[CS-FSLUG] [TD] Re: You ain't gonna believe this!

[Fred A. Miller]

Timothy Butler wrote:
> Appending [TD] to this thread.
> 
> On Oct 20, 2008, at 2:52 PM, Fred A. Miller wrote:
> 
>> I spent part of today writing this. Some will gladly read it, others
>> will question, and some others will be mad, but those are the ones who
>> will go to their death condemning the truth, only to find out later they
>> were wrong. Oh well - here is the truth, like it or not. I felt it was
>> of paramount importance to write and share it with everyone.
>>
>> Fred
>>
>> You'll see signatories to this like Joel Osteen, who inherited a mega
>> church from his father, who also taught a false theology. You'll read in
>> this "Yale Center for Faith and Culture letter to Moslems" asking
>> forgiveness from the "All Merciful One"; stating that Christians, Jews,
>> and Muslims all worship the same god; drawing theological conclusions
>> about God from the Koran; referring to Muhammad as a true prophet of God
>> and his life as exemplary on a par with Jesus Christ; and carefully
>> making no reference to the deity of Christ or the Trinity.
> 
> 
>     What I find interesting about this is it could mean one of two things.
> 
>     A.) It is simply a bunch of liberal theologians who have failed to
> recognize the distinctiveness of the Christian Gospel.
>     B.) It is Pauline evangelism at its best.
> 
>     I'll explain B, since it is provocative. Consider Paul at the
> Aeropagus in Acts 17. "I perceive you are very religious." Paul proceeds
> to affirm the the good parts of the Greek religions and philosophical
> beliefs, adapting hymns to Zeus to apply to one true God.
> 
>     With that in mind, I am of mixed mind on this particular statement.
> I am not a fan of "Purpose Driven," but generally I have few qualms with
> Rick Warren (doesn't he use the New Living Translation? What's wrong
> with that? It is amongst my "main" translations -- NIV, ESV, NLT). The
> fact that he signed on, makes me hope perhaps they are doing B rather
> than A.
> 
>     Either way, I'll say this is healthy. The last thing we want is for
> Muslims to believe we see them as the enemy. Islam is a false religion,
> yes, but Muslims are not our enemies, they are children of God to whom
> we are called to preach the Good News. We can do that a whole lot better
> /if/ we affirm those things that are common in the spirit of Paul.

True, however, that isn't what was done.

>> The majority of Americans, NOT being Christians, would sell their souls
>> for any promise of financial security. It has taken a little over 100
>> years to liberalize the US, (Europe and Asia are already there), making
>> ready for a one-world-government and the Antichrist.
> 
>     I have a distinctive eschatological perspective, but I'll leave that
> for now, lest I merely muddy the waters. I'll claim to be a curmudgeon
> here, if Ed doesn't mind me stealing his trademark claim.

'Can't do that...he does it so well. ;)

>> Some of you are going to think, "Man, Miller has really lost it." I
>>
> 
> 
>     Nah, I knew that a long time ago! ;-)

It's Don's fault! :)

Fred

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