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Wed Dec 23, 2009
NAZNET STILL NOT SURE ABOUT BIBLE BEING INFALLIBLE
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
NazNet Site Manager Scott Cundiff still chooses to question whether the Bible is totally reliable as the infallible Word of God.
Site founder and moderator Dave McClung must be confused as well for he has been appealed to to stand alongside the Bible as the Word of God that can be trusted from Genesis to Revelation.
However, McClung continues to foster questions and doubts about the Word of God.
Staff Hans Deventer joins in with the same stanza.
Yet NazNet states on its site that is the friend to the Church of the Nazarene. Not so.
The Protestant evangelical denomination stands with those who witness to the Word of God being absolutely reliable as divine revelation.
Once one thread is pulled from this stance, the whole Bible can be unwoven.
I know. I was a divinity student at Harvard Divinity School. I saw what theologians can do to pull all threads from the Word of God. The end result is Unitarianism, where I was seated as a young
ministerial student.
I know how dangerous that unbiblical journey can become.
Yet NazNet applauds it.
The Church of the Nazarene General Superintendents have been informed of this but seem not to be doing anything about it and its relationship to the site.
This is a travesty.
Read NAZNET STAFF HANS DEVENTER CONFUSED ABOUT ‘INTERMEDIATE STATE’? at http://naznetdistorts.blogspot.com/2009/12/naznet-staff-hans-deventer-confused.html
Read NAZNET CONTINUES TO ESPOUSE HELL AS ANNIHILATION at http://naznetdistorts.blogspot.com/2009/12/naznet-continues-to-espouse-hell-as.html
NAZNET STAFF HANS DEVENTER CONFUSED ABOUT ‘INTERMEDIATE STATE’?
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
“The Bible isn’t clear about the intermediate state. . .”
That is Hans Deventer lamenting.
The Bible says nothing about an intermediate state.
Why does this Deventer persist that it does? Is this NazNet staffer a part of the Church of the Nazarene? NazNet says he is.
Yet that denomination no way states anything about such a state. It is bogus. Yet the staffer continues posting on the Dave McClung site that the latter states it is supportive of the Church of the Nazarene.
This is totally confusing and disturbing for it goes on and on and on.
When is this intrusion of non-biblical nonsense going to come to an end so that readers are not taken off the biblical course?
McClung has been appealed to about this matter. Nothing done.
Deventer has been appealed to about this matter. Nothing done.
There it is on the site for the world to read as if it is an issue crucial to the Church of the Nazarene.
The Bible speaks of heaven and hell, no intermediate state.
Roman Catholicism speaks of limbo for the unbaptized dead children and purgatory for those not accepted directly into heaven.
All this is heresy.
So where does NazNet staffer Deventer come up with his own concoction of the intermediate state?
Please, NazNet, clean up your site or apologize to readers and the Church of the Nazarene for being sloppy in maintaining your site or purposefully directing readers into heresy.
Read “Eternal torment?” at http://www.naznet.com/community/showthread.php?t=28935
NAZNET CONTINUES TO ESPOUSE HELL AS ANNIHILATION
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
“I agree, no part of us is immortal. That is why I believe that hell is annihilation and immortality is conditional.”
That is what Hans Deventer, NazNet staffer, continues to state on this site that claims to be a friend of the Church of the Nazarene.
Site founder and moderator Dave McClung has been informed about this heresy and yet Deventer continues propagating it.
What is going on here regarding ethics?
What is going on here concerning biblical truth?
Deventer does not care about biblical data. He manufactures his own, McClung baptizing it as legitimate for his site.
The Church of the Nazarene General Superintendents have been informed of this but seemingly cannot do anything about McClung, his site’s claims to be friend of the Nazarenes, and Deventer stating that which is totally against the Bible.
Yet the reading world should know the truth, hence this post.
The Bible states nowhere that the damned go to annihilation. Christ Himself speaks repeatedly of eternal damnation. Those familiar with the Bible know these passages. Those in the Church of the Nazarene know these passages.
Please, someone do something to exorcise these untruths from NazNet or at least persuade the Church of the Nazarene officialdom to post a statement disagreeing with any tie with McClung and his site.
Read NAZNET STAFF HANS DEVENTER CONFUSED ABOUT ‘INTERMEDIATE STATE’? at http://naznetdistorts.blogspot.com/2009/12/naznet-staff-hans-deventer-confused.html
A GIFT FOR HOLLY
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
HOLLY TOLD OUR HOUSE CHURCH THAT SHE, OPTING ON IMPULSE, HAD BOUGHT AN EARLY CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR HER DAUGHTER.
Being a single mother, Holly is forever pinching pennies, trying to be both father and mother to her only child, living frugally in their mobile home outside the city, and always seeking to grow in her soul in hopes of being a better Christian.
“I realized,” she related, “that after purchasing that early present that I had not acted all that wisely, knowing my finances.
“My rent was due; I was $30 short on that score. And I just can’t send in a check to my landlord with the statement that I don’t have the full amount at the moment. So I was faced with interest on an incomplete rental payment.
“Besides, I remembered that my car was out of gas. Short on money again! And yet I bought—on impulse—my daughter a gift that I wanted her to have very, very much. So how was all this to work out? Obviously I was not really too pleased with myself.”
Holly recounted how she became quite worried about it all, realizing that the deadline for her rent payment would be past due if she delayed. Further, how would she get to and from work on an empty tank?
God’s answer was already at hand.
“When I retrieved the morning mail, I realized that in my hand, besides the junk mail, was an envelope from a long lost friend who lives in Rhode Island.
“What is this all about? I wondered. Hurriedly I slipped open the envelope, discovering a check for $50 dollars tucked inside a friendly note. I could not believe this! There in my hand was my $30 for rent and $20 for gas! God knew that I needed that money that very day! He really knew all that all along!
“Then, later in the day, the phone rang, with my Rhode Island friend on the other end. He said something about being sorry for getting the money to me later than he had planned. The fact is that he did not owe me any money. He just sent $50 as a kindness.
“So I interrupted him to say, ‘No, no. You are wrong. I mean you are so right in sending this gift to me today. Today is just the day that I needed it. God knew it. And He saw to it. Thank you so very much for listening to the voice of God! Thank you so very, very much.’”
Yes, it is true. The invisible One delights in making Himself visible—on time, in His way.
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