"But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry" - Jonah 4:1
If God would do what I want him to do, the world would be a lot worse off.
Jonah had a mission. He didn't want to do it. God made sure he did anyway, even if it meant causing Jonah to suffer. And yet God used him to bring the people of Ninevah to Himself.
OK! I'd like to change things up here a bit. I'm REALLY interested to hear folks take on this article by Dr. Frank Page.
Read the article and then leave your comments here (remember civility and Christlike decor) on the question: "Why do think that is?"
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Just how does he define a "Traditional Southern Baptist Church"?
I think a lot of the reason is because of the way the "Traditional" churches are working today. Bobby Welch made a comment that the reason that they did not meet their 1 million baptized was that they were not sowing enough seeds. These are the current SBC's. Here is that article.
http://www.biblicalrecorder.com/content/news/2007/04_18_2007/ne180407baptisms.shtml
Plus I think that more people are going non-denomiational, and are searching for deeper teaching of the word and doctrine and theology.
I know that is what I need, forget numbers and points to make my life better, give me the word which is 100% sufficient for my life and walk with Christ.
I would imagine he would define "traditional" as probably a Southern Baptist Church that is predominantly an older congregations with choirs and hymns as the order of the day.
What's interesting to me and I Brian hit it right on the head was that "music" per se is not what folks are hungry for at a church. And while it might be the "traditional" mindset of the church that gets nailed for decline, I think it has more to do with the "refuge" mindset of the church.
We are a refuge, a closed society, a tight knit group. That's probably the mindset of more of your "traditional" churches which just doesn't resonate with the 35 and younger crowd of today...
I think if he would define "Traditional" as historical, Biblical as maybe represented at the Founders site. He might be surprised at the number of students leaning that way.
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