http://ymtheology.com/called-conversion Thinking theologically about youth ministry Mon, 14 May 2012 11:42:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://ymtheology.com/called-conversion/comment-page-1#comment-26 John Byrne Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:05:43 +0000 http://ymtheology.com/?p=158#comment-26 Those are good points. Thanks for the comment. I wonder if those men had seen more fruit earlier in their ministry? I don't know the answer, I will have to do some thinking on that. Those are good points. Thanks for the comment. I wonder if those men had seen more fruit earlier in their ministry? I don’t know the answer, I will have to do some thinking on that.

]]> http://ymtheology.com/called-conversion/comment-page-1#comment-25 Eric Bargerhuff Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:59:57 +0000 http://ymtheology.com/?p=158#comment-25 This is one of those areas where Spurgeon may not have had the full perspective or biblical warrant for such a conclusion. I wonder if he collapsed his experience (all the wonderful fruit of his preaching) into a basic universal principle and tried to apply it to every context. The reason my mind goes in this direction is that I think of men like Nate Saint and Jim Eliot who were called by God to preach the Gospel to the Aucas but did not see any fruit before they died. However, fruit was born from the follow-up efforts. But I don't think we can say they weren't called by God to preach the Gospel. I get Spurgeon's point, but I would think that in missionary circles it could lead to some discouragement and doubting of one's calling while on the field in a tough area. Thanks for the post -- it got me thinking. This is one of those areas where Spurgeon may not have had the full perspective or biblical warrant for such a conclusion. I wonder if he collapsed his experience (all the wonderful fruit of his preaching) into a basic universal principle and tried to apply it to every context. The reason my mind goes in this direction is that I think of men like Nate Saint and Jim Eliot who were called by God to preach the Gospel to the Aucas but did not see any fruit before they died. However, fruit was born from the follow-up efforts. But I don’t think we can say they weren’t called by God to preach the Gospel. I get Spurgeon’s point, but I would think that in missionary circles it could lead to some discouragement and doubting of one’s calling while on the field in a tough area. Thanks for the post — it got me thinking.

]]> http://ymtheology.com/called-conversion/comment-page-1#comment-20 Brian Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:41:09 +0000 http://ymtheology.com/?p=158#comment-20 AMEN! Great post bro! AMEN! Great post bro!

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