tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12009297.post7136393605546948225..comments2023-11-02T02:58:53.594-07:00Comments on From the Pew: Expectations, Agenda, and Just Being A ChristianSteve Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10297044571819912511noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12009297.post-14945612663862725352012-08-19T08:00:06.619-07:002012-08-19T08:00:06.619-07:00"Is it OK to just be a Christian? I hope so...."Is it OK to just be a Christian? I hope so."<br /><br />Yes it is.<br /><br />Good stuff. Thank you.Steve Martinhttp://theoldadam.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12009297.post-32841125055397648762012-07-15T10:12:26.512-07:002012-07-15T10:12:26.512-07:00If you went to my former church, you'd be labe...If you went to my former church, you'd be labeled as divisive and might be shunned and on the Mark and Avoid list by now. <br /><br />I think you're just fine. We were not meant to be clones of our pastor/church, but individuals, amazingly and individually created by the Master.Julie Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03125322661578802590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12009297.post-65524713868653675262012-07-14T18:31:31.361-07:002012-07-14T18:31:31.361-07:00Anonymous,
Thanks for the comment. You have just...Anonymous,<br /><br />Thanks for the comment. You have just pointed out the folly of such a notion. Your examples are mutually exclusive. The same was true of the huge flap over the Harry Potter books some years back. I once attended a church where they were spending several years in Sunday School reading through Pilgrim's Progress.<br /><br />Maybe next time I see such an agenda I will have more wisdom and more determination to point it out.Steve Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10297044571819912511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12009297.post-89109420539617043512012-07-14T18:21:04.099-07:002012-07-14T18:21:04.099-07:00Arthur,
I'm OK with you being OK. But even i...Arthur,<br /><br />I'm OK with you being OK. But even if you aren't, you probably won't be going to hell just becuase of that. And I'm OK with that, too. ;)Steve Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10297044571819912511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12009297.post-33153744435363751542012-07-14T08:43:56.100-07:002012-07-14T08:43:56.100-07:00Often the pastor's preferences have become ess...Often the pastor's preferences have become essential practices in a church. One pastor loved the Narnia Chronicles and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. He regarded these books as allogories of how Christians should be warriors, so all his parishioners read these books. Another pastor considered the Narnia Chronicles as a bad example for children because the protagonists supposedly disobeyed their parents, so his parishioners did not read these books. This pastor also considered colonial reenactment as an essential part of Christianity. Every year his entire Congregation dresses in colonial costumes and reenactments Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech. I attended when it was free, but now he rents a large facility, invites Vision Forum speeches and charges families to attend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12009297.post-91139231718845660782012-07-14T07:04:17.646-07:002012-07-14T07:04:17.646-07:00It is OK with me!It is OK with me!Arthur Sidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848508095612688493noreply@blogger.com