the “Statement on Social Justice & the Gospel” (33:11), Racial History (45:26), Social Gospel vs. Social Engagement (52:40), and Conversionism vs. Transformationism (54:17)
1:02:17 The Revoice Conference and same-sex attraction
1:05:18 The Christian view on overthrowing governments
1:08:21 The Lord’s Day
1:12:26 The meaning of the “hardening of Pharaoh’s heart”
1:14:34 Balancing responsibilities
1:18:03 The Christian response to the homeless
Thanks Anthony for taking the time and add the content time :)
Hello from Ecuador :)
Anthony Langer thank you
Very helpful - thanks Anthony
No category for protecting children from child predators in the church??? Didn't he know a storm was coming?
thanks for the break down very helpful also communicates detail and care to me...
This video should have 8 billion views.
Gospel is not about justice, but mercy. Justice will offer hell, mercy salvation.
The gospel is not about justice in *that* sense; but what about justice in the sense of fairness and goodness in human society? Justice for the unborn, for example?
Dr Mohler you are an inspiration and a blessing. May our dear Lord raise up more people who hold to the inerrancy of the Bible and devote their time to understanding the times we live in. Thank you for your wise counsel and compassion. God bless you.
Such God given intellect 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
yes and no...Vinnie Colaiuta has God given talent, but he also works hard daily over time for 30 years...Al is the same.
God Bless you Dr. Mohler. You are an inspiration to me and many others. I admire you and and pray that God would bless this nation with many more men like you. Your devotion to God and His Holy Word, His Truth, and to Jesus Christ is a light rarely found in the post-modern culture we call the 21st Century.
"Where you find redeemed people you find evidence of there redemption" If NOT then what you have found is, neither one, no matter the claims or appearance, or location. AMEN PREACH !!!!
Dr. Mohler’s wisdom is what stands out so much in this video. It’s like Little theological children came to their grandfather’s front porch and sat around his rocking chair, gleaning every Mosel of wisdom they could. I don’t agree with the abstinence only policy on alcohol, but his honesty and wisdom was very helpful and challenging. Nevertheless, I truly love dr. Mohler. He is a patriarch of evangelicalism today.
I'm concerned that the SBC is reacting to the SJW movement in ways that come off as pandering to the problem, rather than carefully addressing the nuances to such a dynamic topic. The fact is, no one would be surprised to discover that there were racist people in our churches, or that there were racists churches. With that said, 1) I believe there is much less racism that we're making there out to be. 2) I believe that we need a better definition of racism than one that the SJW's are operating under which assumes that every time you find a monocultural church (all-white, all-black, all-anything) that this necessarily means that it harbors racists beliefs (see Gino Jennings's church. BTW, not advocating all of his teachings necessarily, just pointing out that his church is almost entirely black, and he is very much against the idea of only preaching the gospel to black people.). 3) I don't know of any of these so-called racists policies, churches, institutions, etc. Certainly, this last reason is anecdotal; but I've never been to an SBC church that would have turned away a person of color. Now, that doesn't mean that the interactions between a mostly white church in Paducah, KY, are going to be effortless and immediately comfortable when a person of color enters their doors. It does mean, however, that in my experiences (do with that what you will), what I see taking place most of the time, is that people who are striving to mortify the flesh in the best way they know how, are trying to overcome any uncomfortable feelings they have when interacting with people who look different from them for the greater good of the gospel.
The policy is a good one, because if it is an absolute policy, then you do not have to deal with degrees, as he pointed out. In my past life I was a bartender and an alcoholic so I understand some things other people who are not alcoholics do not understand. Alcohol is not necessary for life, and if you never drink you will never have a problem with alcohol. But if you drink, you may do or say things that you would not otherwise, taking the chance you may forget yourself and not act out in a Christian manner. Alcohol is very insidious, it will fool you, and it can be tragically life changing. Play with a snake you will, sooner or later, get bit. So like he said, "it is wise", not to drink. Proverbs 20:1
I never thought I would become an alcoholic, but I did, and drank heavily for 18 years. One day after saying a short prayer, the Lord Jesus completely delivered me from alcohol and 35 years later, I have never drank again. Be wise young man, the devil will trick you.
