tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post1157097433884411911..comments2024-03-17T08:25:33.806+00:00Comments on Thoughts of Francis Turretin: The Fear of GodTurretinfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-91072514150651915282009-02-12T14:17:00.000+00:002009-02-12T14:17:00.000+00:00James: thanks for your comment. I have no defense...James: thanks for your comment. I have no defense of Fred Phelps and his group's misuse of Scriptures.<BR/><BR/>-TurretinFanTurretinfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-8325265779436475522009-02-11T20:14:00.000+00:002009-02-11T20:14:00.000+00:00TurretinFan,This is common even in relatively cons...TurretinFan,<BR/><BR/>This is common even in relatively conservative, "Bible-believing" circles. If "perfect love casts out fear," the Christian should have no fear of God whatsoever, that's the idea. You are most correct that this is not the whole counsel of God. What the apostle John is saying is that we have no fear of condemnation if we abide in the love of Christ. He is not saying that we Kyjohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02576699017770933239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-76452777020816207072009-02-11T16:23:00.000+00:002009-02-11T16:23:00.000+00:00TF, I understand somewhat of what you address in t...TF, I understand somewhat of what you address in this article today.<BR/><BR/>I was helping a Pastor friend out and clerked at his Christian Thrift Store on his Church property. It is an active thriving place, this Thrift Store. <BR/><BR/>A woman came in with a most serious expression all over her being. She carried this worry well.<BR/><BR/>I began reaching out to her in sympathy. As she opened Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com