I guess this is some more insight into me?...its late

[fromredtowhite]

I don't think I want to go into ministry.....I know I want to study theology but man...I look at Christianity today and know what it could be and can't stand the thought of me preaching

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[burmy32]

here's my problem with "christianity" today, especially what i have found (no offense to anyone) in non-denominational churches. all they want to preach is the gospel. i feel like it is becoming some free loving thing that is always so much fun etc. or at least that's the way it is being presented. and unfortunately, there is law. and law that needs to be talked about. it's not one huge love fest all the time. and while i agree preaching about that is also important, i almost think it is the easy way out.

*don't know if that really had to do with what you were writing, but it was the first thing that popped into my hear! = )

[fromredtowhite]

your right they should be talking about the law...but not the way most of us view it

[burmy32]

i personally think that the reason we see so many people who "believe in god but don't live a life pleasing to him" is because of the free love approach. we don't emphasize the fact that guess what, we are sinners. sinners that really do deserve hell. by just teaching that jesus loves you, many people do not feel the need to change their lifestyle. there is a difference between judging people who do something "bad" and letting them know that it why it is wrong and against god's word

[fromredtowhite]

Key word there being sometimes. First off all what good is knowing we are going against God's word without knowing why that is a bad thing...knowing that it is a God who went to the limits forus.

and the gosple message does have hell in it, the gosple is we deserve hell but Jesus saved us...but people who do what you say you want to do, screw it up and forget the whole Jesus saved us part.

I just think the "grandpa God" is the lesser of two evils and the only "affective" church has a healthy balance. It is a hard task to be a pastor they have to know when it is appropriate to talk about hell and how to actually say that so we can't come down to hard on people who are too hard or too light as we see it.

[burmy32]

i actually think we are both saying the same thing, just arguing the two opposite ends, yet agreeing that a healthy balance of the two is what makes a church work. obviously different things work for different people, which is why people find their own church to go to. if one church or style worked for everyone, there would be no controversy. how ever people can be spiritually fed is good. some of us are just fed in different ways, and ultimately it is up to the church goer to decide what helps them and not the job of the pastor to accomodate everyone

[fromredtowhite]

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