BTW there is only one thing an alcoholic has to "understand" and must understand, that is, you can "never drink", ever again, just one day at a time. That is what the Spirit taught me, I listened and was delivered. I hope that will help someone with an alcohol problem.
MacArthur has now spoken his THIRD Sunday sermon in a row from the pulpit against social justice.
Can you reference them, I would like to listen to them.
If many of the writers are good friends and he doesn't understand why they stated certain things in certain ways, why not simply pick up the phone??
Please put the social justice portion in a book.
Definitions Matter. He spelled this out well, not broad brushing it like most people are doing.
please pray that I would trust in Christ for salvation, i am struggling doing that
I will be privileged to pray for you Lindsay. There is no other place to go for salvation but Jesus. Believe that He was crucified for your sins, died, and was resurrected and you will be saved. That's His promise. He, in His mercy and grace gives you the trust you need if you ask. The Bible says that if you confess your sins then He faithful and just to forgive our sins. It also says that if you pray for wisdom, He will give it to you. That is a promise! All you have to do is abide in Him from then on. Loving Him, abiding in Him, trusting in Him, keeping His commandments is something we do but even that can only be accomplished through His grace. So lean on Him. He does all the heavy lifting!
We have to remember that our country is not ruled by a monarchy but by the people. We were a colony of the Crown not a part of the Crown. In our country we the people are the rulers not those in government. They are our servants not our rulers. We, the people hire them to do a certain work for a certain period of time and they can be fired. We people cannot be fired by the servants. We seem to have reversed the role. I pray that we the people make the right choice in our hiring practices.
It’s interesting how you bring a lot of your own opinions instead of using scripture to answer the questions.
Should be, "Justification by God-given faith alone."
What happened the comment about J.M Carroll
Victimization has a personally subjective as well as an objective perspective. IMHO Dr Mohler failed to account for the sinner who is sustained by his victimization. The doctor lost me when he focused on his own (mis)perceptions of racial prejudice and its current state.
But he did acknowledge that a harmful self-victimization sometimes happens. Wasn't his point simply that harmful and unfair victimization is real and needs to be addressed?
Mr. Mohler we are not worried about Keller or Macarthur. It is the group in that room. The millennials.
Do they have courage?
Well done, Dr. Mohler.
-Kerry/BlackCalvinist
Even under the Old Covenant Jesus said the Sabbath was made for man and not man for the Sabbath.
I can't believe it only has 80 views.
Give it time. At time of writing 779
11k views
No
48,000 +
FYI, The Social Justice question starts on 24:13.
I expected Dr. Mohler to give Biblical references to all his historical argument on Racial Justice. I'm still not convinced by the argument. The Gospel is the Gospel! Social Justice is social justice! Scripture. Scripture. Scripture. We are allowing the sewage of the world to poison the pure stream of the truth! By the way, I'm an African-American.
He doesn't need to mention all the verse references (though he does mention several explicitly) because he's talking to seminary students who understand the allusions to the Scriptures.
His main point is that the gospel of salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone is the only gospel, but that loving your neighbor (including on a social level) will be evident fruit wherever the gospel has taken root, as is made clear all over the Bible and especially in the structure of nearly all the New Testament epistles.
To his credit, it sounds like his main line of reasoning that leads to places where he may be counted in error here is that he needs some further elaboration and specification to be given before signing onto the Statement on Social Justice, whereas he is at odds with Russell Moore and his ilk in the silliness at hand, and as he pointed out, his office within a flagship seminary and the history of his (and my) denomination puts him in a difficult position, and unlike Thabiti Anyabwile, rightly denies that someone can repent of another person's sin. As for Scripture references, he does allude to the Biblical anthropology laid out in Genesis 2. (I say this as an enthusiastic signer of the statement on the second day it was public)
Thabiti has denied that as well. Don’t misrepresent other folk’s views.
