From: George Murphy (gmurphy@raex.com)
Date: Mon Oct 27 2003 - 18:56:05 EST
Vernon Jenkins wrote:
>
> Thank you, Michael! You take me back to my early school days with your
> clever one-liners.
>
> One of the difficulties we YECs on this list encounter is that whereas
> everyone is aware of our complete committment to the Word of God, we on the
> other hand can only guess at the particular degrees of committment of
> others. Michael, as a man of the cloth, you can undoubtedly help us bridge
> this divide. So may I begin by asking what the words of Eph.6:11-17 mean for
> you? And, in particular, what you understand by the 'sword of the Spirit'
> being the 'word of God'?
Vernon -
You presume far too much. Of course I can speak only for myself but I am _not_
aware of the complete commitment of all YECs (whether on this list or otherwise) to the
Word of God. That may be the intention of YECs but in many cases scripture is forced to
fit preconceptions of what it _should_ say instead of being allowed to speak for itself.
E.g., the insistence against both internal and external evidence that Gen.1 & 2 must
form a unified account of a recent 6-day creation reveals a commitment to YEC doctrine
rather than the Word of God.
Shalom,
George
George L. Murphy
gmurphy@raex.com
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
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