As far as PlainOl' getting it right.....Once again Studio, you are showing your, "Cluelessness"...... ---- and where did studio say anything about plainol getting it right?
would you rather be right or good? On May 20, 1:29 am, Keith In Köln <[email protected]> wrote: > Studio, > > I dunno who wrote this lovely, fitting tribute to John Wesley, I'm sure that > they had the best of intentions. The deal with Methodists, for "personal > salvation" is just like the deal with Baptists, Episcopalians, Catholics, > (with a little variation) and every other Christian. Accept Christ as your > Saviour, the Holy Trinity, "The Father, The Son, The Holy Ghost". > > No hard rules here, no murdering in the name of Jesus, no pop quizes, > it's real easy. Christianity is truly a loving giving religion. > > It just ain't that hard. As far as PlainOl' getting it right.....Once > again Studio, you are showing your, "Cluelessness"...... > > > > On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 5:16 AM, studio <[email protected]> wrote: > > On May 19, 6:06 pm, Keith In Köln <[email protected]> wrote: > > > When I was growing up, as a First Christian, (a slightly modernized > > version > > > of Baptists, but not much) and during the summer, when we had the Church > > > Basketball games, and the proverbial, "Sunday Dinner On The Grounds"; > > the > > > Methodists always had the crispier fried chicken..... > > > Travis preferred crispy fried road kill with bacon. > > > Travis scribbled: > > I resigned from the Methodist Church when I was 23 y/o. > > > lol...and I'm sure they've regretted it ever since. > > > But maybe he's a member of Methodist-lite? > > > But seriously, I'm sure the head of the Methodist Church could be > > proud of Travis' writings...if he knew of them. > > --- > > > Methodism insists that personal salvation always implies Christian > > mission and service to the world. Scriptural holiness entails more > > than personal piety; love of God is always linked with love of > > neighbors and a passion for justice and renewal in the life of the > > world. > > Methodism has distinguished itself as a religious movement strongly > > tied to social issues. > > As father of the movement, John Wesley injected much of his own social > > philosophy into the movement as a whole. > > Wesley’s personal social philosophy was characterized by “an > > instructive reluctance to criticize existing institutions [which] was > > overborne by indignation at certain abuses which cried out for > > rectification.” > > The Methodist Church’s responses to injustices in society are > > embodiments of the Wesleyan traditions of mercy and justice. > > --- > > > Yeah, that our Travis to a tee...not! > > > -- > > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > > For options & help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > > * Visit our other community athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
