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RESPONSE;
Chris Harrison and myself are friends. We have spent time both over the phone and face to face, discussing the various aspects of what he covered in this lengthy, reasoned essay. I am what Chris refers to as a “Redemptionist”.There are three noteworthy things raised in this first paragraph.
(1) Baptist Chris will readily identify as a Protestant, but NOT as a Methodist. How so? Because Chris knows that the term “Protestant” is simply an umbrella term for multiple belief systems, of which one happens to be known as “Baptist”. Others identify as Brethren, Presbyterians, Salvation Army and so on, multiple thousands in fact, (all of which claim that the same Holy Spirit led them to their highly divergant positions from which some would gladly murder others as their tragic history of self righteousness clearly shows).. Even so “Universalism” is simply an umbrella term for multiple belief systems, of which one happens to be known as , “Redemptionism “.
(2) Chris says here that redemptionism can hurt the truth. In other words, Chris is plainly saying that while the tenets of Redemptionism hurt the truth, what Chris himself believes constitutes absolute truth. He positions himself as a truth bearer as opposed to the lies of redemptionism, (or the UNtruth of Redemptionism – same difference).
So it is from Chris Harrison’s opening claim that we will proceed to analyse his following statements. We love Chris dearly, and find that in that atmosphere of shared love, to which he also refers, “iron sharpens iron” as ther old Bible saying goes, and thus we all win in love.
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It is a truism, that a person whose income is dependent on being heard to “believe and say the right things”, can be truly relied upon to live and die by party politics, or in Chris’s case, right and proper Baptist thinking. That by itself,is deeply troubling, for many reasons, most of which are outside the orbit of this response. I am not casting aspersions on Chris’s character, but rather simply observing a factual situation into which Chris fits. Updates on these responses may be found at www.gospelrevolution (.) com https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/redemptionism
Bible Thumpers fit in the category of Self Righteousness The must be right, win the arguments and not the person. They are complex with minds that are corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. Paul said he determined not to know anything among the saints but Jesus Christ and Him crucified. THIS is the lens and grid to discern truth from error. That is why Paul always gloried in the cross. The only uniform for the follower of Jesus is the Cruciform and all other labels and titles are blown away like chaff in the wind