Talk:The Four Spiritual Laws

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I reverted to an earlier version to restore neutrality to the article. The poorly written comments supposedly representing reformed theology were not balanced; they would be better served on the entry for reformed theology to distinguish that theological belief system from others. To be offered here, we would have to include commentary from every spiritual persuasion that agrees or disagrees with evangelical Christianity. I think Wikipedia readers are smart enough to know that there are other theological persuasions and can learn about those easily enough. --Sixtrojans 20:21, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

I change Christians to people not trying to make it pov, but the purpose of the tract is get people to understand they need Christ. So if you are trying to relay the 4 laws correctly it would people not Christians, once "people" see their need for Jesus than they would be come Christians ( I hope this makes sense)Smith03 02:09, 15 Oct 2003 (UTC)

You make a good point. I wonder though if it wouldn't be best to quote the tract verbatim, assuming there's no copyright issue. I doubt Bill Bright would mind! This article should document the original tract and perhaps say more about how it's been used, etc. Perhaps there are other angles to cover as well? Wesley 17:14, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)

According to [1]: "The Four Spiritual Laws was written by Dr. Bill Bright © 1965,1995 Campus Crusade for Christ. All Rights Reserved Internet version, including graphics, copyright © 1995 by Campus Crusade for Christ International. All Rights Reserved." A-giau 20:34, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bible Verses in the Four Spiritual Laws

Text says:

The four spiritual laws are:

1. God loves you and offers a wonderful plan for your life. (John 3:16, John 10:10)

The bible says nothing of that kind at the cited places. Am I missing something important ... or is something missing in the article? The three other "laws" also seem to have very vague and weak connection to those "laws" of Bill Bright, so some kind of interpretation would be appropriate in the article. Rursus 20:09, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

The site The Four Spiritual Laws at Campus Crusade also don't tell us the connection betw stmt 1. and (John 3:16, John 10:10). Interpretation from Bible to Bright-laws needed. Rursus 20:12, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

The Bible references in the Wikipedia article correspond to the Bible verses contained in the Four Spiritual Laws booklet that you can find online. Remember, this is an article about a specific subject matter (in this case Bill Bright's Four Spiritual Laws). Wikipedia isn't the place for a theological debate on Bright's understanding of the Bible. You can report on different opinions about Bright's theology if you reference credible and verifiable sources. --Sixtrojans 20:34, 15 March 2007 (UTC)