Comments on: Morris Chapman’s “clarification” http://sbcvoices.com/morris-chapmans-clarification/ Connecting Southern Baptist: 516 Blogs + 246 Twitter Accounts Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:41:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dr. James Willingham http://sbcvoices.com/morris-chapmans-clarification/#comment-5031 Dr. James Willingham Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:29:43 +0000 http://sbcvoices.com/?p=1743#comment-5031 Fermentation is not an altogether attractive process, but out of it arises goo things. Bread as the result of yeast fermentation which is tasty, aromatic, etc. So out of the fermentation of Baptists fussing in the 1700s came religious liberty, uniting of Separates and Regulars, persuading a lot of General Baptists to become Regular Baptists, employing both educated and uneducated men together, an early abolition effort, the educational institutions, evangelism in quality and quantity. I remind you folks that biblical orthodoxy brings believers to the point of being balanced, flexible, creative, and magnetic. Talk about exciting, thrilling, captivating, attractive, interesting, compelling, so wonderful as to be irresistible, sensible, sensitive, winsome, charming, inviting, I could continue, but you all read Roget's synonyms for the foregoing words to find more that are suggesting of just how incredibly ______ (fill in the blank with whatever term you prefer) the Lord's future for His people in this world even can be. I think, if Christians really realized, what the promises imply with reference to the future success of the Gospel, there would be no stopping them from pleading those promises. And one day such will be the case. Then we shall have 1001 generations converted to Christ....and why not, if He is to have a number no man can number? .-= Dr. James Willingham´s last blog ..<a href="http://thirdgreatawakeningcom.blogspot.com/2009/02/climax-of-reformation.html" rel="nofollow">The Climax of the Reformation</a> =-. Fermentation is not an altogether attractive process, but out of it arises goo things. Bread as the result of yeast fermentation which is tasty, aromatic, etc. So out of the fermentation of Baptists fussing in the 1700s came religious liberty, uniting of Separates and Regulars, persuading a lot of General Baptists to become Regular Baptists, employing both educated and uneducated men together, an early abolition effort, the educational institutions, evangelism in quality and quantity. I remind you folks that biblical orthodoxy brings believers to the point of being balanced, flexible, creative, and magnetic. Talk about exciting, thrilling, captivating, attractive, interesting, compelling, so wonderful as to be irresistible, sensible, sensitive, winsome, charming, inviting, I could continue, but you all read Roget’s synonyms for the foregoing words to find more that are suggesting of just how incredibly ______ (fill in the blank with whatever term you prefer) the Lord’s future for His people in this world even can be. I think, if Christians really realized, what the promises imply with reference to the future success of the Gospel, there would be no stopping them from pleading those promises. And one day such will be the case. Then we shall have 1001 generations converted to Christ….and why not, if He is to have a number no man can number?
.-= Dr. James Willingham´s last blog ..The Climax of the Reformation =-.

]]> By: Andrew Ditty http://sbcvoices.com/morris-chapmans-clarification/#comment-5019 Andrew Ditty Sun, 19 Jul 2009 02:25:24 +0000 http://sbcvoices.com/?p=1743#comment-5019 I am not in awe of the debate between Calvinism and non-Calvinism (there is no escaping it), I am in awe at the division between the two groups of BELIEVERS! The church is no longer consists of the church, it consists of Calvinists and non-Calvinists. No matter how you interpret grace, God's word still says GO and MAKE disciples. So why doesn't the church unite, preach the gospel that supports both interpretations, and stop worrying about hurting John Calvin's rep and start being more pro-active in glorifying Jesus' name. I am not in awe of the debate between Calvinism and non-Calvinism (there is no escaping it), I am in awe at the division between the two groups of BELIEVERS! The church is no longer consists of the church, it consists of Calvinists and non-Calvinists. No matter how you interpret grace, God’s word still says GO and MAKE disciples. So why doesn’t the church unite, preach the gospel that supports both interpretations, and stop worrying about hurting John Calvin’s rep and start being more pro-active in glorifying Jesus’ name.

