{"id":1893,"date":"2010-12-22T09:10:45","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T09:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=1893"},"modified":"2023-08-19T14:04:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-19T18:04:57","slug":"the-doctrine-of-altar-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=1893","title":{"rendered":"The Doctrine of Altar Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have imagined such briefly, and now am proven my prediction that Paul Washer had truly said that that he despised altar call\/\"invitation\", calling it psychological manipulation.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Danger of Altar Calls | Paul Washer\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PeYRAkq4GVw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Regarding Billy Graham statement \"even with the most famous evangelist in the world said\u00a0 that even 5% of all the people who made decisions at my meetings were saved, I would be pleased...\", this time, unlike other times where he quoted the same \"5%\" Billy Graham quote elsewhere, Washer commented: \"Why didn't he tell them that?\". Thus, I am reminded to wander once again where and when did Billy Graham said that?<\/p>\n<p>Altar call (\u547c\u53ec) is obviously a big thing at the end of Evangelical rally. Even in Dr. Stephen Tong's. Though I highly doubt that it's confined within scriptural context of Romans 10, 12:1. \"Call upon the name of the Lord\", \"Living Sacrifice\"...<\/p>\n<p>Psychological\u00a0 manipulation? Not necessary. Although, I have been troubled by such as long as I could remember about altar call, I am sure it is a way of public testimony for those who could immediately make firm decisions, instead of hesitating back and forth, as if counting the cost of construction endlessly. Of course, at the same time, such call never excludes the unfaithful ones, the crowd seekers. Nor is such call always done by faithful God fearing preachers.<\/p>\n<p>If I were to defend the status of altar call, in addition to the public offering practice in the Old Testament and a couple of other scriptures, I would state that \"silent call\" is just as neutral if not imperfect. For it is better to have a more open fellowship than secret givers in the case of witnessing.<\/p>\n<p>Always give the benefit of doubt first, skepticism later when necessary.<\/p>\n<p>I sure would love to have this discussion with Dr. Tong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have imagined such briefly, and now am proven my prediction that Paul Washer had truly said that that he despised altar call\/\"invitation\", calling it psychological manipulation. Regarding Billy Graham statement \"even with the most famous evangelist in the world &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/?p=1893\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-theologization"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14638,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1893\/revisions\/14638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nycphantom.com\/journal\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}