The man’s accent and jovial demeanor is the gift that makes room for him. Ya just have to believe him, but a whole denomination based on one type of fishing? I dunno. I do agree though that the American church knows little to nothing of holiness. It’s something I wrestle with. Or against as God sees it.
lol Anecdotage. Good one! Hey- that’s a real word.
He’s exactly right about the importance of repentance and the lack of it nowadays. My super-spiritual-street-witnessing-CC-missionary brother does not preach repentance. Just believe. God will sort it out later. That’s why he has such a high rate of response. Maybe he didn’t need to turn around or agree with God about his sin when he came to Christ, but I can’t imagine following Christ without repentance. Is there surrender without it? I did it once for all time when I became a believer and I do it as a matter of continual self reflection and in response to the nudging of the Holy Spirit. And yet…
YIKES! Chuck Smith spoke at the 1989 Keswick Convention. What do I do with that?
Home, home in the church
where the dear ol’ saints never search
And never is heard of a holiness word
about ‘awe and reverence’ all day.
As long as there is freedom of ignorance there will be tolerance of the intolerable. This begs a question- should church discipline be public? If someone is under church discipline should the congregation be informed?
The man’s accent and jovial demeanor is the gift that makes room for him. Ya just have to believe him, but a whole denomination based on one type of fishing? I dunno. I do agree though that the American church knows little to nothing of holiness. It’s something I wrestle with. Or against as God sees it.
lol Anecdotage. Good one! Hey- that’s a real word.
He’s exactly right about the importance of repentance and the lack of it nowadays. My super-spiritual-street-witnessing-CC-missionary brother does not preach repentance. Just believe. God will sort it out later. That’s why he has such a high rate of response. Maybe he didn’t need to turn around or agree with God about his sin when he came to Christ, but I can’t imagine following Christ without repentance. Is there surrender without it? I did it once for all time when I became a believer and I do it as a matter of continual self reflection and in response to the nudging of the Holy Spirit. And yet…
YIKES! Chuck Smith spoke at the 1989 Keswick Convention. What do I do with that?
Home, home in the church
where the dear ol’ saints never search
And never is heard of a holiness word
about ‘awe and reverence’ all day.
As long as there is freedom of ignorance there will be tolerance of the intolerable. This begs a question- should church discipline be public? If someone is under church discipline should the congregation be informed?