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Originally Posted by deltaguitar
I think it is more than that. It is the slight up hand and trying to please the old guard and making light of their beliefs that is upsetting.
The problem is that pentecosalism is dying out and the young folks coming up are not going to be interested in trying to mesh the old with the new and things like this will keep happening. The Oneness pentecostal world is so small that very few of the young people coming out of seminaries will be able to relate with the subcultures of OP.
Why can't the pastor just come out and say, look, this is what we were and we are still sensitive to the beliefs of Oneness Pentecostals, but over time we have decided that we do not subscribe to those beliefs anymore and it that we do not want to be at odds with the rest of the christian world.
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Deltaguitar, I believe you are as OFF-BASE as you can be! If you could have heard our 18 yr old grandson preach a couple of Sundays ago, you would see what I am speaking about. There are still people who have never departed from what they received when they first believed. It was precious when it came and it is even more precious 53 yrs later. I was 18 yrs old when HE found me and as the years have passee as we walked together, our relationship had just become more precious.
Three generations of my husband and my marriage are following us and they are not confused. Landon preached about the woman at Jacob's well. His title was "Your Own Well Experience". An older couple that had been visited our church after not having gone to church for a long time, came and prayed back through (their words) after the sermon. Great renewal service.
If you have never received the Holy Ghost, speaking with tongues, as the SPIRIT gives THE UTTERANCE, as you have claimed, your are not a source I would want to follow. I mean no offence, Deltaguitar. You are cheating yourself and those who follow you. When the blind lead the blind, they both fall in the ditch.
Some follow men while others follow GOD! Falla39