To: BibChr; Wrigley
Bothe of you and my wife agree. ;-) I'll admit, that there is a big part of me that wants to go, too. There is an American Reformed Church right down the street, and an OPC about 15 minutes away by car..
The truth is, part of me is like Luke Skywalker. I want to believe that my church could "grow up", so to speak.
I have attempted to correct the pastor before, when he once said "I have personally saved x number of persons". He took the correction well, and has been quick to disavow his own salvific-ness ever since. He now is a mere syncretist, at least publicly.
11 posted on
01/15/2004 9:17:23 AM PST by
jboot
(Faith is not a work; swarming, however, is.)
To: jboot
Your wife sounds like a smart lady.
8^>
12 posted on
01/15/2004 9:20:19 AM PST by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: jboot; Wrigley
I'll add this simplistic (but, I think, hard-to-argue-with) doublet:
QUESTION: Why are there so many pathetic churches?
ANSWER: Because people keep going to them!
Dan
16 posted on
01/15/2004 9:37:15 AM PST by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: jboot
The truth is, part of me is like Luke Skywalker. I want to believe that my church could "grow up", so to speak. Believe me, JB, I know exactly what you mean. What I *can* reassure you with is the comfort that a Sovereign God can still cause your church to "grow up", so to speak, without you being there. And besides, if they do, you can always return :)
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