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Re: The Wizard Behind the Curtain
Algae, I apologize for not answering your question about my kids and church. Somehow I missed it.
I have been patient with my child who is not attending church. The reason I am concerned is that I believe in the scripture I pointed out to you. I believe pastors, teachers, evangelists, etc are all in our lives for the reasons pointed out in Ephesians.
Why would I not be concerned about someone who shuns some of the key inputs the Bible says are there to develop us as Christians?
Plus it is not like he is having home church or is praying or studying the world like he should. The funny thing is that of all of my kids he is the one I never thought would go through this phase. There was a period of time I felt deep down that he might even enter the ministry.
I believe there is a spirit of rebellion and narcicissm operating in the world today in a great way. Particularly among young people. The spirit of the age is to adapt everything to fit yourself. What makes you comfortable. Truths or processes that are uncomfortable are avoided. I believe that is a dangerous state to be in.
I don't want my kids to have escaped the legalism of my religous upbringing to only go to the other extreme where organized religon is shunned.
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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"
Last edited by CC1; 09-06-2010 at 04:08 PM.
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