tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post8402954265785202118..comments2023-12-22T08:29:29.230-08:00Comments on WHAT IS TRUTH: Correcting False Doctrine Outside of Your Church: Permissible or Encouraged in Scripture?Kent Brandenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-28001271064696867302017-10-27T00:03:30.344-07:002017-10-27T00:03:30.344-07:00Hello E.T.
Sometimes I don't edit at all and ...Hello E.T.<br /><br />Sometimes I don't edit at all and other times barely edit. I think I started that sentence with something in mind and then ended it like I had said something else. I tweaked it, based on your critique. Thanks for the careful reading.<br /><br />Regarding protection and propagation, I don't know if I've written about 1 Tim 3:15 here, but I've taken pillar and ground as protection and propagation, but not as if each of those terms means each of those two, more like combined, they mean that.<br /><br />Pillar and ground speak of protection, housing it, so that it will continue. A pillar lifts it up, like a pedestal, so it can be seen, witnessed. It is a display. The ground can't be seen, but gives the structure stability, so it won't move, so the truth will be safe.<br /><br />That's the idea.Kent Brandenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13419354741455959191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20213892.post-47174026436020511872017-10-26T23:41:32.531-07:002017-10-26T23:41:32.531-07:00Bro. Brandenburg,
I learn a lot when I read the b...Bro. Brandenburg,<br /><br />I learn a lot when I read the blog, and the gist of this post is something I agree with. Good blogging <b>can</b> be a blessing to the Lord's churches.<br /><br />I do have some questions, though:<br /><br />(1) You said, "The argument has several parts. […] One, the church is the pillar and ground of the truth, and that's obviously local, because it has pastor and deacons. Two, each church is autonomous. Three, an individual pastor has authority in his church to reprove and rebuke, not outside of that. Four, hierarchicalism is wrong -- no state, regional, worldwide earthly authority. Five, writing this blog attempts to bring the truth beyond the church, undermines individual church and pastoral authority, and sets me up as a kind of Baptist pope." Then you said, "I believe one to five, I just don't think I'm violating them." Surely this is a typo or something, right? The article is clear that you do not believe that "writing this blog … undermines individual church and pastoral authority, and sets me up as a kind of Baptist pope." Maybe you only meant to say you agree with numbers one through four (or even part one of number 5)?<br /><br />(2) You said, "The church is the pillar and ground [of the truth], being that it protects and propagates." Are you saying, perhaps, that pillar = means of protection of the truth and ground = means of propagation of the truth? Maybe there are other posts on your blog that develop / exegete the meaning of the phrase "pillar and ground"? On the surface of the text, I see pillar as something that holds up a structure, and ground as something that provides stability, a place of "anchor", shall we say. Those words pillar and ground don't immediately seem to me to be speaking of protection and propagation, unless lifting something up and supporting it (i.e., pillar) means making it widely observable. If the way I read it is what you meant, do you have time to comment on pillar = protection and ground = propagation?<br /><br />Thank you very much, brother.<br />E. T. ChapmanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com