Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: tdaniels@athena.mit.edu (Troy E Daniels) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Soul winners Message-ID: Date: 20 Jan 91 19:36:13 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lines: 16 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu [Some discussion was started by Barbara Wood's use of the term "soul winner". One comment (from Alex Macalalad I think, though it's sometimes hard to be sure) was that responsibility for decisions lie with the person involved, not us. |> I guess I like better the image of the disciples being called to be fishers |> of men. Here, the "fish" must make the first nibble to be saved. --clh] It's true that we ourselves can't "win souls." However, to continue your image, we do need to at least put our line in the water. If our fishing rod is in the trunk of our car, we won't catch any fish, no matter how much or how little the fish are eating. |> Alex Macalalad Troy Daniels tdaniels@athena.mit.edu