My wife and I have been real Christians since 1975, moved a lot, and been active in many churches.
We we’re going to a Congregational church and when we told the pastor he told us that we would get over it, so we left that church.
My wife now has a Dr of Divinity degree from a “conservative” college, helps victims of domestic violence, published articles about DV, and just finished writing a book on DV.
I have been on the board of 3 churches (Deacon) and treasurer of 4, — one went thru a big building program, and one replaced a pastor that had been there for 30 years because he retired.
Some of the pastors were great and some were self centered dictatorial control freeks.
About 4 years ago, I had enough and stopped going to church until last Sunday.
We went to two services - one in the AM and the other in the PM at different Methodist churches. Note: 2 of the 6 churches my wife and I attended were Methodist .
The morning service was at a Methodist Church. It was good because the pastor focused on - in his words - one of the fundamentals of Christian belief that cannot be disputed- The Virgin Birth.
The evening service was at a United Methodist Church and it was — fluffy — there was no substance. It was all about feeling good, doing good, and feeling bad for the Palestinians. They even mentioned climate change and probably would have gone ballistic if they knew I was carrying concealed.
I was surprised at the difference and have begun to understand that some churches are falling away from the fundamental truths.
The Bible is correct in saying that even the elect will be deceived in the end times.
We we’re going to a Congregational church and when we told the pastor he told us that we would get over it, so we left that church.
My wife now has a Dr of Divinity degree from a “conservative” college, helps victims of domestic violence, published articles about DV, and just finished writing a book on DV.
I have been on the board of 3 churches (Deacon) and treasurer of 4, — one went thru a big building program, and one replaced a pastor that had been there for 30 years because he retired.
Some of the pastors were great and some were self centered dictatorial control freeks.
About 4 years ago, I had enough and stopped going to church until last Sunday.
We went to two services - one in the AM and the other in the PM at different Methodist churches. Note: 2 of the 6 churches my wife and I attended were Methodist .
The morning service was at a Methodist Church. It was good because the pastor focused on - in his words - one of the fundamentals of Christian belief that cannot be disputed- The Virgin Birth.
The evening service was at a United Methodist Church and it was — fluffy — there was no substance. It was all about feeling good, doing good, and feeling bad for the Palestinians. They even mentioned climate change and probably would have gone ballistic if they knew I was carrying concealed.
I was surprised at the difference and have begun to understand that some churches are falling away from the fundamental truths.
The Bible is correct in saying that even the elect will be deceived in the end times.