@@kgilli5409 He's denied it, but then also went on to affirm it again within the very same article.
Compare to the following hypothetical statement, "Of course all humans are ontologically equal. However, in practice, we cannot deny that blacks have demonstrated that they're unfit for certain rights. This isn't personally true of every black person, but as a collective community, they aren't suited to things like voting." Within that hypothetical statement is a denial that people of different skin colors aren't equal, but the sentences following that denial make the denial no more meaningful than the assurance a Mormon would give that the LDS church is Christian because its full title is the "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints". Such a statement, taken in its entirety, would still be plainly racist. As such, Thabiti's attempt to deny that he thinks people can repent for others' sins is still an affirmation that people can (and should) do just that. At best, he's horribly inconsistent.
What about justice period?
*social
I look at the story of pharaoh as meaning that God has set up certain natural consequences that occur in response to certain actions. For instance if we refuse Christ we will go to Hell. If we defy the law of gravity to a great degree harm will come to us. In pharaoh's case resisting God will lead to a hardened heart but the same will happen to us today. God did not make pharaoh the way he was. He made himself that way and suffered the consequences that are common to all of us.
What a politician..
Sheesh listening to mohler is exhausting. Just get to the point
Lol..
is it just me...the bow tie to a body of t shirts...seems a real disconnect from faculty to students...like the freedom, but interesting contrast.
Apostasy is the biggest threat to me
That and islam and Catholicism in the world as a threat
Listening to Albert speaking I have to say I cannot wait for Jesus to come and put all these man made ideas about God to an end. Just as the Jewish leaders did by creating their own ideas of what God wanted, so we have a range of educated people ("church leaders") that have a range of ideas not found anywhere in the NT.
Calling people stupid from the pulpit, just as a church I used to attend even in a joking way says something about the heart...
You mean like loving your neighbor as yourself or using just weights? If you look at the Gospels, it was the Pharisees who were the literal in there perception, but walked in the way that pleased them. Read the text of the gospels and look at who is my neighbor- this is HOW social structures change. Look at Acts 17:6, why did they say they had turned the world upside down, they were living in a manner that was different than the rest of the world. I think this is what is being asked, that those who name the name of Christ at least be able say some things are wrong, not that we can change them by our power but if we as believers in Christ come together and call sin, sin, including that which is structural, change can come.
Sorry your response makes no sense... Saying something is wrong compared to being arrogant and calling people crazy from a pulpit seems worlds apart. Jesus didn't call He's accusers names from the cross but prayed for them on the cross so if we have "esteemed" leaders that does not follow in Jesus's example in deed, what value does your version of truth have.
I'm so tired of "leaders" that talk and never do. They have all the knowledge but very little truth in their walk. Sure they don't drink, smoke, sleep around, have nice clothes, but the core act of Love is missing. Sure looks very close to the Pharisees if you ask me. We hear so much about missions, I'm actually sick of it. So many pastors will rally groups of churches for a "holiday" in Haiti or Africa and call it a missions trip, but show me how many people you've fed and clothed in your own town and then lets see what your mission is. People like Albert does the same and he affirms this practice to others with no correction in their actions. Millions are spend on shiny church buildings with "missions" that looks more like a trip to Disney World than anything else. Rock bands, rock star pastors, etc is the order of the day, and anything is accepted, and I mean anything.
I always wondered why Jesus could have said "Many will come to me on that day, saying Lord, Lord, and he will say go away I never knew you" but the longer I'm in America and come to see just how FALSE this church system is, the more I can affirm, Jesus has to say that as many talk but very few do. Jesus will tell them "You lived as if I never gave you a law"!!! And that law is to love, not to have a Phd, or hold an office of power, of be a pastor, but to love. Not with words but with actions.
Jesus said those that want to be first, should be first in being a servant to others. Think about that. Churches in the USA looks more like a secural company than the church of Jesus. People are forced to sign contracts (covenants) before they can "join" a church. Pastors are not accountable to anyone but themselves but making sure those contracts prevents you from questioning anything they do and hiring other pastors that will support them in whatever they do. They spend money unchecked, they twist God's word for their own gain, they praise those that praise them and ridicule those that question their motives. The more I look the harder it is to see leaders that are "examples" of who Jesus is. They think they need to be creative about tell you about Jesus, but that is so far from the truth. They should be a chief example for what Jesus is, and not the other way around.
