Request Deletion From SI, It's Been Fun.

sermonindex Dec 13, 2012

Dear Admin Greg,

Thank you for the spaces that you have provided for me to post, and fellowship with some good and godly people. Recently some people have been booted and at least one has requested to leave and I join in that request as well. I find it better to be terminated than to have the temptation in returning and posting again. I do understand why such finalizations are necessary. I will read on the sidelines and comment to the Lord and keep you in my prayers.

To all of you who wish to continue communicating with me, I can be reached at hobozobo@zoho.com

I have found several former SI members including myself who fellowship on this site,

http://www.christianityboard.com/ my handle is 4given.

Thanks Greg, I hope things work out for you and your family in ministry in the great state of Georgia. There is a ministry in that state called Franklin Walden Ministries, if you can get a hold of his older stuff and books they will do a world of good to your inner man.

God Bless everyone and take care. :-)

sermonindex Dec 13, 2012

My brother I am sorry to see you depart. I have always enjoyed your post. And it alwaysms that e were of one mind. Lord willing, I will stay in touch by email.

Much blessings be upon you my brother.

Bearnaster.

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ginnyrose Dec 14, 2012

And who is this 'anonymous' that just left?

The link posted does not open..

ginnyrose

sermonindex Dec 14, 2012

Approved

sermonindex Dec 14, 2012

I would suggest that this post be erased from the forums, it should have been a private message or email to Greg Gordon. This is pure "drama" and does nothing but to continue to fuel the drama of previous dramatic outbursts. If people want to leave an internet forum they should just leave and quietly. Nothing needs to be said, especially not a dramatic epilogue of their conscientious objection. This middle school, playground drama is not befitting of a forum dedicated to glorifying Christ!

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hulsey Dec 14, 2012

I agree with awakened and second the request that this thread be deleted.

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Miccah Dec 14, 2012

Agreed.

Too much drama around here lately. If you want to leave, do it. Keep it to yourself and the Lord.

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MrBillPro Dec 14, 2012

Who left us? Drama? can't be any worse that FB, thank God he delivered me from FB, and took my desire away to ever get back on that evil thing. :)

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jimp Dec 14, 2012

i belong to the largest church in baton rouge,and we support missions around the world and here in baton rouge,i live at jimmy swaggarts ministries which voices some displessure toward the church i belong to.i have enjoyed living here and helping some of the bible col. students and sometimes getting whipped up on by the brethren,i have lived here for 13 yrs.and manage to get along.i do not understand how people even not of the faith can be so egocentric as to be hurt on this site. i find it a joy to share here ;even when i am wrong.jimp

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ET101 Dec 14, 2012

. . .exactly! And then to not so subtly post the address of another forum as if to draw people away from here .. .?!

Reminds me of Art Katz's account of a person leaving his community and just before he did, he goes around telling everyone else how 'terrible' Art is. . .

Ah, that enemy knows what he's doing. KP's ministry caught up in a smear-attack, people packing up and leaving SI, families breaking up. . .

Remain shrewd as a snake and innocent as a dove. . .

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ginnyrose Dec 14, 2012

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"i find it a joy to share here; even when i am wrong. jimp"
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Amen!

It is a learning process, is it not? And that is a delight - sometimes. :-)

ginnyrose

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Lordoitagain Dec 14, 2012

I thank God for SI. This forum is intended for fellowship of people who live in humble desperation longing wholeheartedly for Christ-centered revival and agonizing in spirit for such a move of God. From time to time God allows things to happen on the forum so that people who don’t share the same mindset can feel perfectly at liberty and under obligation to leave the forum.

I am glad to know that there are other forums such as the one that the departing brother mentioned where people can feel at perfect liberty to find the kind of fellowship that they are looking for. Perhaps this thread should remain visible for that very reason. People should feel at perfect liberty to move on to other fellowships if they do not feel the same burdens and goals expressed in the formation of this forum.

This doesn’t make SI superior nor inferior to any other fellowship. God is the One who will judge every man’s work. Thank God for the liberty to seek out like-minded brethren and share fellowship in our concerns – whatever they may be.

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hulsey Dec 14, 2012

A good look at other Christian forums will make you glad that the forums on SI and other sites like this one are moderated the way they are.

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Mangan Dec 14, 2012

Can anyone explain for me why people are dropping out of the Sermonindex? I can not understand the fuzz?

Magnus

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MaryJane Dec 14, 2012

I am sorry to see another brother in CHRIST leave, I know it was his choice as with the others but still it is sad. I have thought and prayed on this much since everything happened and I find myself still having a heavy heart for the way things happened. I am not questioning the way things were handled, I respect Greg and believe he has a heart for CHRIST in how he handles these situations...still I was and am sorry to see those I have shared with over the years leave in such a way. I pray perhaps with time, prayer, and reflection the LORD might lead some to see things differently and we will be able to share and encouraging one another again in the future. The one truth that I know we can all agree upon is that when the LORD shows us error and sin in our life we can return to the one we offended and in CHRIST know with out fear that there will be forgiveness!!

I do give thanks and praise GOD for all the things HE has used via this web site, the teachings especially have helped me grow daily closer to HIM!

God bless
maryjane

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PaulWest Dec 14, 2012

A good look at other Christian forums will make you glad that the forums on SI and other sites like this one are moderated the way they are.

I agree brother. One need not venture very far beyond these walls to find out this truth. The sites that allow the things we moderate are overridden with debate, political wrangling, doctrinal fighting, squabbling, slander, libel - and all sorts of other evil in the name of watchmen "protecting" the sheep from heresy. Many believers are comfortable here until they begin to develop these types of agendas, appearing first under a polemical front, and then usually evolving into rebellion.

I do not like to see anyone go from here, but ultimately it is best for both parties. It can make me very sad, and I have the tendency at times to take it personally. We really try to establish brotherly communication and humble reasoning, first and foremost. We discuss these issues at length in the moderator forum and always endeavor to seek a graceful resolution with the brother or sister without compromising the website's integrity.

We go through seasons here, as I've often said. This is just one of them, and we let the Lord prune according to His will. He gives and takes away; He exposes and preserves. Our committment is to keep SermonIndex as Christ-honoring as possible, where holy unity is preserved and where anyone (without an agenda) can come and be edified and drink of the best sermons, articles and Christian forum fellowship available.

Brother Paul