Comments for robfaircloth.com http://robfaircloth.com The Proclamation of Gospel Truth in Church and Culture Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:42:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Reese’s Cups and Disappointment by Ghostshadow http://robfaircloth.com/2011/05/04/reeses-cups-and-disappointment/#comment-217 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:42:33 +0000 http://robfaircloth.com/?p=590#comment-217 I thought this was a pretty funny article. I was actually just searching Google to see if anyone had run across any stale reese’s cups. I just bought a pack at the local gas station and they are really dry inside. Since valentines day was yesterday I would have thought they would have had some hearts left but I didn’t see any.

The expiration date on this pack says may 2012. It’s only February but they are chalky already. They must have gotten warm and then cooled down or something. Kind of a bummer.

]]> Comment on What God says about Hell by Rob Faircloth http://robfaircloth.com/2012/02/02/what-god-says-about-hell/#comment-200 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:47:15 +0000 http://robfaircloth.com/?p=925#comment-200 Chan and Sprinkle, however, are trying to avoid a concept of hell that is dependent on their own opinion, or judgment, but instead relies upon Scripture. I would suggest, as well, that our notions of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ and ‘deserve’ should also be informed by Scripture, else we are left simply with what we would prefer to be the case…another problem that Chan and Sprinkle were addressing, incidentally.

]]> Comment on What God says about Hell by Ron Krumpos http://robfaircloth.com/2012/02/02/what-god-says-about-hell/#comment-199 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:36:44 +0000 http://robfaircloth.com/?p=925#comment-199 Francis Chan did not say that belief in hell is beneficial to anyone. My last sentence refers to those people – of all faiths – who pick and choose passages from their scriptures which coincide with their personal opinions.

Not all Christians believe that people who do not accept Jesus as their savior will be condemned to eternal punishment after this life. There are good and bad people among the followers of any religion or no religion. A good person in this life deserves a better afterlife, regardless of apologetics. That judgement is not dependent on any doctrine.

]]> Comment on What God says about Hell by Rob Faircloth http://robfaircloth.com/2012/02/02/what-god-says-about-hell/#comment-198 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:56:33 +0000 http://robfaircloth.com/?p=925#comment-198 Actually, Chan and Sprinkle are saying that God — in the Scriptures — is saying that 4.8 billion people are facing eternal hell without Christ. Do the numbers change the truth? Would it be more palatable to say that only 1 million are facing hell?

Are you saying that those who believe as Chan and Sprinkle do find that belief beneficial? It is not beneficial to claim, against the weight of popular opinion, that God says something contrary, especially regarding salvation and hell. What benefits people is to believe that there is no hell, and that all will be saved in the end, because it frees them to leave others in their spiritual error, or to avoid considering them at all.

]]> Comment on What God says about Hell by Ron Krumpos http://robfaircloth.com/2012/02/02/what-god-says-about-hell/#comment-197 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:56:57 +0000 http://robfaircloth.com/?p=925#comment-197 In 2011 world population reached 7 billion (vs. 3 billion in 1960). There are now approximately 2.2 billion Christians. Chan and Sprinkle seem to be saying that 4.8 billion people may be facing eternal hell.

Concepts of afterlife vary between religions and among divisions of each faith. Not all Christians agree on what happens after this life, nor do all Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, or other believers. Rebirth, resurrection, purgatory, universalism, and oblivion are other possibilities…none of which can be proven.

Mystics of all faiths have more in common than the followers of their orthodox religions. True mystics realize that eternal life is here and now; it does not begin after mortal death. The age of Earth is said to be 4.5 billion years, of the Universe 13.7 billion, yet few humans live to be 100. This lifetime is a fleeting moment.

Scriptures are subject to interpretation; people often choose what is most beneficial for them.

]]> Comment on Tattoo the wise men on your big toe by B to the Y http://robfaircloth.com/2011/12/22/tattoo-the-wise-men-on-your-big-toe/#comment-133 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:40:22 +0000 http://robfaircloth.com/?p=856#comment-133 Great post! I enjoyed last nights small goup so much. It was good for me.

]]> Comment on Payroll Taxes Need to Go by B to the Y http://robfaircloth.com/2011/12/02/payroll-taxes-need-to-go/#comment-111 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:33:01 +0000 http://robfaircloth.com/?p=822#comment-111 Great Article! I just don’t understand why those in Washington don’t get it. It seems so simple.

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]]> Comment on Purging Barren Prayer by Jose http://robfaircloth.com/2011/11/03/purging-barren-prayer/#comment-96 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 15:34:55 +0000 http://robfaircloth.com/?p=786#comment-96 Thanks for the refreshing post! Greater clarity is needed when it comes to prayer and the Christian life.

]]> Comment on Questions to ask wives and husbands by Carrie http://robfaircloth.com/2011/08/18/questions-to-ask-wives-and-husbands/#comment-76 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:51:39 +0000 http://robfaircloth.com/?p=736#comment-76 So, what are some things I do (can do) that encourage you, make you feel respected and honored as the head of the family? :)

]]> Comment on The Art of Communication by Mr. BY http://robfaircloth.com/2011/07/20/the-art-of-communication/#comment-57 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 19:56:20 +0000 http://robfaircloth.com/?p=720#comment-57 Thank You!

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