He did call them names in public places, white washed tombs; blind leaders of the blind; hypocrites. However, he was not just calling names, he was saying what their fruit represented. I don't believe in name calling either but if you took the time to read my reply, you would understand. The issue is that too many of us try to protect ourselves and who we are as opposed to acknowledging there are issues. Too much romanticism of the the faith, faith is gritty and takes guts to live out. In your previous post you cannot wait for Jesus to return so that we can be rid of these man made ideas. My response was, you mean ideas live loving your neighbor as yourself or using just weights so as not to rip off your fellow human. I must add, Jesus was speaking to those who were supposed to be the people of God and living as if they did not know God. So, don't know how much clearer I can get.
He did call them hypocrites which is what they were, but never stupid. Correcting people with harsh words is fine with me, but when you start calling people "stupid" or "crazy" to say they below your education level and unable to see the truth, that's another thing all together.
Always remember, you might be wrong and they might be right. So be very careful being so arrogant that you think you've arrived at a place where you start calling people "stupid" just because you think you know more. Show me your service to others before you start throwing theology at people as people won't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
We actually agree on that point.
Why are seminary professors being compelled to sign onto the 1689 LBCF, which is a man-made confession? It is a flawed document based on an attempt to correct the Westminster Confession of Faith. Both Reformed Covenant Theology and modern Dispensational Theology fall apart in Galatians chapter 3. Both also tend to ignore the New Covenant promised to Israel and Judah in Jeremiah 31:31-34. A contrast between the two covenants is found in 2 Corinthians 3:6-8, and Hebrews 12:18-24. Both the Westminster Confession, and the 1689 LBC claim the 10 commandments were given to Adam before the fall. Paul said the law was "added" 430 years "after" the promise made to Abraham "until" the seed(Christ) could come to whom the promise was made. Are we still under the 4th commandment, based on Colossians 2:16-17? In Galatians 4:24-31 Paul compelled the Galatian believers to "cast out" the Sinai Covenant of "bondage". In Galatians 3:16 Paul says the promise was made to the one seed, instead of the many seeds. Since the original "Calvinists" were baby baptizers, who drowned Anabaptists, how did we end up with those who claim to be "Baptists" also claiming to be "Calvinists"? Those promoting "isms", and claiming to be "ists" are violating Paul's warning about divisions in the Church, found in 1 Corinthians chapter 1. Watch the RUclips video "The New Covenant" by Bob George.
First of all, it saddens me the direction that Dr. Mohler has taken the Southern Seminary. When he first took office in 93' the students were of diverse backgrounds. A main fear those students had was what would happen to women in seminary and in pastoral ministry. Dr. Mohler has brought that fear to reality.
Secondly, I would brand anyone who takes the Bible to be ultra literally is also a fundamentalist. Reading the creation accounts to be literal 6 hour is a fundamentalist reading of the Bible. If Dr. Mohler thinks that Justification by Faith _Alone_ is a 1st order of doctrine, then there must have been no Christian before Luther. This is just non-sense!
"Nonsense" is a rather strong word for a subject which most would agree is without absolute understanding.
The wheels fall off when you posit Luther originated by faith alone and you conclude from that it would mean there were no Christians prior. Ridiculous.
"We dare not deny real oppression" , but crime statistics can be denied. This guy reminds me of a politician with no polish. What a long winded non answer to a simple question.
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Mohler is the typical Calvinist who does not believe that man truly has a freewill, but that (his) God chooses who is forced to go to heaven while most of the rest of humanity is damned to hell before they are even born. So sad that he and those like him are theologically taken serious.
What do you mean by free will???
finally..!lol ive been trying to find out what these guys believe in, so if these people are into Calvinism or free masons or any other movement thats not Biblical then i wont waste my time here