Monday, February 28, 2011

Who Be Me?

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  1. Eddie EddingsFebruary 28, 2011 at 12:04 AM

    Clue #4:
    He be a preacher man.

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  2. Gregg MetcalfFebruary 28, 2011 at 12:25 AM

    Charles G. Finney

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  3. Joel GarnerFebruary 28, 2011 at 1:02 AM

    Definitely Finney.

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  4. Eddie EddingsFebruary 28, 2011 at 1:10 AM

    I really thought that would be a little bit harder than it was. Yes, it is Mr. Finney. At age 29 under George Washington Gale, Finney studied to become a licensed minister in the Presbyterian Church.

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  5. THEOparadoxFebruary 28, 2011 at 2:02 AM

    So ironic that he was a Presbyterian.

    He was actually a mason???? Never heard that before. I'll remember that the next time a Finneyite mentions the dreaded Servetus.

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  6. Mike AndersonFebruary 28, 2011 at 2:06 AM

    Was that Free-Will Masonry?

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  7. PatienceFebruary 28, 2011 at 3:08 AM

    I didn't know he was a mason...very interesting!

    Hahaha nice one Mike.

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  8. JasonFebruary 28, 2011 at 4:58 AM

    I have to give Finney credit: he never got divorced. He was widowed twice.

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  9. PatienceFebruary 28, 2011 at 5:04 AM

    With those eyes it's no wonder...

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  10. PersisFebruary 28, 2011 at 5:18 AM

    Good one, Patience. His eyes would freak me out too.

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  11. PatienceFebruary 28, 2011 at 5:23 AM

    Darby's were worse though :-P

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  12. Eddie EddingsFebruary 28, 2011 at 9:58 AM

    Finney came to believe that part of his oath as a Master Mason was immoral and that Masonry was dangerous to civil government, evidenced by the alleged murder of William Morgan.

    (for more info see Wikipedia - from where I copied the above sentences.)

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  13. AnonymousFebruary 28, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    What the pious old finney a mason? that is a revelation. I knew he was Presbyterian but nobodies perfect..(lol) (Baptist humor) But being a mason is serious bsuines...

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  14. ConstitutionGirlFebruary 28, 2011 at 8:13 PM

    Yeah, but being a Presbyterian (which I am not one--Reformed Baptist am I), he didn't agree with their theology either. Y'all have read, of course, Phil Johnson's reiteration of that little incident......

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  15. stranger.strange.landMarch 1, 2011 at 12:23 AM

    I may have related this here before. But for readers who haven't seen it....

    In a Q.& A. session, R.C. Sproul was once asked whether he would classify Charles Finney as a "heretic." R.C. replied, "I would never call a distinguished preacher such as Finney a 'heretic.' He was an ARCH-HERETIC. He could out-Pelagian Pelagius, himself!"

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  16. stranger.strange.landMarch 1, 2011 at 12:27 AM

    @ConstitutionGirl

    The link didn't work for me, but I remember having read Phil's article.

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  17. ConstitutionGirlMarch 1, 2011 at 2:09 AM

    Oops! Thanks, Mr. Boyd. I think it works now. :)

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