]]> By: Dr. James Willingham http://sbcvoices.com/morris-chapmans-clarification/#comment-4989 Dr. James Willingham Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:39:03 +0000 http://sbcvoices.com/?p=1743#comment-4989 You fellows let Mr. Chapman alone. HE HAS OFFERED A CLARIFICATION. It does not necessarily satisfy. How can it, when he obviously has a problem with the founding theology. But, and the conjunction is big here, it was the Sovereign Grace Believers who opened the door for people like brother Chapman in the principles for union between Separates and Regulars. The article adopted in 1787 says, "the preaching that Christ tasted death for every man shall be no bar to commnunion," which simply and amply imply that the original position and the dominant one was PARTICULAR REDEMPTION (i.e., limited atonement). You see, fellows, the liberal and catholic spirit was the calvinistic one. So if we follow the founders and ancestors (in some cases), we must simply overlook Bro. Chapman's faux paux and expect that we shall win him to the original position which started the great missionary movement and enjoyed the visitations known as the Great Awakenings and, it seems likely, might be getting ready to enjoy another Great Awakening, the thrid one, the one which wins the whole earth in one generation and every soul on earth at one time and even for a 1000 more generations after it so Christ will have literally "a number no man can number." I have the privilege of telling about a Spurgeon wo came to believe like his more famous relative in irresistible grace. A young lady helped. He won her to Chist and she responded so readily, he asked why. She replied, "O, it was so wonderful that I could not resist it." Forty years later, Mr. Spurgeon came to believe it. About the same time he found out that he might be related to the more noted Spurgeon (C.H). God is getting ready to bless us, so why worry about a little problem. Nothing succeeds like success. .-= Dr. James Willingham´s last blog ..<a href="http://thirdgreatawakeningcom.blogspot.com/2009/02/climax-of-reformation.html" rel="nofollow">The Climax of the Reformation</a> =-. You fellows let Mr. Chapman alone. HE HAS OFFERED A CLARIFICATION. It does not necessarily satisfy. How can it, when he obviously has a problem with the founding theology. But, and the conjunction is big here, it was the Sovereign Grace Believers who opened the door for people like brother Chapman in the principles for union between Separates and Regulars. The article adopted in 1787 says, “the preaching that Christ tasted death for every man shall be no bar to commnunion,” which simply and amply imply that the original position and the dominant one was PARTICULAR REDEMPTION (i.e., limited atonement). You see, fellows, the liberal and catholic spirit was the calvinistic one. So if we follow the founders and ancestors (in some cases), we must simply overlook Bro. Chapman’s faux paux and expect that we shall win him to the original position which started the great missionary movement and enjoyed the visitations known as the Great Awakenings and, it seems likely, might be getting ready to enjoy another Great Awakening, the thrid one, the one which wins the whole earth in one generation and every soul on earth at one time and even for a 1000 more generations after it so Christ will have literally “a number no man can number.” I have the privilege of telling about a Spurgeon wo came to believe like his more famous relative in irresistible grace. A young lady helped. He won her to Chist and she responded so readily, he asked why. She replied, “O, it was so wonderful that I could not resist it.” Forty years later, Mr. Spurgeon came to believe it. About the same time he found out that he might be related to the more noted Spurgeon (C.H). God is getting ready to bless us, so why worry about a little problem. Nothing succeeds like success.
.-= Dr. James Willingham´s last blog ..The Climax of the Reformation =-.

