Originally Posted by ChTatum

I am NOT espousing this as doctrine, it just came to my mind as I read your post.....

There was a period of silence before the first coming of Christ......

Elder Strange,
I am tired of the emotionalism that proclaims "WE HAD CHURCH TONIGHT!"


I have been in many services where God moved mightily and no one shouted, ran, or danced in the Spirit. But the altars were full of those crying and seeking God.

In talking with a sister this past week, she told of one church she had attended where people, especially young people, would shout so that people would STOP praying for them, dragging them to the altar, and shaking them mercilessly, pushing their heads back, screaming "let go" in one ear and "hang on" in the other. They shouted for self-preservation, not because they felt anything from God.

And competitive holiness marches on.....