Protestantism

» chsoldado - The article?

In response to The article? posted by paper_turtle:

I was censored and my articles deleted.
They are now on Helium.

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» chsoldado - The article?

In response to The article? posted by siminspain:

I was censored by the editors and all my articles delted.
They are now on the Helium web site under David Shurtleff

-- posted by chsoldado

» chsoldado - The article?

In response to The article? posted by Migisi:

Sorry, I was censored by the editors and my stuff deleted.
It is now posted on HELIUM under David Shurtleff

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» pink101 - The article?

In response to The article? posted by chsoldado:
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Here's the link:
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http://www.helium.com/user/show/109226

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» pink101 - David Shurtleff

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If you haven't read David Shurtleff's bio at Helium, please take the time to do it.
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He certainly is a person that deserves much respect.
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Here's the link again:
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http://www.helium.com/user/show/109226
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-- posted by pink101

» Migisi - The article?

In response to The article? posted by chsoldado:

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Well, David, they were too late. I'd already read your article before they erased it, and I really enjoyed it.

-- posted by Migisi

» pink101 - The article

In response to The article? posted by Migisi:
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Is this the article that was censored? It is difficult to understand why anyone would be opposed to it. There must be some hidden reason for the deletions. Strange.
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For those who haven't had a chance to read the article, here it is:
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Pushing Your Religion In Others
By David Shurtleff
Have you seen the bumper sticker that reads, "He who dies with the most toys, wins?" The sentiment behind that sticker is laughable at one level, yet it also seems to cheapen existence; Can life really be only about getting things? An even greater tragedy comes when, in our spiritual world view, we begin to see people as things. Though God tells us symbolically that people are worth more than many sparrows, (Matt 10:31) we can at times forget their eternal value. For example, if we are not careful in our evangelical attempts to fulfill the divine commission and bring souls to Christ, we may find that we are forgetting their true value. Our actions may support a "the missionary who brings the most souls to Christ, wins," mentality. I have heard excited missionaries brag about a mission trip and the hundreds they brought to accept Christ. I yearn in such cases to ask the soul-searching question, "Yes, but where are they now?" While that question may not be relevant to a once saved always saved Christian or a believer in predestination, it is a very poignant question for those who believe that it is possible to fall from grace. It is not as if I have not experienced those feelings or faced that temptation. Years ago on my own mission there was a time when an emphasis on numbers seemed to begin to crowd out the eternal significance of the work and I would joke with my companions, "we are saved by numbers."
Enter James, that brilliant yet often overlooked apostle, who reminds us all that "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world."(James 1:27) Pure religion is not getting as many souls as possible to read some magic prayer on the back of a tract so we can quickly move on to gather more numbers for Jesus. Pure religion is to follow the significant and love filled plea that Jesus gave to a humble Peter on the shores of the sea of Tiberius, "Lovest thou me more than thesefeed my lambs"(John 21:15)
It is no accident that James is also the one who points out a related hypocrisy that can attend the number minded missionary. They are like the people James describes who look upon a brother or sister and say, "Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding they give them not those things which are needful." (James 2:16) James' equivalent of my "where are they now" is seen in the touching question, that follows, "what doth it profit?" (ibid) The answer of course, it profits nothing!
If we are to be true shepherds we must remember that each lamb, is a precious son or daughter of God deeply loved by Him, and not withstanding the doctrines of predestination or perpetual salvation, we still owe to all those whom we have brought to the light, the care, concern, counsel and love of a true shepherd. "

-- posted by pink101

» Migisi - The article

In response to The article posted by pink101:
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Yes, that's the one I read and enjoyed. Beats me why this article or author would need censoring and deleting by the editors. It appears that Brian has little or no control over the substance in his own topic. No wonder Suite goes begging for topic writers.

-- posted by Migisi

» pink101 - The article

In response to The article posted by Migisi:
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Perhaps there was some sort of an altercation. Who knows?

-- posted by pink101

» Migisi - The article

In response to The article posted by pink101:

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That's likely. Haven't heard from Brian on the matter.

-- posted by Migisi