The author sounds disappointed that his son has received Eternal Life. Apparently, all his years in church have failed to lead him to the saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
Oh, well. At least he got in some good cheap shots at us scary, menacing Baptists.
I think he wrote this piece with tongue in cheek somewhat. I don’t see anything in there that should offend a Baptist with a sense of humor.
I don't know about disappointed...he sound more bemused to me. Going to a church no more makes you a Christian than going to a garage makes you an automobile. Christianity, like "choice", is a verb.
I consider myself fairly literary and sophisticated, and I can't make out what this article is trying to say. Look at it one way, the author mocks a personal decision to follow Christ. Put another way, he seems to be presenting the view that his faith superiors would look at this attempt to kindle the Spirit in a youth as some kind of "cult programming". (Visit the webpage for the cartoon illustration of a small boy held upside down by a weightlifter.)
Seems to me that whatever means God wants to use to reach into the heart of a young man and tell him he needs to decide for himself if he wants to follow Jesus Christ would be viewed as a good thing. Well, based on the Biblical command to be "either cold or hot" in your Christian faith.