For years I have heard that Dr. Charles Stanley grew up Pentecostal. This morning I actually heard him say he had been Pentecostal until he went to Bible School. So my question to OTCP is, if I go to Bible School and get an earned Dr. will I become a Baptist?Or to put it another way, when I grow up will I become a Baptist.Note:This is not to slam Baptist. I love the Baptist. They have some good basis Doctrine. They have probably won more to Christ than most________________Recorded Sermons @ www.pastorwiley.com
Re: Charles Stanley, Pentecostal?
Thank you Dr. JL for your very relevant query. Since you addressed it me personally, please allow the ole timer to elucidate on the matter.1. Stanley grew up Pentecostal Holiness. When he felt the call to preach, a family offered to pay for his seminary training. He went to a Baptist seminary, embraced a Baptistic theology and has followed it ever since.2. Stanley’s ThD came from Luther Rice, 25 years before it became accredited, and long before the rigor of their program was enhanced to meet national accreditation standards. A personal inquiry to Luther Rice about 15 years ago regarding Stanley’s docterate revealed that they didn’t even have a copy of Stanley’s dissertation. I was told by the registrar that his dissertation was a sermon series on the Psalms. A sermon series, my brethren, is not a ThD dissertation. It isn’t even a DMin dissertation. So, you must decide if his docterate is real, i.e., based on given norms of docteral study.3. No one goes to Bible School and earns a docterate, as Bible schools are most typically either 2-year or 4-year institutions. legitimate docterates are earned at universities and seminaries.4. So now to the essence of Dr. JL’s, question, if I go to Bible School and get an earned Dr. will I become a Baptist? The answer to this is ONLY IF YOU CHOOSE TO BECOME A BAPTIST. Does earning a docterate at a secular or non-Pentecostal institution cause one to deviate from or deny their Pentecostal roots? Only if they allow it to do so. Here is a brief sampling of men/women who did this very thing (i.e., earned a legitimate docterate) and remained staunch in their Pentecostal beliefs:Ray HughesPaul ConnSteve LandRick MooreChris ThomasCheryl JohnsJackie JohnsJames BowersJoe Byrd
Years ago as I was losing my hearing I learned I could hear and understand Charles Stanley on TV. Most Sunday mornings my spiritual food came from his messages. I could not understand our pastor. I could hear him but the words were difficult to make out.I came to the conclusion that it was the professional modulation of the sound on TV, not a BIG variance of volume, like you get live at a church service.I could also understand the pastor of ‘the Church on The Way’. (Age helps me lose names and lots of words now). Got it, Hayford.But back to Charles, I was blessed by many or his messages.I smile now when I hear preachers say, I cannot believe people stay home and watch a preacher on TV, because now I know there are honest reasons for it at times.But to the OP I have not heard one way or the other. The times I heard him I heard very little negative… ________________Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/
I’m not real sure that this { grow up } will ever happen Larry. Therefore the question cannot be answered with any accuracy.
…instead of a quality liberal arts university!
no – you won’t. iE didn’t make him quit. Speaking in tongues did. Luther Rice believed it was of the devil. Glad when they moved out of JaCKSONVILLE________________
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