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by Sudsy
Thu May 30, 2024 4:46 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Marrying Someone With a Promiscuous Past
Replies: 72
Views: 1515

Re: Marrying Someone With a Promiscuous Past

I like a simple approach such as seek the Lord's guidance as that is what He sent us the Holy Spirit for. I believe I would have avoided much suffering regarding marriages if I had just trusted that the Spirit is given us to lead us in the way that we should go and sought His guidance. And how is t...
by Sudsy
Thu May 30, 2024 12:23 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Marrying Someone With a Promiscuous Past
Replies: 72
Views: 1515

Re: Marrying Someone With a Promiscuous Past

I like a simple approach such as seek the Lord's guidance as that is what He sent us the Holy Spirit for. I believe I would have avoided much suffering regarding marriages if I had just trusted that the Spirit is given us to lead us in the way that we should go and sought His guidance.
by Sudsy
Thu May 30, 2024 12:17 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Revival Meetings in Evangelical/Mainline Anabaptist
Replies: 44
Views: 1158

Re: Revival Meetings in Evangelical/Mainline Anabaptist

Wow, has this thread moved off the original post. :lol:
by Sudsy
Wed May 29, 2024 9:19 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Revival Meetings in Evangelical/Mainline Anabaptist
Replies: 44
Views: 1158

Re: Revival Meetings in Evangelical/Mainline Anabaptist

Seems to me there is a difference in what conversion means when talking about those who are raised in a Christian home compared to those who are converted from a non-Christian home. Those like myself, raised in a Christian home, might regard becoming a Christian as an on-going process and do not hav...
by Sudsy
Wed May 29, 2024 8:02 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Revival Meetings in Evangelical/Mainline Anabaptist
Replies: 44
Views: 1158

Re: Revival Meetings in Evangelical/Mainline Anabaptist

In a previous post I wrote - When I spent some years in a Mennonite Brethren church, I recall there were courses given at times for those who were keen on evangelism which taught people methods of reaching others with the Gospel in their daily lives outside the church. Courses such as 'Alpha' by Ni...
by Sudsy
Wed May 29, 2024 3:51 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Revival Meetings in Evangelical/Mainline Anabaptist
Replies: 44
Views: 1158

Re: Revival Meetings in Evangelical/Mainline Anabaptist

In a previous post I wrote - When I spent some years in a Mennonite Brethren church, I recall there were courses given at times for those who were keen on evangelism which taught people methods of reaching others with the Gospel in their daily lives outside the church. Courses such as 'Alpha' by Nic...
by Sudsy
Wed May 29, 2024 3:21 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Marrying Someone With a Promiscuous Past
Replies: 72
Views: 1515

Re: Marrying Someone With a Promiscuous Past

I'm thankful that God not only forgives our past failings but He puts them into the sea of His forgetfulness never to be remembered against us again. He is a God of new beginnings. Not that we treat this as a license to sin but to not let our past failings keep us from moving forward in Him. I belie...
by Sudsy
Wed May 29, 2024 2:12 pm
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Living in Peace
Replies: 10
Views: 416

Re: Living in Peace

In short, I'm trying to say that the near-constant refrain of challenging conservative Anabaptists as somehow not emphasising enough being born again, etc. means that part of living in peace ends up not being "debating" with such a person. I have an opportunity to enter such debates frequ...
by Sudsy
Wed May 29, 2024 10:59 am
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Living in Peace
Replies: 10
Views: 416

Re: Living in Peace

I'm hoping someone might chose option 4 or 5 and share how they go about living in the peace of God that goes beyond all understanding. Perhaps they don't exist here on this forum as, to them, it is a place to flee from ? I prefer not to try to intellectually discudd these sort of things with peopl...
by Sudsy
Tue May 28, 2024 1:16 pm
Forum: General Theology
Topic: Living in Peace
Replies: 10
Views: 416

Re: Living in Peace

I'm hoping someone might chose option 4 or 5 and share how they go about living in the peace of God that goes beyond all understanding. Perhaps they don't exist here on this forum as, to them, it is a place to flee from ?