Tonight pastor mentioned Fundamentalists Anonymous, a group started in the 1980's to assist people who were fleeing fundamentalist churches. I had never heard of this now defunct group. But in Prescott I saw a similar phenomenon happen.
The children of the first wave of converts who grew up in our church and who were affectionately called church kids all seemed to grow up and grow cold and left our church when they got out on their own. Pastor Mitchell tried a few things to help these kids and to minister to them and their families. We managed to save a few of them, but we lost far more than we kept.
Those Potter's House kids who made it are strong and steadfast to this day. Those church kids who left are angry and bitter and hateful to this day. It took years before I could have a simple conservation with my son after he left. He has grown up and I have mellowed out and we communicate now more than we have in a long time.
Some of you will remember You Might Be A Potters House Kid as something church kids had fun with for a short time. Some of you will remember Slam The Door, a place where former Fellowship folks could vent their anger. I began my first blog because I wanted something besides Slam the Door to come up if you Googled Potters House.
God wants us to be saved more than we want to be saved. The only way to lose with Christ is to quit.
God has no grandchildren is not just a film. It is how the Christian life is. It's personal. No one will be in Heaven who does not want to be there. Faith is first and foremost personal; it's you and Jesus with no other mediator. He is the mediator between God and man.
God wants you to be saved, but He will not violate your will. You have to repent and believe to be saved.
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