AN INVITATION TO DR. PAISLEY TO LISTEN . .
DR. PAISLEY ......
THIS IS A SLIGHT DEPARTURE FROM MY USUAL FORMAT OF ASKING A QUESTION THAT REQUIRES ONLY A SIMPLE YES OR A SIMPLE NO OF YOU.
ON THIS OCCASION I WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND AN INVITATION TO YOU TO SPEND A WEE AMOUNT OF TIME . . . APPROX. 73 MINUTES . . . OUT OF YOUR BUSY DAY . . . PERHAPS AT THE CLOSE OF THE DAY . WHEN YOU ARE READY TO RETIRE FOR THE NIGHT. WHY NOT SIT BACK IN YOUR FAVORITE EASY CHAIR, PUT ON YOUR EAR PHONES AND TAKE APPROX. 73 MINUTES, JUST 13 MINUTES MORE THAN AN HOUR, A VERY NOMINAL INVESTMENT OUT OF A 24-HOUR DAY. I ASSURE YOU, IT WILL BE THE BEST 73 MINUTES YOU INVESTED THIS DAY.
THAT CERTAINLY IS NOT A GREAT AMOUNT OF TIME EITHER WHEN ONE CONSIDERS THAT THE FREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IS ON A TRAIN HEADING FOR A HUGE DERAILMENT. AT LEAST THAT IS MY OPINION, AND I DO BELIEVE THE OPINION OF MANY OTHERS WITHIN THE FPC, THOUGH THEY ARE RELUCTANT TO SAY SO. THE SILENCE IS ALMOST DEAFENING, BUT EVEN SO SPEAKS VOLUMES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE THAT I MENTION NOW. I SPEAK OF YOUR LONGTIME FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE, WHO YOU HAVE IN THE PAST REGARDED AS A KINDRED SPIRIT . . . A BROTHER OF LIKE PRECIOUS FAITH . . . REV. IVAN FOSTER. SOMEONE WHO FOR MANY YEARS YOU TALKED WITH, CONFIDED IN, WALKED WITH, STOOD ALONGSIDE WITH, PROTESTED WITH, TOOK COUNSEL OF, AND REGARDED HIGHLY AS WELL . . . A BROTHER IN THE LORD!
A MAN WHO "SPEAKS THE TRUTH IN LOVE." (EPH. 4:15) I INVITE YOU TO LISTEN TO THE SERMON HE PREACHED THIS PAST LORD’S DAY, 5-27-07, ENTITLED: ‘WHITHER FREE PRESBYTERIANISM?’
JUST FOLLOW THIS LINK FOR DIRECT AND EASY ACCESS:
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?currSection=sermonsspeaker&sermonID=5270717832
HE NOT ONLY ADDRESSES THE PROBLEMS WHICH I REFER TO AS A TRAIN ABOUT TO GO OFF ITS’ TRACKS, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, HE OFFERS SOLUTIONS – BIBLICAL SOLUTIONS.
SO DR. PAISLEY, WITH THAT IN MIND, PLEASE GIVE A LISTEN, AND WHILE YOU ARE DOING SO, KEEP IN MIND THOSE DAYS, TIMES, AND YEARS PAST WHEN BOTH IAN AND IVAN WALKED AND TALKED AND WERE OF LIKE MIND. PROV. 27:9 “OINTMENT AND PERFUME REJOICE THE HEART; SO DOTH THE SWEETNESS OF A MAN’S FRIEND BY HEARTY COUNSEL.”
KEEP IN MIND, 73 MINUTES OUT OF A 24-HOUR DAY IS A NOMINAL AMOUNT OF TIME TO INVEST TO AVOID A POTENTIAL TRAIN DERAILMENT.
RALPH NADOLNY
HOLLAND, OH, USA,
A FRIEND IN CHRIST & A FRIEND OF THE FPC
P.S. I ALSO INVITE ALL OTHERS WHO READ THIS LETTER TO LISTEN AS WELL, AND PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT.
1 comment:
Some very good points. As Rev F says, there is no answer.
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