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Originally Posted by Coonskinner
I have never, ever had a saint try to control what I preach in the church where I pastor. Not even one time.
I have had several folks from local charismatic churches visit us, and after a few services, tell me how they loved my preaching, how the anointing they feel here is unlike anything they have ever experienced in their church, etc.
Then they give me the line about how if I would just back off on a few of those, "you know, outward things you believe..." that I would soon empty every charismatic church in town.
I have had the same speech from a number of different ones...lol
I just laugh and tell them to connect the dots.
Our doctrine and separation is what makes us different than what they are used to. If we became like them, the thing that originally appealed to them would be gone.
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Amen, I like your style! My dad was a home missionary and they would tell him the same thing, "ya know if you let down on certain standards, your church would get large in a hurry" I am glad for men like him.