Featured Taking the doctrine of separation too far

I am sorry you so badly missed the point. The point was the WOTM "Churches."

 

Christian churches should, I believe, be united in Christ despite their differences. I believe this is evidenced in Scripture not only with the decision of the Jerusalem counsel regarding the Gentiles, but also with differences among the churches mentioned in the New Testament. They were different, but Christian. They were different and separate in that regard, but being so they did not withdraw from each other.

The question is not if Christian churches should separate from each other, they should not. The question is whether or not the churches in question are Christian.

 

Will Only Toast Mikes. They are a small but vocal group of people who idolize a man named Steve Wozniak (hence the nickname "Wozians") by standing on boxes at street corners and shouting at people. To date no one is quite sure what they are yelling, but it seems to have something to do with proprietary systems and not fearing the light. Anyway, the WOTM church, or the "Wovians", typically meet on Friday nights to watch the Steve Jobs movie and toast to his good health with a stout glass of Mikes Hard Lemonade.

It's reminiscent of a typical viking scene toasting fallen warriors....if you were to substitute the vikings with the cast of Glee and spike the fruit punch.

 

I think he said KJVonly church. By embracing "only", they have accepted a man-made standard as their authority and basis of corporate worship, damning all other man-made translations as somehow "wrong". What this leads to, almost every time - I cannot say 100% because someone would cite the 1 in 10,000 exception - leads to other man-made standards, extra-biblical positions, rules, etc that are lumped together as modern "legalism" (following man-made position to gain or keep salvation/acceptance with God).

The two go hand-in-glove. Many who PREFER the KJV (whichever one of those they think is best) lean toward legalism but I've known many of the KJVprefered who did not embrace all that nonsense. Go to the VERSIONS debate if you want to follow why KJVonly and legalism are most often mutually-held positions.

 

How far west? My son pastors out in Belvidere/Rockford at three churches (missionary) SBC kinda
Living Stones
Home

Much closer in is Grace Covenant (Baptist) Church in Elgin (more fundamental oriented, New Hampshire Confession)
Grace Covenant Church of Fox Valley / Welcome

Hope Reformed Baptist in Matteson (more covenant theology oriented)
Hope Reformed Baptist Church – Frankfort, IL

New Life in Vernon Hills (covenant, New Hampshire Baptist Confession)
New Life Fellowship Church

 

I wonder how many students at BJU are Southern Baptist?

 

Probably, more than one would assume.

 

The subject of conviction vs preference has come up.
Sometimes they overlap.
Lets take CCM - I prefer traditional music - those 7-11 songs drive me crazy.
Yet there are Hard core Fundies that preach CCM is from the pits of Hell.

So you might sit in on church and the pastor will insist that they do no use CCM because
of Doctrine. Yet, another church may not sing CCM simply out of preference.

NOTE: I am a Fundamentalist - but I do NOT align myself with the Hard Cores.

Aren't us Baptists a peculiar people?

 

TCassidy said: ↑
Kirk Cameron and Ray Comfort are Charismatic Arminians?

So, Evan - are you saying that being Charismatic is Biblical?

 

and how did you come to that conclusion?

 

Currently there are about 3,000 students at BJU. How many other students did you get to know very well, in the one year you were there.