tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196489687624481532.post7899568465775102459..comments2023-03-31T04:51:12.593-07:00Comments on Goshen Baptist Church Pastor's Blog: DeYoung on the Trinitymcdanell99http://www.blogger.com/profile/04584791771251877677noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196489687624481532.post-82942329353643541272010-11-27T18:01:26.674-08:002010-11-27T18:01:26.674-08:00I must respectfully disagree on virtually everythi...I must respectfully disagree on virtually everything you argue here. Your understanding of the Reformation is faulty at best and simply inaccurate. The Reformation was never driven by polls, but the very opposite: Scripture and the gospel. To follow polls is easy, but what the Reformers suffered wasn't. These men were rejected, excommunicated, and considered the antichrist by the Roman Catholic Church. They were going against the culture, not with it.<br /><br />The Reformation, as I just noted, was about the gospel and about Scripture. The Reformers rejected equating Church authority and tradition with Scripture and instead promoted "Sola Scriptura" (Scripture alone). <br /><br />Furthermore, the verses you quote reflect eisegesis, not exegesis. They are woefully taken out of context. <br /><br />I would encourage you to rethink the issues you raise here and reconsider what the gospel is and what the Reformation is all about. The gospel ought to be paramount and above all else we say, do, or blog - not the Church, not a historical movement, and (we can agree) not the culture or opinion polls.<br /><br />Thanks for swinging by the website!mcdanell99https://www.blogger.com/profile/04584791771251877677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9196489687624481532.post-52464357739495394272010-11-25T22:10:18.748-08:002010-11-25T22:10:18.748-08:00For centuries in the Christian world, all were uni...For centuries in the Christian world, all were united in one faith, the <a href="http://www.thecatholictreasurechest.com/stand.htm" rel="nofollow"> Catholic Church. </a><br /><br />Then came along the <i>"reformation"</i> and splits in the Body of Christ. With it came many changes in teaching by the various Christian sects. Some of these teachings, especially in the 20th century, seem to be poll driven, just like our very own civil government. <br /><br />Their <i>"teachings"</i> are based on public opinion, not on truth. The <i>"teaching"</i> of the day among some of these non-Catholic sects seems to be based on the policy. I must remind you that <b>private opinions</b> do not change the truth one iota.<br /><br />However, the <i>"Pillar and Foundation of Truth",</i> the <b>Catholic Church</b> (1Timothy 3:15), is unmoving in this respect. She and she alone stands up against the world in teaching the truth, as commanded by Jesus Christ Himself. <br /><br />In so doing, she comes under great criticism by many who have found worldly things to be their real god. How then, can the <i>"Pillar of Truth"</i> teach nothing but the truth?<br /><br /><b><i>"Have I then become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?"</i></b> (Galatians 4:16)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07940745178193985942noreply@blogger.com