http://www.godnoliar.com/?p=64 Here's a good rebuttal of Washer... Stanhope wrote.. "Washer has always seemed rather cartoonish to me — all that quivering-voice theatricality and excessive emotionalism. He seems to get a real jolt out of scaring teenagers, as if scaring teenagers were a difficult and noble thing to do." [ Keywords for this video: paul washer sin repentance faith love God love tiegreen hope virtuous woman godliness vs joel osteen false prophet way master jesus christ god gospel gccwired newspringchurch kgwilso billy graham altar call charles finney drunk testimony cross willow creek seeker sensitive newsprings youtube ministries video biography shocking dating preacher preaching sermon shocking you message sermonaudio ] Some other good rebuttals off the internet... Patrick Kyle wrote ... "If [Paul Washer's] stuff is true, then not only am I not a Christian, I've never met one. Do any of you exemplify the Sermon on the Mount in the majority of your life and being? Not close or giving it your best try, but actually exemplifying these traits on a day-to-day, minute by minute basis. ... What about Paul's description of the Christian life set forth in Romans 7? (And yes, it is Paul's struggle as a Christian. Check out Galatians where he uses almost the exact same words in reference to the Galatians, in Gal 5:17) This is the truth of the Christian life. Furthermore, this type of preaching doesn't proclaim Christ-it proclaims us, what we should be doing, what we need to stop doing, what our attitude should be, prescriptions and platitudes, recipes for victorious Christian living. The Gospel is the power of God unto salvation, and I would argue sanctification also. The proclamation of the Gospel creates faith in the hearers and results in their sanctification. (see Galatians again) When I hear Pastors preach on the Sermon on the Mount, I am terrified and flee to the Cross where Jesus' active and passive obedience are credited to my account. That is the ...
