Some time away.

[BT]

I need to take a little time away. For myself. To pray and to examine myself, my fruits etc. In the past week I've been called a fanatic, lunatic, hater, unteachable, prideful and finally a heretic. I've reread some posts. Some of which I'm not too proud of, some that I think I conducted my self in a right spirit honoring to God. Either way I need to take some time and figure out if these things are true (I'm not too worried about fanatic I actually like that one). I've tried to be honest and to have a spirit of love for you all, but may be I failed on that too. Self examination is important to a Christian and when your friends start to break your heart you need to examine yourself and see if the problem was with your heart. So I will take some time away and see if I can figure things out. I'm not perfect (ask my wife), far from it, but there have been some serious accusations by my brothers and sisters so now I just need to examine myself and see if what was said was true (although I'm pretty sure I'm not a heretic).

So love each other furiously. Be sensitive to others' needs. Help where you can and encourage when you think you can't. Read your Bibles, pray without ceasing, and be patient.

In Christ,

BT

 

[BT]

I had to clarify this hater part. No one in these boards accused me of hating anyone. It was someone else from a different forum... sorry if that lead someone to think it was someone in the Bap/AnaBap forums.. it was not. (BTW I don't hate anyone.. )

 

[jcright]

Hey!!! I was just kidding when I said you were crazy.

Seriously, Brent, I have nothing but respect for you when it comes to the bible and dealing with others. Your knowledge of the bible is phenomenal! I haven't read all of your posts, but the ones that I have read always have scripture to back up your words. It's been my thought that you have a good, balanced view of the bible and you present your thoughts in a loving manner (even if at times firmly). You've even created threads to promote the fact that we should love one another and using the bible properly. I'm sure I'm not the only one that has benefited from you, so pleaes don't stay away for too long.

 

[JM]

God bless you BT, see you when you get back.

SP

 

[@@Paul@@]

I'm called a heretic all the time!! it's just fires me up!!

See you soon, i've enjoyed learning from you.

 

[GreenEyedLady]

BT needs the ultimate kisses from us!

And throw in a couple of hugs...........

You should be back soon.
I have done this many times. I think God pulls us away for a reason.
GEL

 

[@@Paul@@]

That scared the JEEPERS out of me.

 

[@@Paul@@]

since when is JEEPERS........... a bad word...

 

[bleechers]

Well, I already told BT that I hate him... @@Paul@@ too.

I understand the need for a break... I've taken a few of my own.

I buy the "fanatic" and "lunatic" charges (what with all the kissing going on), but in the case of sound doctrine, "fanatic" is a good thing!

 

[@@Paul@@]

Well, I already told BT that I hate him... @@Paul@@ too.

 

[Jessica Lauren]

Well, good luck with everything. I have no idea what went on, but I'll be praying that everything goes well.

 

[Cright]

I hope that you'll be back soon w/ more questions of the week!

I know that I've disagreed with you once or twice.. and we even took a conversation to PM's about OSAS that caused me to do alot of research!! ... and finally agree with you. haha

You've also been the inspiration for other bible digging I've done (question of the week and other threads you've commented on). You contribute so much to this forum it's such a blessing to have you here. I think there are MANY people in the B/Ab forum here that are not told that enough.

I never would discourage someone to take time to themselves, we all should all take the time to do it at some points I think.. but don't be too hard on yourself! Communicating online is hard, people can't hear your tone or inflection of your voice like on a phone.. and if someone doesn't read enough of your posts to know your personality or your heart they can sometimes get heated too easily and read feelings into the words you write.

As I'm already here.. I should also add that I've Thankful for being there to answer questions when I have them and for teaching through your posts, I really do appreciate it!

Carina

 

[newlite]

cya later

i had to do the same thing from a different forum. eventually i gave up on it and ended up here.

 

[CMmom]

Come back soon, BT!!

Enjoy your time off . . . . . . .

Your sister in Christ

 

[BT]

I am humbled by your kind words. I spent the evening and night looking back and rereading some threads, thinking about what I've said and seeing if it lined up with Scripture. I also spent some time poking around in the other forums to see what kind of stuff was going on in there. I see much of the same. I got quite a few messages last night not from the forums but in real life that were (coincidentally?) telling me to, "keep doing whatever you're doing". I think that was enough to open my eyes. I didn't post this hoping to get comfort from people, I just wanted people to know why there was no question of the week (GEL gets ornery if I'm too late ). But going back over the things that you've posted here last night at around 2:00am I realized that you all make it too hard for me to leave. So after my short 24 hour vacation.. here I am. Thanks again for all the kind words (that I'm not sure I deserved). I'm here and you can start with the PM questions again and I'll be diligent to answer the PMs that I missed yesterday. I sure love you guys (even SP), and especially BLEECHERS

 

[JM]

Even me! Good to see you back and I'll do my best to stay out of your way, I'll only post in the Baptist forum on topic I just can't stay quiet about.

God bless brother.

 

[@@Paul@@]

Even me! Good to see you back and I'll do my best to stay out of your way, I'll only post in the Baptist forum on topic I just can't stay quiet about.

God bless brother.

If it's like me,, that's all the topics.

Welcome back,
Your dreams were your ticket out.
Welcome back,
To that same old place that you laughed about.
Well the names have all changed since you hung around,
But those dreams have remained and they're turned around.
Who'd have thought they'd lead ya (Who'd have thought they'd lead ya)
Here where we need ya (Here where we need ya)
Yeah we tease him a lot cause we've hot him on the spot, welcome back,
Welcome back, welcome back, welcome back.​

 

[SumTinWong]

Some time away.

That was a quick turn around. Welcome back.

 

[bleechers]

So after my short 24 hour vacation.. here I am.

Has it been 24 hours? Wow. Well, since you've been gone, I've gone ecumenical; GEL has decided that we can learn a lot from our Muslim friends; @@Paul@@'s been posting quotes from "The Bondage of the Will"; BronxBriar has moved to Queens; TwinCrier is down to a single wimper; AV1611 is using The Message Bible; street preacher has been making some odd "choices"; Nehemiah_Center took the kosher option off the lunch menu; Gold Dragon and Iollain have moved to Quebec (yeesh!); the mods are all bored; and CrazyLiz has gone completely sane!

 

[@@Paul@@]

Has it been 24 hours? Wow. Well, since you've been gone, I've gone ecumenical; GEL has decided that we can learn a lot from our Muslim friends; @@Paul@@'s been posting quotes from "The Bondage of the Will"; BronxBriar has moved to Queens; TwinCrier is down to a single wimper; AV1611 is using The Message Bible; street preacher has been making some odd "choices"; Nehemiah_Center took the kosher option off the lunch menu; Gold Dragon and Iollain have moved to Quebec (yeesh!); the mods are all bored; and CrazyLiz has gone completely sane!

OK, i'll step aside.

I'm no longer the funniest guy on the planet.