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To: ItsOurTimeNow; xzins; blue-duncan
If they're brought in under false pretenses, it matters very much.

They are not being brought in under false pretenses. That is a scurrilous charge. They have made their services more "seeker friendly". There is no biblical prohibition against being friendly or wearing jeans or drinking cokes in the assembly. IMO, Your attitude is pretty close to Pharisicalism. (is that a word?)

Now you appear to have failed to answer my question. Perhaps you missed it:

(assuming that nobody lied to them to get them in the door)... The fact that they have arrived is what is important and in that sense they are there by divine appointment. Correct?

479 posted on 01/12/2006 10:27:03 AM PST by P-Marlowe
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To: P-Marlowe

>>They are not being brought in under false pretenses.<<

I say they are. They're being "sold" a product using creature comforts rather than the mighty sword of God.

>>Pharisicalism. (is that a word?)<<

I'm not sure, but I think a Pharisicle is a frozen treat for the non-believer. :-P

>>)... The fact that they have arrived is what is important and in that sense they are there by divine appointment. Correct?<<

Inasmuch as God is entirely sovereign and that nothing happens outside of His will, yes. But only He knows if said person is going to grow from teh visit, or become disillusioned and jaded by the subsequent "whip-up and let-down".

But one could also make that argument for going to a club, strip joint, or bar. "Hey, I'm here by divine appointment, right?!"


516 posted on 01/12/2006 11:30:56 AM PST by ItsOurTimeNow ("Hail Him who saved you by His grace, and crown Him Lord of All")
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