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To: Gamecock
"I explained that this struggle for relevance was vexing as we did not want to become ostracized by a world that needs Christ."

This troubles me. If you don't want to be "ostracized by the world" then you really don't want to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Jesus told us the world would reject the Gospel and would hate Christians as it hated him. Paul says the Gospel is "foolishness" to the world and that a person trying to live a righteous life in Jesus Christ would be (not "may be" but "world be") persecuted. Being ostracized and hated by the world is the mark of a solid Christian. If you want to be loved by the world and not ostracized by the world then you have no business being a Christian "pastor".

11 posted on 10/23/2014 7:29:19 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: circlecity

It seems obvious to me that he doesn’t want a lost soul to stay away if they are of good will to try to learn about the saving grace of Jesus Christ, so he is seemingly tip toeing in using gentle words but not in beliefs. You can’t convert a soul unless you bring him into the building, men of good will to listen.

That’s my take from what I read here.


13 posted on 10/23/2014 7:47:21 AM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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