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P.S. I've witnessed a great deal of pride and even meanness in churches that use the labels and phrases I mentioned previously, but if one is believing and obeying the fundamentals and attends a bible-believing and obeying church, one should becoming more humble and polite as a result. I struggle with these things myself, but don't think I can learn to overcome them from men filled with pride who don't seem to know it. So I avoid them, although sometimes I'll visit for a while to see if there might be a way I can help them "see" their folly and how it's destroying their church and families. But pride is hard to see in ourselves (which includes me) and usually gets in the way and nothing much changes. We are often a sad lot indeed.
Pastor Brandenburg, in chapel i am happy and joyful to hear the news you preach of Christ… you have taught me to live the Christian life throughout all these years.Im not the guy who stares at the floor during preaching or gets into a stare down with anyone or anything.
Pastor, you are a great pastor and a great history teacher..I am glad and thankful to Christ to meet such a Spiritual person like you. You are a great man full of Wisdom and understanding in favor with man and God.. Your a really cool Pastor and you have a good character in life. You are funny but,serious at the same time.
I thank God for you, and for your ministry in the church.I now understand the truth of Jesus Christ and how He wants us to live a certain way.. I Could'nt of got saved without Christ in my life..You have really good preaching and you are the best preacher ive known so far.
Sincerely,
Deondre Waltenberger
Thanks Deondre. I'm thankful for you too. Keep on keeping on.
I will pastor,because Christ created us to worship Him.. and only Him…
I saw you posted my P.S. but not the original post, so I've included it again here in case it didn't make it through cyberspace the first time. If you did get it and chose not to post it, that is fine, but wasn't sure since the P.S. might not make sense since it refers to other comments I made. Here it is:
"I like your article, but it's the phrase "Bible-believing Baptist church" you used at the end that got me thinking the most. We often use that phrase but I've tended to use "Bible-believing, Bible obeying church" since a lot of those who claim to be "Bible-believing" don't seem to obey much of what they believe. But I'm tending to not even want to use any of the phrases since most Christians would say they are "Bible-believing" and "Bible-obeying." In other words, it's relative to what each person believes. It's similar for use of the word "Fundamentalist;" a great many Christians think they are believing and obeying the fundamentals when viewed from their own perspective, and so will often consider anyone who calls themselves a "fundamentalist" or calls their church a "Bible-believing church" as being arrogant. So use of all these phrases and words sometimes seems pointless and why I tend to avoid their use."
Perhaps I didn't write that in the most humble or polite manner possible (or even in a manner that made much sense), but that's what I wrote.
Sorry Scott,
I don't know if it was the worldwide web, google, blogger, or me who swallowed you comment. I don't moderate comments in general, only on rare occasion, so infrequently as to say that I never do it, even if and especially if it is against what I've written. Again, sorry.