- Disagreement with you or your theology does not equal disagreement with God. Quit treating those who don’t accept your arguments as if they have rejected the gospel.
- Quit assuming things in your arguments that you refuse to affirm in their propositional form
- Admit it, you really don’t understand this as well as your confidence seems to indicate
- If what you are trying to articulate has contradictions (no human answer), admit it up front and don’t try to white wash that truth
- Don’t retreat to the theological hail mary, unless you are willing to let your opponent use the same shtick
- If you find yourself agitated and incredulous, go read 2 Timothy 2:19-25 with special attention to verse 24
This is a blog for people interested in church discipline with a focus on the mechanics and the practical impact, not the theology. It is to serve the community of people who are subject to church discipline or recovering from it, so the discussions here view discipline from a member's not from a pastor's perspective. Comments from pastors, people who themselves have been involved in any capacity, have information about it, or just would like to discuss discipline are all very welcome.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
6 principles of Christian debate
Tom over at NeoFundamentalist had a great list of points which I think are terrific for any Christian debate. So I'm reposting them here (slightly decontextualized):
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