A couple of things, my Brother Dell… The community pressure you are under shows verily in your communication of sentiment for keeping the Church pure, which is the reason I signed up for your podcast here on Substack. Nevertheless, may ALL you do and say be to HIS glory. Forever and ever. Amen. The daily practice of gratitude and humility is key, in order to draw close to the Lord and demonstrate a changed life, daily counting our blessings and daily purifying with the bitterness of hyssop (God’s Word, prayer, fasting) to reveal our constantly errant paths. Finally, I am not reformed protestant. Like you, I grew up in the Episcopal Church USA and am schooled in it all the way through university. Therefore, I wish to convey that I believe God does not force our Salvation but offers it freely as our choice. It is my firm belief that reformed theology is a driver away from God’s Peace and hope, His loving fellowship in His body, His Bride; and I see the theological debates as a distraction away from holy prophecies which encourage and edify the Church and provide a sense of urgency in sharing the Gospel with the lost.
I wish you the best and have prayed for you to shed Light on the holy Word of God where you are in the dark North. May you all be protected from distractions of the devil. The Lord bless and keep you and your family in awe this Advent, Lk. 2:52, Ps. 19 all. Amen.
A couple of things, my Brother Dell… The community pressure you are under shows verily in your communication of sentiment for keeping the Church pure, which is the reason I signed up for your podcast here on Substack. Nevertheless, may ALL you do and say be to HIS glory. Forever and ever. Amen. The daily practice of gratitude and humility is key, in order to draw close to the Lord and demonstrate a changed life, daily counting our blessings and daily purifying with the bitterness of hyssop (God’s Word, prayer, fasting) to reveal our constantly errant paths. Finally, I am not reformed protestant. Like you, I grew up in the Episcopal Church USA and am schooled in it all the way through university. Therefore, I wish to convey that I believe God does not force our Salvation but offers it freely as our choice. It is my firm belief that reformed theology is a driver away from God’s Peace and hope, His loving fellowship in His body, His Bride; and I see the theological debates as a distraction away from holy prophecies which encourage and edify the Church and provide a sense of urgency in sharing the Gospel with the lost.
I wish you the best and have prayed for you to shed Light on the holy Word of God where you are in the dark North. May you all be protected from distractions of the devil. The Lord bless and keep you and your family in awe this Advent, Lk. 2:52, Ps. 19 all. Amen.