Obedience

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On Tue, 8 Sep 1998 19:50:26 EDT ReedActs@AOL.com writes:

> Bro.  Welch:
> Are you referring to the following:
>
> Mike:
> Believe me, not just that statement.
> 
> Bro.  Welch:
> If so, can you imagine the leash that would have to fall here as 
>well? The great advantage of this list is that it allows open
discussion.  I
>believe this list to be a ministry of its own.
>
> Mike:
> Yep.  That's the reason I said, "I am not sure where those 
>>lines should be I am sorry to say."
>
> Let me ask you a question, as we have said before, just because you 
>win the argument, it doesn't mean you are right, right?  

That is a given.  Yet that does not unjustify the debate.

>If so, what if your pastor was in this forum and through my 
>superior debating skills (yeah right  :-)) I made him out to 
>seem like a moron.  You, or a new convert in your assembly
>lost confidence in the Man of God and a soul is lost?  I see a 
>potential problem there.  

I have lived that problem outside of the electronic world.

>We have never been here before, (in a position where we 
>have no accountability (Seemingly) 

Ah, but that is not true; FIRST we have accountability to God, who sees
all the things we type AS WELL AS all the things we type and then delete
before we send them!  <G>

Secondly, we have accountability to each other and we should treat each
other fairly, even when that means we strongly disagree, we should still
respect the other person.

And thirdly, but not lastly, if all else fails, we have accountability to
Messrs Tyler and Richard.

>for our statements because of the anonymity of
>the keyboard.  I just think we should be careful.
> 
>          Mike Reed

And that is why I believe that the standard here should be no personal
attacks; the debate must stick to the issues.  Sometimes flavored with
humor or an example, but there should be no personal attacks.

I may disagree with someone here, perhaps even strongly, but I don't want
to make ANY enemies here.

We ARE, after all, brothers and sisters in Christ.

Jerry Welch

www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/2810/

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