tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1642118363500544837.post6249070940961648698..comments2023-12-04T06:21:24.925-05:00Comments on Simply, life.: sunday .Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02516500957750641895noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1642118363500544837.post-88668517365404698912011-03-13T20:48:04.956-04:002011-03-13T20:48:04.956-04:00Dear Greg,
I may not the be best representation of...Dear Greg,<br />I may not the be best representation of Baptist views, but I just want to try to explain why I feel we do what we do. What I learned was that accepting Jesus as your savior was the way to get to heaven. When you did that, you were sort of in the religion then. You still have to do the acts and follow Christ, but praying that prayer was how you became Christian. There is nothing too formal about it. Baptism was the public profession of your faith. You are showing everyone that you are a Christian when you do that. They bless the baptism, and the act is showing everyone watching that you are Christian and intend to follow Jesus sort of as a promise. That is simply my view on the whole thing. I respect yours and am simply trying to give you a different point of view. <br /><br />The money thing is something I agree on. I feel like New Spring preaches a lot on money, and Sea Coast is the same story most likely. They do preach on money a lot, but money is not a problem to me. Sure, I understand that is part of being generous. Money is not the only way to be generous, though. I don't think he needed to go on like he did about it. I like Cross Point because they preach more on other things. It is not all about the money. The super churches, to me, feel like they are trying to squeeze money out of you, and I don't think that's right. I understand they need to keep the church that size going with lots of money, but I want to hear a lesson from the pastor. I want to leave feeling like I understand what God wants from me and feel that I have a stronger bond with God. The pastor today said some things I liked about generosity, so I feel like I do have something to work on. I would have liked it if he had left some money talk out of it. <br /><br />I guess we'll see how I like Mass when I go up to Jersey. :D Can't wait!JViss.noreply@blogger.com