Comments on: The Pain of Decline? http://www.thephilfiles.com/2009/04/25/the-pain-of-decline/ Musings & messages on everyday worship, Jesus, and the stuff of life. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:08:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Terry http://www.thephilfiles.com/2009/04/25/the-pain-of-decline/comment-page-1/#comment-5042 Terry Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:50:42 +0000 http://www.thephilfiles.com/?p=864#comment-5042 I'm looking forward to this discussion. All 3 points were excellent. On point #2, I have found that Mr. Stetzer is exactly right. People may disagree with a Christian's doctrinal commitment to the inerrancy of the Bible and following Christ as the only way to God, but they don't really respect Christians who either deny such doctrines or who try to water them down. They respect people who really believe (and know why they believe), even when they disagree. It helps even more when Christians with strong convictions are willing to go out of their way to help others without calling attention to themselves. Thanks for sharing this information! I’m looking forward to this discussion. All 3 points were excellent. On point #2, I have found that Mr. Stetzer is exactly right. People may disagree with a Christian’s doctrinal commitment to the inerrancy of the Bible and following Christ as the only way to God, but they don’t really respect Christians who either deny such doctrines or who try to water them down. They respect people who really believe (and know why they believe), even when they disagree. It helps even more when Christians with strong convictions are willing to go out of their way to help others without calling attention to themselves.

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