http://www.provokeblog.org/?p=1712 to cause a response; to irritate; to agitate; to stimulate Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:58:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.provokeblog.org/?p=1712&cpage=1#comment-23327 Dr John King Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:16:49 +0000 http://www.provokeblog.org/?p=1712#comment-23327 over the next 8 weeks I am putting up a series of articles on what i believe and what i don't believe, you may find them interesting. over the next 8 weeks I am putting up a series of articles on what i believe and what i don’t believe, you may find them interesting.

]]> http://www.provokeblog.org/?p=1712&cpage=1#comment-23326 Horned Frog Girl Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:00:29 +0000 http://www.provokeblog.org/?p=1712#comment-23326 Having grown up Lutheran, I always just thought that if you said you were Christian, then you were saved. End of story. After that, it was just about being a "good person." They didn't even teach us much evangelism, just service projects!! Privilege? (of course... I ALSO thought that you could pick and chose what to believe out of the Bible and the rest was something like a moral-teaching fairy tale... sheesh!!) I remember my Catholic gradeschool friends bragging that THEY were Catholic and made me feel left out of some sort of club. Presumption? I guess that even as a child I realized that there was something not quite right about peoples' idea of assurance.. I feel like that's why it's so important to thoroughly explain this stuff to kids!!! They'll believe whatever their parents and sunday school teachers tell them and not seek out the answers for themselves.. Having grown up Lutheran, I always just thought that if you said you were Christian, then you were saved. End of story. After that, it was just about being a “good person.” They didn’t even teach us much evangelism, just service projects!! Privilege? (of course… I ALSO thought that you could pick and chose what to believe out of the Bible and the rest was something like a moral-teaching fairy tale… sheesh!!)
I remember my Catholic gradeschool friends bragging that THEY were Catholic and made me feel left out of some sort of club. Presumption? I guess that even as a child I realized that there was something not quite right about peoples’ idea of assurance..
I feel like that’s why it’s so important to thoroughly explain this stuff to kids!!! They’ll believe whatever their parents and sunday school teachers tell them and not seek out the answers for themselves..

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