tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216747399748549856.post5357184568695903249..comments2023-07-05T16:25:13.923+01:00Comments on Outthere: "The nutbags...had it right the whole time"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216747399748549856.post-21162383172492703372010-04-21T08:44:31.598+01:002010-04-21T08:44:31.598+01:00Hi Helen. Thanks for your comments.
Point taken ab...Hi Helen. Thanks for your comments.<br />Point taken about how we communicate the truth of Christ's return. Sometimes the "end-times talk" can veer of into all sorts of speculation and leave people with a mixture of fear and confusion. Perhaps the place to begin is by us just talking a bit more about it as part of our faith rather than turning it into a kind of specialised subject.<br /><br />Hope you enjoy your Hal Lindsey bargain! JamesJameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12231584982248377876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216747399748549856.post-41713305925578719792010-04-20T19:58:51.085+01:002010-04-20T19:58:51.085+01:00Hi James
Thought about 'do we really want to...Hi James <br /><br />Thought about 'do we really want to bring our friends to church and then talk about the end of the world?' <br /><br />We'd need to ensure our motivation for wanting to do this was right or we'd end up being like the 'nutbags with cardboard signs'! <br /><br />If it's said in the right spirit people appreciate the truth. And yes I agree if we don't as Christians keep Christ's return in our vision and preach it then we will lose the cutting edge and just become nice people.<br /><br />I did read Hal Lindsay's book years ago but couldn't resist a bargain and ordered it to read again!<br /><br />HelenAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15725111235205836958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216747399748549856.post-86451909589108274012010-04-19T21:03:47.441+01:002010-04-19T21:03:47.441+01:00Thanks Mike. Always appreciate your comments. I do...Thanks Mike. Always appreciate your comments. I do remember those Master's "discoveries"! Some real insights about the gospel. Paul's letters give us a great window into what sort of churches his preaching produced.Good to hear from you.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12231584982248377876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7216747399748549856.post-84164390021674780162010-04-19T20:46:12.659+01:002010-04-19T20:46:12.659+01:00James
As you know, I am old enough to remember &q...James<br /><br />As you know, I am old enough to remember "The Late Great Planet Earth" and was captivated by it when I received the book as a gift around 1970. <br /><br />Later in the 1970's I went to summer school at EBC Capel to find out that dispensational premillenialism was not the only end times 'ism there is!<br /><br />Nevertheless it is well written for the man in the street and more than one of my work colleagues found it to be compelling reading.<br /><br />As you know, I am not a dispensational premill person now. <br /><br />Noting your examination of Acts speeches, you may remember that one of my "discoveries" when doing my masters dissertation was that an implication of 1 Thessalonians is that Paul had taught them end times stuff at nurture. <br /><br />This is so regardless of the need to bring them reassurance of what would happen to those of their number who had died and the exhortations of chapter 5, even though they were already not in the dark (v4 and 5) about all this.<br /><br />I suggest that it is also implicit from this letter that this emphasis was included the Paul's evangelistic preaching to them. <br /><br />Moreover, it is of very practical significance that the young Thessalonian congregation was standing up despite persecution BECAUSE Paul or Timothy had so taught end times to them.<br /><br />God Bless<br /><br />MikeMikeKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09703981654745278297noreply@blogger.com