tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706252713746589016.post6147423310820749721..comments2023-09-11T09:51:37.281+01:00Comments on Common Grace Deliberations: “The Highway"—Not as “High" as it Seems: A Response to Mrs. Patrice A. Nesbitt on “The Offer of the Gospel”David Hutchingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806903346857239002noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1706252713746589016.post-32101909043450409242019-07-05T15:57:56.455+01:002019-07-05T15:57:56.455+01:00Hey Fellow David.Great to meet you.
Regarding the...Hey Fellow David.Great to meet you. <br />Regarding the Nesbitts,I knew them first about ten years ago. Patrice and husband Jeff very bright and scholarly.Her hubby Jeff and I were friends.He was a great Sunday school teacher.Gifted.I learned! He is a grad of Westminster.I think she is as well.We attended a Presby church in Westmoreland NH.The pastor likewise was a Westminster grad.But he was also very smart.The two were gifted of The Lord.Yet a fierce competition between the two--pride,jealousy,and elitism led to incredible animosity and tension betwixt them.Despite such knowledge and wit far exceeding my own,there was very little Christian charity between them. The church shut down maybe 7 or 8 years ago.t did have 100 or so.Sad fact is...Reformation theology was well taught.Regulative principle of worship.For us lambs it was a welcome respite from the leftism surrounding us.So painful to see a church go down to nothing.The pastor became bitter,and he and his wife would not speak to Jeff and Patrice the last 2 weeks the church was open. Overt UnChristlike attitude was huge lesson in what not to be..No love. It is painful to see what happened.To this day they remain enemies.The Pastor(Ken Sanders) was very good teacher and preacher! As was Jeff..And yet in the application of the Faith in its most basic elements...they failed! Ken withdrew and hasa home church with just family.AS does Jeff and Patrice.AS always,it scatters and wounds the lambs.Patrice and Jeff are highly gifted, sharp,and as long as you agree with them they love you.Cross them( or Ken,for that matter)..and you will find yourself on the outside.As she blocked you--that is their method.I tried to reach but..but the hearts are dark and cold.So painfuI is all this.I must guard my own heart. Addendum,Jeff and Patroice went from that church to a Reformed Baptist,where Jeff thought he'd run things. He had sharp and bitter relationship with the pastor there(Concord).as well as his wife and aman just out of jail upon whom Jeff had no mercy .To me it looks as hate.Any attempt to gently reprove or admonish will get you on the naughty list--and-as you found,Dave--blocked.Summation:their way or.."The Highway".<br /><br />PS..but I serve the Lord as a missionary pastor,preacher,evangelist,and teacher now in The Philippines.I have been here since May 20-15.Tough life,huge adjustment,very hard.but God gives grace.It had a profound effect on me..all that stuff.My wife and I just came back from the North Phil.It was our 10th or 11th missionary trip there.We had 12 engagements of the Puritan Gospel via my preaching, teaching,evangelism,visitation.The Lord blessed it.We left rejoicing.Was 11 hr bus ride back to Manila..and another several more hrs ride home.I am 60 now and deem it the greatest privilege to bring forth The Glorious Gospel to the Lambs and to the Lots there.As you say..small world. I enjoy your FB site here. Godspeed!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14598385175952481030noreply@blogger.com