Comments on: JC Ryle: Unconverted Ministers are the Dry-Rot of the Church

By: Rick Frueh

Rick Frueh — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:55:59 +0000

A child cries from hunger. Even so come Lord Jesus. A gay man is dying. Even so come Lord Jesus. A family is dividing. Even so come Lord Jesus. A teenage girl sells herself. Even so come Lord Jesus. A homeless man begs. Even so come Lord Jesus. A drug addict gets another fix. Even so come Lord Jesus. A young man wants to kill himself. Even so come Lord Jesus. Another unborn baby dies. Even so come Lord Jesus. Sin is exalted. Even so come Lord Jesus. "But I have already come", Jesus says, "Now you go, they are waiting for you to come".

By: Rick Frueh

Rick Frueh — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:20:10 +0000

We do not need the vision of some man; we need to see Jesus and see as does Jesus. What would happen if the followers of Jesus became the greatest friend sinners ever knew, and the word spread that if a sinner was in trouble or came to the end of himself, he could find hope in a follower of Jesus Christ?

What would happen if instead of taking delight in the names God gives wicked men , we seriously take up the ministry of reconciliation and stand in the gap for the blind goats that are precious in the eyes of our Lord? What if we gave our lives for the lost instead of using our tongues to both attack the lost and praise ourselves?

Why is the “ministry” of the “watchman” seem so empty of redemption and humility? Why do we lift up men and not Christ?

The whole world is thirsty and yet we are bottles and not rivers. The whole world lives in darkness and yet we are flashlights and not beacons. The whole world is dead and yet we are condemners and not life sharers.

Sinners do not need Calvin or Luther or Whitefield or Bell or MacArthur or most of all they do not need Frueh. They need Jesus and they do not realize He lives right beside them.

By: Rick Frueh

Rick Frueh — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 07:04:29 +0000

What do I care what vision of God that Calvin lived?

By: chris

chris — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 05:32:56 +0000

John Calvin saw the world as a theater where the glory of God is always on display. This conference will show how the vision of God that Calvin lived and taught is relevant in all our lives for the parts we play in God’s drama.

Uh…oh sounds almost new agey to me. Drama, relevant, always on display???? Next thing you know they’re going to encourage us to meditate on the word of God.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 22:00:13 +0000

Poor Piper,
He was rebuked by our ever present ODM’s.

By: Rick Frueh

Rick Frueh — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:45:44 +0000

I know all you want to make plans to be at this conference. It's called, With ~~Jesus~~ Calvin in the theatre of God. I can't wait!!

By: Rick Frueh

Rick Frueh — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:29:21 +0000

I object to writings with 5 points.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:10:08 +0000

At least his writing has a point

all the more to regret that they are so poorly written

By: chris

chris — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:41:50 +0000

At least his writing has a point. Your Pastor’s writing is simply an attempt to obfuscate the truth. He likely is one of those Ryle points to.

John you truly are a tool for the Lord.

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:13:13 +0000

Wow, John. That was a really profound point. Thank you for that keen insight.