writes:
From what I gather this dialogue is in reference to the "Blab and Grab"
theology. Which I am making no judgements about what so ever. I am just
saying what I have witnessed and saying what the Bible says; That "we shall
judge them by thier works."
And if you sit down with a God fearing Christian Presbyterian (for example)
brother he will very likely tell you about those evil Pentecostals and their
"Holy Rolling". You have a problem with one concept of a group that you
don't prefer but not once has anyone made mention of the fact that those
"prosperity" churches (or name it/claim it or blab/grab) are full of true,
real, heaven bound Christians - who don't sit around and make fun of you and
your church. Great Christian attitude we're showing here - condemning an
entire group of people because their doctrine is different from ours - where
is the love we're supposed to be showing? Or is it just easier to codemn
them and claim they are wrong? Someone tied "properity theology" to being
sick. Someone else tied it to witnessing and discipling (or the lack of).
I've seen and heard in A/G churches that if you're sick you must be in sin.
That is wrong. I've also seen how little discipling the A/G has done over
the years - our focus has always been on evangelizing - only recently have we
really focused on keeping those we win. Sounds like one bad experience in
one church has caused an entire "hate" attitude. Baptist belive in eternal
security. How many of you would say that they are all going to hell for
that? It's different than what we believe so they must not be Christian
right? Many Baptists churches are full of evil people and have serious
problems - does that make them all bad? Guess what - many A/G churches are
the same way.
We're so full of cute little phrases to describe those we disagree with -
maybe we should fill ourselves with love sayings instead.
