Then please correct me in terms I can understand.
I take instruction well and will not turn down constructive criticism.
My post was meant to convey that having a nonbeliver hear the word of God preached is more important than having a believer hear the word of God preached.
Where is my misunderstanding?
Fair enough.
Then please correct me in terms I can understand.
I take instruction well and will not turn down constructive criticism.
Without strangling you in reams of verses, I'll simply point out that "square one" -- the foundation upon which the "The house of God is for those who haven't found God yet" doctrine fails -- is that "The Church" IS -- by definition -- the believers, i.e., "The Body of Christ."
No one can be "grafted into the body", as it were, if he is in a state of unbelief, unsaved, whatever terminology you like.
What it boils down to is that the "new gospel" is one of "fellowhip with unbelievers", which is heresy, period, full stop, end of discussion.
It's great for the budget, though -- and for purposes of proving "correctness via size." Sheer marketing genius -- and we have the likes of Schumpeter and Drucker to thank for it (for which Warren makes no apologies.)