thanks so much, excellent information!
sounds like your church was a little more grounded...she invited me to join their bible study and all of them claim sanctification and of being spirit filled,there seems to be this attitude among these women of being higher and above most "average" christians. much of the discussion is centered around thier carnal friends and spouses and how they must convict and confront them and expose them, kinda spooked me when one claimed to be a profit, eek.
yes i have noticed the rules about no smoking, drinking ect. my son has gone to youth group with her son and they told him no baggy pants, no jewelry, no music and no tv because they were sinful, he was very confused:(
i believe in christian liberty and i try to allow my son to make choices rahter than shelter him so much that once exposed to the world he has no idea how to make Godly decisions that will effect his life. while my friend and i believe in many of the same things, we do seem to butt heads quite a bit in other areas. thank you so much for your response post, its helped me to understand better:)
do you know which verse paul considers himself a carnal christian (is it where paul says he does what he does not want to do?)
thanks again