December 14, 2008
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Well, according to the original schedule, the church I'm going to is finished with its study over Armageddon any day now.
But we're not. The most recent schedule promises that Armageddon will go on through February. I'm dying inside, just a little bit... Not a pleasant feeling. And what's worse, I feel like a sneak and a blackguard when I admit or suggest that something's not right here. I feel like a sneak and a blackguard right now. I've tried to post for the last month on the subject, but I chicken out each time. (At least, I think it's chicken outing. Chickening out. Whatever.)
This is the third week of studying different ideas about the rapture, and we haven't even talked about whatever position the pastor thinks is right, just the "wrong ones".
Now I'm debating inside of myself (because I know that I've been a rebel for so long, and old habits are hard to keep killing) whether I'm just rebelling against the preaching of this subject at all, or if there's something deeper that I'm pulling back from. I want to say that it's the latter; I want to say that if a preacher isn't preaching the Truth, he shouldn't be paid (1 Corinthians 9:14). I want to say that if somebody isn't teaching the Truth, that I shouldn't be sticking around (1 Timothy 6:3). But I also want to say (sometimes) that the moon is a great grin on the sky. What I want to say sometimes is just a pretty little story.
In any case, my stomach isn't at peace right now. I want to know what to do.
Comments (2)
Wow! That stuff is STILL going on! I'd be out there by now... I guess all you can do is find the Truth yourself....
Have you tried pulling him aside & addressing the particular issue of spending so much time on "false" theories?
Though he should doubtless finish all of Revelation in a couple more Sundays, it might be easier for him to be reminded that he shouldn't spend so much time on falsehoods. THEN if he acts like you're out of place for approaching him about it, instead of accepting it as a valid point of view, it might be time to consider finding a church with a more godly pastor.
I didn't say that too clearly, but I think you get the gist of it. Try to bend him straighter, not totally redirect his precious series. I'd better shuttup now...
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