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Re: A word to Millennials in the church
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Originally Posted by Originalist
Everyone knows that I am the timid type who rarely says what is on his mind (seriously, I used to be that way!).
Today I have a reproof/rebuke for the "milenials" who seemed to have somehow wrestled the helm of the church away from wise elders.
I view the many elders God placed in my life with reverence and awe. I fight hard to emulate them, and to teach others what they taught me . But I must say you millenials have one of the worst attitudes I've ever seen in regards to the pioneers in the church that came before you. You let them subtly know, "You had your turn. It's our turn now. We're smarter than you, more educated than you, and we know how to bring "progress" to the church. There's nothing you can teach us. There's little to be learned from you. In fact, you embarrass us".
Of course, there are exceptions. But , in general, you guys need to repent.
Thank you.
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Your post sounds like the usual psychological manipulation used to keep people from questioning or changing anything. I think one should respect "pioneers" but not be a slave to their thoughts or methods. Our commitment is to the bible and God, not to any man's particular take on it.
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"I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
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