Family of God: Re: [Church_of_Christ] Re: Are we misunderstanding the scriptures?

Kent said......As one who has pretty much had an identical experience to Beth's in most every church of Christ of which I've been a part (with a few rare exceptions that sometimes would not be accepted as "true churches" by many in the non-exceptions group),

Beth: Kent, this is soooooooooooooo true. And those who are still into doing ritualistic worship will not admit that they don't accept those of us who have, at least saw the "Partial" light of freedon in Christ. I have found quite a few people on these lists that have voiced that they are ignorant to the fact that the church of Christ has had a really "BAD" reputation for preaching that we were the only ones going to heaven. I wish I could have found a congregation all those years who didn't preach it...I'm sure I would have been much better off spiritually.

Kent: I can state that my experiences have not been "bitter". They've just been empty.

Beth: Exactly...empty is a perfect word to describe what I have experienced for 40 some years.

Kent: As Beth says, they've been "ritualistic". The ritual she describes is pretty much spot-on for the average "Sign-Out-Front" Church of Christ of which I've ever attended.

Beth: Thank you! :-)

Kent: I, too, doubt that this kind of "worship" is what was known by the assemblies in the first century. I suspect that if the apostle Paul were to walk into the meeting house with me tomorrow morning, he'd scarce recognize what was going on.

Beth: And a big AMEN to that.

Thank you so much for this post. You expressed what I would like to have expressed myself.

Beth

--  Kent West                           <")))>< Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com

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