Common Saint

As a disclaimer I must note that my previous post is not directed toward anyone within my new chuch body at Cornerstone. I love the freedom and acceptance of our church family there. It is a great place to worship and I would not anyone reading my prior post to get that incorrect impression. Rather, my comments are reserved in regard to observations made of several I have become acqainted with since leaving FBC. May the Lord bring us all into the unity of Christ!

I seems I had forgotten how diverse people's belief systems are while ministering within the confines of my previous home church. Being from First Baptist really influenced my interaction, or better said, others interaction with me. Folks just put on a different face once they knew where I went and the "brand" of the church. I don't see that quite as much now. I thought maybe it was due to something that I had heard once, that is, that the "Baptist" were very judgmental of both the unchurched and those belonging to other denominations. However, it has been my recent experience to find just the opposite to be true. In the course of the past months, I have seen and heard much aninmosity and unfair judgment on the part of ministers and parshioners from other brands regarding Baptist (of which I consider myself to be one doctrinally). For the record, those who subscribe to "no brand" are a "brand" by definition. With that said, I just wanted...

I was doing some pilfering through the net today and came across this quote by John Piper that blew me away. I am looking foward to your comments on this one! " Missions exists because worship doesn't." Evangelism and Missions by Ron Blue