You are absolutely right on this one. I know we disagree on some things, but I am glad for your input. You do really think about things and wrestle with them. Sorry if I'm coming off as badgering. Having gone through what I went through at the hands of a just mildly purpose driven pastor, I have to say I'm a little passionate about the issue. But it's not the only issue attacking the church (as I see it). Just the most popular, right now.
So it's kinda personal with you, huh?
Did you submit to the authority of your pastor? When you found out that you could not submit to the authority of your pastor, did you sew dissention or did you leave?
My pastor has chosen some paths that I have thought were wrong headed and questionable. Yet it is not my place to sew dissention. It turns out that most of the stupid things he has done have been pretty smart after all.
Your pastor chose to lead you down a different path than you wished to go. But he was the pastor. Your choice was to leave the flock or follow the shepherd. I suspect you chose to leave. Well, I suspect that you have a new pastor now and that you are happy with him and that you are following him. So why do you continue to sew dissention in the flock you left?
"Having gone through what I went through at the hands of a just mildly purpose driven pastor, I have to say I'm a little passionate about the issue."
Are you and your husband still involved in the worship service at your church?