tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post4920574558948101144..comments2023-12-22T08:29:29.230-08:00Comments on WHAT IS TRUTH: Rampant Ideological Hylesism, pt. 3Kent Brandenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-55585318416142069822015-10-07T07:49:06.948-07:002015-10-07T07:49:06.948-07:00James,
I agree with you on your Corinthians asses...James,<br /><br />I agree with you on your Corinthians assessment. They capitulated in their way to the culture for church growth with their submission to the mystery religion in numbers of ways, that was so much a part of their every day lives. I believe your examples nail it too.Kent Brandenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-71414615745075231562015-10-07T07:47:35.143-07:002015-10-07T07:47:35.143-07:00Farmer Brown,
Thanks.Farmer Brown,<br /><br />Thanks.Kent Brandenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-75998095704421040222015-10-07T07:47:19.043-07:002015-10-07T07:47:19.043-07:00Jonathan,
Very funny...hahahaha. Thanks for drop...Jonathan,<br /><br />Very funny...hahahaha. Thanks for dropping by.Kent Brandenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-50750021879308485332015-10-06T16:26:58.239-07:002015-10-06T16:26:58.239-07:00That people commend Hyles as someone great and som...That people commend Hyles as someone great and someone to emulate is terrible. Only if 99%+ false professions--judged by 99%+ never coming to church, becoming members, and generally acting like Christians--diid he help IFBs in their evangelism.<br /><br />Thanks for the comments on the winter solstice festival (I don't like putting the infinitely holy name of my Lord Jesus next to the abominable and hateful word "Mass") as an attraction to people. There usually is also misinformation that goes along with the substitution of preaching for plays and music, such as wise men being at the manger, unscriptural songs that offer God lies and false doctrine, the statement that Christ was born on December 25 when it is extremely unlikely that this is the case, and so on.KJB1611https://www.blogger.com/profile/09696273086955004524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-53326319088767357752015-10-06T12:22:37.024-07:002015-10-06T12:22:37.024-07:00"...is it a stretch to conclude the Corinthia..."...is it a stretch to conclude the Corinthians employed that carnal reasoning as a church growth method?"<br /><br />2 Corinthian 11:[19] For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.<br />[20] For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.<br /><br />Of course they did, but certainly not as refined and pompous as the Laodicea churches of today.The Preacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555338497068482867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-91439438767997294272015-10-06T08:45:07.980-07:002015-10-06T08:45:07.980-07:00I think you could call it modified Corinthianism, ...I think you could call it modified Corinthianism, or even hyper-Corinthianism. In this idea of church growth, you have all the elements of Corinthianism: the man-centred pride, the appeal to worldly growth philosophies to accomplish something spiritual by the use of fleshly philosophy, the ecstatic religion, and the interwoven thread of belief that something is spiritual, no matter how much it contradicts the Scriptures (e.g., cursing Jesus while being filled with the Spirit) because of the results it produces, be it professions of faith, baptisms, membership additions, or anything else. When you apply the reasoning Paul condemned in I Corinthians 1-3, you inevitably end up in I Corinthians 15, denying Scriptural doctrine (the bodily resurrection of the believer) while professing to believe the Gospel. Since it's evident there was a strong segment of that church that held to false doctrine in that area, is it a stretch to conclude the the Corinthians employed that carnal reasoning as a church growth method?James Bronsveldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18330385638322033748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-6503192042625519962015-10-05T18:27:05.339-07:002015-10-05T18:27:05.339-07:00Certainly a good reminder. It is so sneaky, this ...Certainly a good reminder. It is so sneaky, this desire to be appealing to people. The Gospel is fairly unappealing to unbelievers. You cannot make it something it is not, even if you have the "bus captain" eat a goldfish. Your points about christmas are well made.Farmer Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09637851494862726991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-61568378396941110632015-10-05T16:47:52.239-07:002015-10-05T16:47:52.239-07:00Pastor Brandenburg,
Reading through this series, I...Pastor Brandenburg,<br />Reading through this series, I kind of keep expecting you to name each new article "Part 3400" or something like that.<br /><br />I guess if God were blessing your series, you'd have more articles in it. Jonathan Speerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17948005615737546620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-43372410589579408502015-10-05T15:53:50.961-07:002015-10-05T15:53:50.961-07:00It is not Hylesism or any other "ism", b...It is not Hylesism or any other "ism", but rather how does one truly abide in the body of Christ. The truth of the matter is summarized below:<br /><br />“The most beautiful church buildings, with their parking lots full of expensive cars, and oak pews packed with carnal “Cretians” (Titus 1:10- 12), listening to “all kinds of music” (Daniel 3:5, 7, 10, 15); and silly dove sermons from hired men made ministers will never duplicate that treasure, or develop that character and “express image of God’s person” that you need within yourself. And “when He shall appear, you shall be like Him” and “shall see Him as He is” (1 John 3:2), “for as He is, so are we in this world” (4:17). Jesus Christ, nor “His body, which is the church” (Colossians 1:24) is never going to change to suit your religious fancy, or carnal notion of what you and your minister think the church has to become to appeal to this world gone mad with “the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life” (1 John 2:16). You have to change, and so does your falsely so called Christianity. You only see the expression of God in Christ’s face, and “the face of Jesus Christ” is only seen and found upon “the Head, from which ALL THE BODY by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God” (Colossians 2:19).”<br /><br />GeorgeThe Preacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555338497068482867noreply@blogger.com