Phillip,
I like Matt, agree and disagree.

On what I agree with: You are correct, we need to find that which unifies. That which brings us closer together in the bonds of love and Christ. My confidence is this, and is evident when my spirit bears witness with the Spirit of God, when all else fails, I do love.....I do find the small things to embrace. The kindness of Christ will, and has always prevailed in my being. No matter how dogmatic this morning, in the evening or the turn of the clock, I repent. My heart and conscience, praise God, by God, are not "seared" and beyond hope. And to Him do I bow. It is He alone that will be glorified through this weakened, dustlike frame of sin.

Example: Even though I have spoken out emphatically against the camp of NCT, it is the bonds of Christ that have unified us. The passing of E. Reisinger and the broken heart of his brother John and family, bring me to tears...........I am sorry John for not seeing you as myself, a created being of the most high; and I do know that you love Him so. How dare I show an illicit attitude toward Gods people. I do repent of this calamity.

On what I disagree: Phillip, you know we need teachers; that is why Christ left them for us. Aged academians, i.e. Bunyan et. al. ARE teachers. We should use all that is available to us.

You know I am a prpoponent of [i:866a709e97]sola scriptura[/i:866a709e97]. However, I do not believe that this principle is assaulting to the premise. If one was ship wrecked on a deserted island and all he had was a bible. this would suffice. In the world, where we do have books and aged teachers, this is advantageous to the body; I see it as an additional gift from God and we shoudl use all that is available to us.

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Scott Bushey
Husband to Tina, father to Nicole, Danielle and Zoe
Member First Presbyterian Church of Margate PCA