tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919673094294171167.post3728582582926969337..comments2023-11-27T11:49:41.252-05:00Comments on Feel My Faith: DeceivedBrian Branamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09365695527021008661noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919673094294171167.post-2092715292053008042011-02-04T21:01:07.274-05:002011-02-04T21:01:07.274-05:00Your comment about Lifeway's shelves being sto...Your comment about Lifeway's shelves being stocked with $24 dribble was amusing but unfortunately truthful. Even more unfortunate is that 90% of evangelical preaching coming from our pulpits are the same dribble. No wonder the church is losing its effectiveness. Keep preaching the truth. I am thankful for you and the dwindling number of other Pastors who preach the Word faithfully and unadulterated.Brent Earnesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17842440199708656446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919673094294171167.post-88302469189171099052011-02-04T20:58:31.138-05:002011-02-04T20:58:31.138-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Brent Earnesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17842440199708656446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919673094294171167.post-79866467618219495642011-02-02T12:25:10.455-05:002011-02-02T12:25:10.455-05:00My Dear Brother in Christ,
Not that you will of c...My Dear Brother in Christ,<br /><br />Not that you will of course, but don't let yourself be distracted by the snipers,non-thinkers and those Christians that are insular in their thinking.<br /><br />You have written some deep articles, preached many inciteful sermons i.e. the series on 2nd Kings which I found particularly enlightening.<br /><br />This, your latest post however is to me the most succinct, perceptive critique of the Church today and its attitude and preparedness for outreach. Quote “Our missionaries are 100 years ahead of the rest of us”.<br />I pray it is not always thus.<br /><br />Believers in your congregation, or in the wider Church would do well to direct others to your words so they may read, digest and humbly reflect before God where they are, what their attitude is in regards to the unsaved, whether Islamic or not. <br /><br />Having lived in the UK throughout the troubles in Northern Ireland where terrorism was once a daily occurrence, shopping malls and the like bombed by the IRA (Irish republican army) with no regard to their victims. Whilst most of the IRA were catholic,(or claimed to be) only the ignorant believed they were representatives of all Roman catholics. Or that all Roman catholics were indeed terrorists. (More often than not innocent victims were indeed catholic). <br /><br />IRA yesterday, Islamists today, the decades have changed, but not the mentality of the non thinker it seems, whether Christian or not.<br /><br />In closing I shall only recommend that you stay the course, do not be distracted, I am wholly convinced you are carrying out the will of our Heavenly Father, and your congregation, your wider readership shall be the more enlightened for it.<br /><br />May God bless you richly.<br /><br />regards<br />HughieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919673094294171167.post-35046203961867334382011-02-02T10:50:04.445-05:002011-02-02T10:50:04.445-05:00Brian , continue to let God lead you and not hum...Brian , continue to let God lead you and not humans !! Proud to have you as my Pastor !Susan Caudlenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919673094294171167.post-37380072681848002792011-02-02T10:35:59.584-05:002011-02-02T10:35:59.584-05:00Excellent post! I had not considered some of the...Excellent post! I had not considered some of the points you brought up, so I will continue thinking through them. Thanks for your insight!Jenny Ellisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03339824819403057657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919673094294171167.post-17355808351368786732011-02-01T19:44:43.266-05:002011-02-01T19:44:43.266-05:00You're fighting a good fight Brian. In my comm...You're fighting a good fight Brian. In my comment on your "Lunch with Islam" post, I admitted that you would probably see a lot of backlash from that post; I'm sorry I was so correct. <br /><br />What most concerns me is the *Christians* who think you've started down a dangerous path simply by learning about Islam in an educational setting. It blows my mind that people can be so juvenile as to equate a knowledge of world religions with unfaithfulness.<br /><br />I don't think you have been deceived; rather, I hope you feel called to resist true deception that comes in the form of rampant nationalism, patriotism, and xenophobia--all of which feed into each other, none of which has biblical justification.RevRossReddickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14772794227951737596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919673094294171167.post-40032741954711103072011-02-01T17:48:09.390-05:002011-02-01T17:48:09.390-05:00Well said Brother Brian!!Well said Brother Brian!!Dan Caudlenoreply@blogger.com