A Shame?

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On Sat, 5 Sep 1998 07:45:57 -0400 brian_berger@JUNO.COM writes:

>>At the Church I was at before this, I was the High School level 
>Sunday School Teacher and I was shocked that none of the kids knew 
>much about their Bible.  At school, they silently smoldered when talk 
>of the theory of evolution came up.  Their Baptist friends would 
>always get  the last word in the Trinity discussions.
>
>Now you have stated a good idea, but the fact still remains that if 
>the Pastor did not want you to do something, you should be willing to 
>accept it. 

As a leader in the Church, agreed; we need to be in unity, but as a
saint, I privately question the Pastor at times.

>As for telling young people that if it is not in Scripture, 
>then don't accept it, well that is not a good idea at all. 

So that they'll be caught off guard by people of other faiths?  You
should have seen my little brother's faith get crushed when he started
repeating what he heard a faith preacher say at school.  That was the
last time he was serious in Church after the tongue lashing he got. 
(BTW, he was claiming that he could FLY; he just needed the faith; the
guys in PE had him on a bench trying to fly.)

>They need to be taught some respect for Pastorial authority, as there is
no 
>respect in the world today. 

They need to be taught the ULTIMATE authority lies in the Word of God and
EVERYTHING, regardless of origin has to line up with the Word, even the
Pastor.

>We grilled our Youth using the concept of  putting God on trial. 
>It was at the District level, and I wish we could have taken it 
>church to church to prompt them to search for more.

>Brian Berger 

Let me make sure I have this right:  You advocate putting GOD on trial
but not the local Pastor?

Am I missing something here?

Jerry Welch

www.geocities.com/Athens/Aegean/2810/

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