1. Honest question: Who soured those "free and joyous new Christians"?
2. Honest question: What exactly is a "free" Christian? I am a joyous one but I don't get the sense of "freedom." I was a Christian from Baptism so never knew what it was to NOT be a Christian. I have always loved my faith, though still a sinner of course, and never DIDN'T love it.
I strained, sometimes, at the shibboleths that I (and many others) thought outdated (i.e. no meat on Fridays) but I always followed them. Lol. They DID make me stronger and WERE good for me but I didn't see/understand that until I was much older. Duh.
3. It's my opinion (OPINION) that people who are solid in their faith can't be turned into sour, negative and judgmental Christians.
Am I wrong with number three?
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God bless you and yours.