Perry Noble: Life Past the 10th Grade…
Published March 31st, 2009 by Lane Chaplin in American "Christianity", Liberalism, Purpose Driven, Works RighteousnessOne of the things I deal with a on a daily basis is comments from unbelievers and immature professors of Christ. I’ll usually block the abrasive unbelievers and try to at least converse with those who profess to believe but aren’t clear about things and even the unbelievers who are cordial. One thing that I notice in each is a fundamental misunderstanding of their beliefs about what exactly I believe. Unfortunately, this tendency is fully functioning not only in the groups previously mentioned, but also in the professing pastors that come and comment occasionally… which brings us to the case in point.
Earlier today, I was reading Slice when I came across a quote from a person who I’ve critiqued here before about certain issues mainly because I used to attend his entertainment center (so according to those people, I have full reign to speak about it since attendance is a priority in critiquing these places). I know first hand what’s going on and have very good friends who still go there. The quote I came across was this:
“BTW…why is it that many of the reformed guys are complete @$$holes? Did God REALLY call them to pick apart verb tenses and voice intonations of speakers who don’t say things exactly right or don’t use a particular word order?”
- Perry Noble (source)
Even though he used an explicative here, that’s not really the point in me writing this post. I would be foolish to think that an 89 Sedan could fly me to Cuba. It’s not in it’s nature to do so. In the same gist, I would also be foolish to think that someone who has no qualms with embracing the mindset of a 10th grader would think and speak with maturity. No, the thing that drew my attention were the following two things:

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