So they sang an overtly, completely blatant Trinitarian song at a major Oneness-church camp meeting, and people are wondering what the big deal is. This is awful. Just when I think I've heard it all.... Elder G. T. Haywood wrote some of our best-loved hymns. Have you ever noticed that the old AOG hymnbooks don't contain them? They also don't contain "The Water Way" or "All in Him". Naturally, they excluded them because they came out of the Oneness camp. Did you ever notice that the Trinitarians are not making changes in THEIR position to drift over toward OUR camp?
There has been a subtle trend in recent years to water down our doctrine, to "work for changes", and to try to play down the differences between Trinitarian and Oneness theology. If your view of the Godhead doesn't matter, then it also doesn't matter how you baptize...so the Apostolic plan of salvation isn't important anymore, either. Throw away standards of holiness while you're at it, too, just like they did. Next thing you know, we're all one big happy "church" where you can believe any way you want, be baptized any way you want, and nothing matters any more.
So where is this coming from? Of all of the many wonderful songs written and recorded in Apostolic Pentecost, why on earth would they take an overtly trinitarian song and perform it at a major Oneness camp meeting? I'm not making any accusations, but it does raise a question--does somebody have an agenda? Where are the elders? Who's minding the store? Just what WAS the spirit that Bro. Strange was sensing, and why aren't more people bothered by it? (I'm sure that this one song wasn't the only thing on his mind, but it might be indicative of a disturbing trend.)
Does anybody ever wonder how all of this affects the young people? They're going to grow up thinking, "what difference does it make? Trinity...Oneness...we're all saying the same thing, just using different ways to express it". Subtle, innocent-looking changes today snowball into major shifts tomorrow. Again, does it never occur to anyone that the trinitarians aren't emulating us and making subtle moves in OUR direction? THEY need what WE have...not the other way around. I'm deeply grieved.
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Originally Posted by stmatthew
Sad but true. It is sung at many UPCI churches.
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