Luke brought out that he finds a lot of really good resources to help him in his faith primarily within the reformed/ Calvinist teaching. This has been my experience too. In fact I have only used one Pentecostal resource to help me grow in my faith outside of my concordance. Which really concerns me. If we have so much truth why do I have to outsource all of my discipleship?
I’m from CA. I’ve lived in MD since ‘89 & am 57 yo. Grew up in a United Methodist Church in the Bay Area of CA that had an associate pastor who was a woman and with her (male) husband promoted the acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle. I don’t expect to see either of them or the pastor that I was raised under in that church in Heaven as I consider them now to be the false teachers that 2 Peter 2: warns people about. I go to a very strict (at least by my native CA raised opinion) non-denominational church in Baltimore that has affiliated churches throughout New England (whence its leaders [and a lot of its Baltimore members] hail from), in Europe, Africa, India, and (even) in China. They don’t really work with other churches unless they can do so in a lead role. They can be very smothering, dominating, and even controlling. But don’t no-one ever try to tell them so. (Proverbs 9:7-9) I met Berean Holiness via Naomi Wright’s BeEmboldened ministry when Natalie Edmondson was interviewed by her. I appreciate this TH-cam video because of its focus on working with (not taking over or trying to take over) other churches in ministry settings. I really like Nathan Mayo’s comments on the necessity of fellowship with believers in other denominations to prevent ourselves from growing in arrogance (which is so easy to do when you can command [“lead”] other Christians and is so evident to those not in a command and control position.)
We need more of these podcast for those recovering from hyper-fundamentalism! Keep them coming!
Luke brought out that he finds a lot of really good resources to help him in his faith primarily within the reformed/ Calvinist teaching. This has been my experience too. In fact I have only used one Pentecostal resource to help me grow in my faith outside of my concordance.
Which really concerns me. If we have so much truth why do I have to outsource all of my discipleship?
My wife wisely stated that everyone agrees that there are non-essentials that we don't have to agree on. But nobody can agree on what those are!
I’m from CA. I’ve lived in MD since ‘89 & am 57 yo.
Grew up in a United Methodist Church in the Bay Area of CA that had an associate pastor who was a woman and with her (male) husband promoted the acceptance of the homosexual lifestyle.
I don’t expect to see either of them or the pastor that I was raised under in that church in Heaven as I consider them now to be the false teachers that 2 Peter 2: warns people about.
I go to a very strict (at least by my native CA raised opinion) non-denominational church in Baltimore that has affiliated churches throughout New England (whence its leaders [and a lot of its Baltimore members] hail from), in Europe, Africa, India, and (even) in China.
They don’t really work with other churches unless they can do so in a lead role.
They can be very smothering, dominating, and even controlling.
But don’t no-one ever try to tell them so. (Proverbs 9:7-9)
I met Berean Holiness via Naomi Wright’s BeEmboldened ministry when Natalie Edmondson was interviewed by her.
I appreciate this TH-cam video because of its focus on working with (not taking over or trying to take over) other churches in ministry settings.
I really like Nathan Mayo’s comments on the necessity of fellowship with believers in other denominations to prevent ourselves from growing in arrogance (which is so easy to do when you can command [“lead”] other Christians and is so evident to those not in a command and control position.)