What the Pete!

[IainH]

Lutherans are notoriously anti-Zionist, not rabid patriots, and reject Decision Theology. We happen to overlap enough for it to show up on a shallow quiz like that. You'd need to see how they evaluate the choices on the quiz to know for sure.

The preacher in question is locked into a ritual practice for the altar call. He'd probably vociferously deny such a thing, but the huge social pressure between clergymen and other church leaders is enough to make them feel compelled to offer such a traditional evangelical altar call regardless of what the Scripture actually says.

There were ten questions, multiple choice, I answered what was closest. I regarded it as an amusing exercise rather than anything serious. When it comes to western theology, I tend towards reformed but, when it comes down to it what I have is what we classify as emphatically non-western.

So, given how non-rigorous the questioning was, it was pretty accurate then?

I've known a few Christians who really got into the denomination game. Not in the sense of church hopping, but being a collector, even curator, of denominations, and they would draw lots of barriers between themselves and people of other denominations. Barriers that really they only created in their heads. It's a weird way to try to gain a form of control of something really slipper

Sort of but to get closer to the truth will require another one of my novellas, sorry dude but here goes. I wasn't raised in church so, beginning in July 1987 when God started dragging me out of the mire. I had no idea that "christians" were so divided . The first church I was invited to was an independent Charismatic group. I quite enjoyed their lively worship but, two things made me leave: first their obsession with "thebaptismoftheholyghostwiththeinitialevidenceofspeakingintongues" said so fast it was like one word and their insistence that everyone look, act and talk that same. At the time I was living in SoCal. After I returned to NC, I went back to my sex,drugs and rock n roll lifestyle. That became mainly booze and dope, I hit bottom and admitted  myself o a Christian rehab run by Baptists, I was there for four months. I attended a few different Baptist Churches, through people I knew, also my Grandparents Wesleyan Church. I went to an Easter musical at one of the largest churches in the county, Lenoir Community Church (LCC) while I was in rehab and decided to give them a whirl. Understand, when I entered rehab I had absolutely nothing and no one, my outrageous boorishness while drinking had alienated everyone but my cousin Chuck, whose wife drove me to rehab. I had to start over from scratch. I found a job, a room to rent and started saving for a car. The folks at LLC were very welcoming and kind whereas other places not so much, like I had just stood in a dog turd.The church was non-denominational, the pastors background was Advent Christian Conference, I was studying all kinds of different denominational doctrines. How can I forget! I met wife there. I was not looking for a relationship because I had only been involved with "hoes"  mostly damaged goods with serious issues. Michelle  on the other hand was a nice girl from a good family, modest, moral and unblemished by man. Believing we could do no better we had a two preacher wedding June 5th 1993, almost twenty five years and two kids later we still fight everyday because we both have to have the last word. That was a lot but, necessary context for the fact I do not hold with any set of denominational doctrines of men. As far as reformed theology goes I believe in scripture alone and in Eph2:8-9 that salvation is a gift of God and not a decision. Baptist, full immersion, ACC, in this universe "the dead know not anything " Ecclesiastes 9:5. The Chrarismatics, I believe the gifts of the spirit can still work but, is choked by western ignorance of how they work, they exchange the Glory of God for the glory of men.
Amen.