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Originally Posted by Jay
I hear so much of this that it makes me ill. It goes right in with the 'judge not' crowd. I have not heard 'pet sins' preached against in any one church. Many times if there is a single sin being preached against, there is good reason for it (sin in the pew). Many times the preacher is trying to reach a backslider in the pew before that person leaves the church entirerly. I have then heard other messages preached where no sin was named, but the mercy of God was preached, or any number of other topics. (I heard of a sinner who repented, was baptized in Jesus' name, and received the Holy Ghost after sitting through a 'dry' lesson on thithing.)
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I'm glad you haven't heard it.
The pastor of the church I was saved in...was saved after a business meeting that he accidentally stumbled into. lol
I will say, this post makes me feel kind of icky. Preaching from the pulpit, publicly, even if not calling the person out, just because the preacher knows there's sin in the pew sounds like somewhere I would not want to attend. But, that's a gut reaction thing. Is there Bible for this kind of approach? The only Bible having to do with dealing with sin among the Church (as in, already saved people) that I can recall says something about going to them privately, then with a few others...does it then go on to say make it public? I can't recall exactly how it reads. And..this is not a "make my point" kind of thing. I honestly want to know. Is there biblical precedence for publicly calling specific sin out like this?
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