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Old 10-28-2009, 10:25 PM
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Brother Jed Smock

So I was on the campus of a nearby university earlier today and low and behold who do I run into but Jed Smock!

Is anyone else familiar with this guy?

I'm not sure what was worse...his "preaching" or the homosexuals who showed up to protest and perform lewd acts in front of him.

I was embarrassed for both parties.
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Old 10-28-2009, 10:32 PM
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This guy? No, never heard of him. Is he local in KY?

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According to his
Brother_Jed Brother_Jed
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-----Added 10/28/2009 at 09:39:29 EST-----

It was supposed to say, "According to his Wikipedia article..."
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According to his Wikipedia article, he's a member of the United Methodist Church. I was not expecting that!
HE belongs to "Open Hearts, Open Minds"?
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Old 10-28-2009, 10:50 PM
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Sounds kind of like my neighbor:

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His church is a block away from my house.
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According to his Wikipedia article, he's a member of the United Methodist Church. I was not expecting that!
HE belongs to "Open Hearts, Open Minds"?
I just don't get it. What does a guy like him see in a denomination like them?
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Old 10-28-2009, 11:27 PM
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Yep, Norm that is him in the picture.

Hey actually openly supports Pelagius. He even has writings defending him. The sad thing is Jed Smock is actually a bit of a celebrity and was even on a number of talk shows in the 80s like Sally and Phil Donahue.

It was such a shameful display from both sides today. Marijuana smoking and homosexual activity happening by the protesters while Jed admonished them to use their own wills to stop sinning and that would save them. Crazy crazy stuff. My descriptions here cannot do it justice.
I wanted to speak up, but sadly I did not and for that I am ashamed.
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He was on my campus when I was in grad school. Somewhere I still have his book "Who Will Rise Up?" He gave it to me when I answered a basic psychology question from his crowd of mockers. I was unsaved at the time, and he was the first person to call the life I was leading at the time completely sinful and inspired by the devil.

I read his book, taking away the message that I needed to do better than I was doing. But that was pretty much it for years, and by the time I came to faith I'd forgotten about how I needed to fix myself according to his book. It wasn't until years later that I looked him up. Yeah.... unashamed Pelagian.
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Fred Phelps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fred_Phelps Fred_Phelps

His church is a block away from my house.
So if you switched membership, you wouldn't even have to drive to church, you could just walk, right?
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According to his Wikipedia article, he's a member of the United Methodist Church. I was not expecting that!
HE belongs to "Open Hearts, Open Minds"?
I was thinking IFB!
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Sounds kind of like my neighbor:

Fred Phelps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fred_Phelps Fred_Phelps

His church is a block away from my house.
So if you switched membership, you wouldn't even have to drive to church, you could just walk, right?
I guess so. I heard he was a 5 pointer. Never met him though.
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Sounds kind of like my neighbor:

Fred Phelps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fred_Phelps Fred_Phelps

His church is a block away from my house.
So if you switched membership, you wouldn't even have to drive to church, you could just walk, right?
I guess so. I heard he was a 5 pointer. Never met him though.
Hyper-calvinist to my knowledge. Thinks "Calvinists" are going to Hell just like everyone else he hasn't deemed good enough or right enough to be a Christian.
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