[P-Marlowe]

But I notice you stopped reading there. Had you kept going, you would have noticed he added: "and quit their former course of living"

That comes naturally with a confrontation with Christ, does it not?

As I said earlier - it's kind of hard to quit your former course of living when you're being enticed to come in BY it!

So friendly greetings, 20th century music and coffee and blue jeans are all exclusive to the world? So we should all give up coffee, friendliness, modern music and blue jeans if we come to Christ?

[ItsOurTimeNow]

>>That comes naturally with a confrontation with Christ, does it not?<<

So the church should just permit it and say, "Bah, what's the big deal? Christ will handle it!"

The whole church should be filled with people who have "quit their former course of living", and therefore not use such devices to lure people into the building.

>>So we should all give up coffee, friendliness, modern music and blue jeans if we come to Christ?<<

Ok - either you're being stubborn or intentionally ignorant. See my earlier posts on "Conditional Worship" and "Bait n' Switch" for the answer you seek.