]]> By: Dr. James Willingham http://sbcvoices.com/morris-chapmans-clarification/#comment-4988 Dr. James Willingham Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:38:47 +0000 http://sbcvoices.com/?p=1743#comment-4988 You fellows let Mr. Chapman alone. HE HAS OFFERED A CLARIFICATION. It does not necessarily satisfy. How can it, when he obviously has a problem with the founding theology. But, and the conjunction is big here, it was the Sovereign Grace Believers who opened the door for people like brother Chapman in the principles for union between Separates and Regulars. The article adopted in 1787 says, "the preaching that Christ tasted death for every man shall be no bar to commnunion," which simply and amply imply that the original position and the dominant one was PARTICULAR REDEMPTION (i.e., limited atonement). You see, fellows, the liberal and catholic spirit was the calvinistic one. So if we follow the founders and ancestors (in some cases), we must simply overlook Bro. Chapman's faux paux and expect that we shall win him to the original position which started the great missionary movement and enjoyed the visitations known as the Great Awakenings and, it seems likely, might be getting ready to enjoy another Great Awakening, the thrid one, the one which wins the whole earth in one generation and every soul on earth at one time and even for a 1000 more generations after it so Christ will have literally "a number no man can number." I have the privilege of telling about a Spurgeon wo came to believe like his more famous relative in irresistible grace. A young lady helped. He won her to Chist and she responded so readily, he asked why. She replied, "O, it was so wonderful that I could not resist it." Forty years later, Mr. Spurgeon came to believe it. About the same time he found out that he might be related to the more noted Spurgeon (C.H). God is getting ready to bless us, so why worry about a little problem. Nothing succeeds like success .-= Dr. James Willingham´s last blog ..<a href="http://thirdgreatawakeningcom.blogspot.com/2009/02/climax-of-reformation.html" rel="nofollow">The Climax of the Reformation</a> =-. You fellows let Mr. Chapman alone. HE HAS OFFERED A CLARIFICATION. It does not necessarily satisfy. How can it, when he obviously has a problem with the founding theology. But, and the conjunction is big here, it was the Sovereign Grace Believers who opened the door for people like brother Chapman in the principles for union between Separates and Regulars. The article adopted in 1787 says, “the preaching that Christ tasted death for every man shall be no bar to commnunion,” which simply and amply imply that the original position and the dominant one was PARTICULAR REDEMPTION (i.e., limited atonement). You see, fellows, the liberal and catholic spirit was the calvinistic one. So if we follow the founders and ancestors (in some cases), we must simply overlook Bro. Chapman’s faux paux and expect that we shall win him to the original position which started the great missionary movement and enjoyed the visitations known as the Great Awakenings and, it seems likely, might be getting ready to enjoy another Great Awakening, the thrid one, the one which wins the whole earth in one generation and every soul on earth at one time and even for a 1000 more generations after it so Christ will have literally “a number no man can number.” I have the privilege of telling about a Spurgeon wo came to believe like his more famous relative in irresistible grace. A young lady helped. He won her to Chist and she responded so readily, he asked why. She replied, “O, it was so wonderful that I could not resist it.” Forty years later, Mr. Spurgeon came to believe it. About the same time he found out that he might be related to the more noted Spurgeon (C.H). God is getting ready to bless us, so why worry about a little problem. Nothing succeeds like success
.-= Dr. James Willingham´s last blog ..The Climax of the Reformation =-.

]]> By: Matt Svoboda http://sbcvoices.com/morris-chapmans-clarification/#comment-4985 Matt Svoboda Fri, 17 Jul 2009 15:16:49 +0000 http://sbcvoices.com/?p=1743#comment-4985 Just to let everyone know, I have added a few things to the bottom of the post. I didnt want to make a whole new post out of it. Just to let everyone know, I have added a few things to the bottom of the post. I didnt want to make a whole new post out of it.

]]> By: Todd Benkert http://sbcvoices.com/morris-chapmans-clarification/#comment-4968 Todd Benkert Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:47:21 +0000 http://sbcvoices.com/?p=1743#comment-4968 Trevin, that's almost identical to one of my own personal maxims: "If I must err in my judgment of others, I'd rather be naive than a cynic." Trevin, that’s almost identical to one of my own personal maxims: “If I must err in my judgment of others, I’d rather be naive than a cynic.”

]]> By: Scott http://sbcvoices.com/morris-chapmans-clarification/#comment-4967 Scott Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:40:05 +0000 http://sbcvoices.com/?p=1743#comment-4967 "I may just be naive. Or you could be cynical. :)" Well spoken!! LOL :) .-= Scott´s last blog ..<a href="http://hebrews1019-20.blogspot.com/2009/06/sbc-09-with-pictures.html" rel="nofollow">SBC '09 with Pictures</a> =-. “I may just be naive. Or you could be cynical. :) ”

Well spoken!! LOL

:)
.-= Scott´s last blog ..SBC ‘09 with Pictures =-.

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