tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post4513217717677577583..comments2023-12-22T08:29:29.230-08:00Comments on WHAT IS TRUTH: Separation and PatienceKent Brandenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-2938517871623889552016-02-10T15:03:30.800-08:002016-02-10T15:03:30.800-08:00Lance,
I see what you're describing in fundam...Lance,<br /><br />I see what you're describing in fundamentalism, where you've got to read body language or at least the tea leaves. I call it "cold shoulder," or "cold shoulder separation." It isn't really separation though.Kent Brandenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-19593560218222637912016-02-10T15:02:21.027-08:002016-02-10T15:02:21.027-08:00Mat,
I think there is something to direction vers...Mat,<br /><br />I think there is something to direction versus perfection. I think we're speaking of someone we're already in fellowship with though, not starting something up with someone else. I think Philip 3 is fine there though. Kent Brandenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-89941306248266520412016-02-10T15:00:04.610-08:002016-02-10T15:00:04.610-08:00Jim,
Thanks.Jim,<br /><br />Thanks.Kent Brandenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-49567690744776220832016-02-10T12:52:17.934-08:002016-02-10T12:52:17.934-08:00The great failure of many people who do practice s...The great failure of many people who do practice separation is that they fail to tell the person(s) from which they separate why they are doing so. They tell everyone else, but not the person from which they separate. That kind of stuff is just character assassination and serves no godly purpose other then some kind of self-righteous aggrandizing. Lance Ketchumhttp://www.disciplemakerministries.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-70880187763643685932016-02-10T12:38:03.690-08:002016-02-10T12:38:03.690-08:00Kent,
I think you are exactly right here. When I ...Kent,<br /><br />I think you are exactly right here. When I discovered that the idea of essentials and non-essentials was not biblical, I struggled with how to handle that. I couldn't see immediately cutting everybody off who disagreed as the answer, but yet I didn't know how to defend that biblically. I knew I would have had to separate from myself of two years prior.<br /><br />I think a key passage to understanding this is Philippians 3:12-16. It seems that a key to our patience and unity is the direction that a person is heading doctrinally and spiritually. If somebody is pressing toward the mark as Paul was, they might not have yet attained to what Paul has, but they are heading in the same direction. Those who are pressing toward the mark, but otherwise-minded, will have the truth revealed to them in time. But v. 16 makes it clear that unity is based on the truth.<br /><br />What do you think about this, Kent? Do you think Phil. 3 is a key passage on this subject?<br /><br />Thanks,<br /><br />Mat DvorachekAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-68404484324963781042016-02-10T09:35:38.482-08:002016-02-10T09:35:38.482-08:00Hello Kent,
I think this is well said.
Thanks,
J...Hello Kent,<br /><br />I think this is well said.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />JimJimCamp65https://www.blogger.com/profile/08293018820976464851noreply@blogger.com