tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post6404487839169129175..comments2024-03-17T08:25:33.806+00:00Comments on Thoughts of Francis Turretin: Unlawful Orders and Options - Some Thoughts on PersecutionTurretinfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01802277110253897379noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-58002118025337871652015-09-11T04:19:19.504+01:002015-09-11T04:19:19.504+01:00Nice post. I agree with you that fleeing is someti...Nice post. I agree with you that fleeing is sometimes a responsible choice. Had Calvin remained in France, had Calvin been martyred, that would have been a tremendous loss, both to the Protestant Reformation and posterity.<br /><br />As you know, Protestant refugees who fled to England, Holland, Switzerland, and America, helped to disseminate the Protestant faith.<br /><br />Mind you, people use stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16547070544928321788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-76122518202845702972015-09-08T20:41:44.335+01:002015-09-08T20:41:44.335+01:00I think the real question is: How should I respond...I think the real question is: How should I respond in a biblical manner to the acts of those outside the faith?. To be honest, I struggle with that question. I ask myself, should I expect the ungodly to act godly, I don't. I write insurance policies on gay couples because that's what my company and my state and the federal government demand of me. If I don't, I lose my job. zoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616324209855415780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-24151295985073226842015-09-08T02:39:21.196+01:002015-09-08T02:39:21.196+01:00Unkown //@michael, the "stand in the way of s...Unkown //@michael, the "stand in the way of sinners" translation does not mean, as it sounds to us in English, to "stand in the way of someone". It means to partake in their path. Preventing a sinner from sinning isn't a sin. Participating in their sin is.//<br /><br />YES! You are correct. Thank you for correcting me. I just spent awhile going over a number of michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01744678277860175675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-10268892474066704312015-09-07T19:22:53.014+01:002015-09-07T19:22:53.014+01:00@michael, the "stand in the way of sinners&qu...@michael, the "stand in the way of sinners" translation does not mean, as it sounds to us in English, to "stand in the way of someone". It means to partake in their path. Preventing a sinner from sinning isn't a sin. Participating in their sin is.<br /><br />Notice how all three statements of Psalms 1:1 convey the same idea:<br />- walk in the counsel of the wicked<br />- moriartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03033930054197469011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21597890.post-62553384694863961502015-09-06T22:27:08.711+01:002015-09-06T22:27:08.711+01:00For me, TF, it seems the Biblical Egyptian Pharaoh...For me, TF, it seems the Biblical Egyptian Pharaohs and the Hebrew midwives reality as a solution in your hypothetical is weak.<br /><br />I am assuming this post is about the lady in Rowan County, Kentucky who refused the Federal Judge's direct order to issue marriage licenses to people in the public who were not Christian, one and two, were of a persuasion different than her's, being michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01744678277860175675noreply@blogger.com