Pastor's thots

The old dinosaur has a few problems responding to people who respond to my blog. Life and blogs are complicated. So here are some answers to questions asked: 1) are Oneness congregations Christians? This is a great question and is debatable.  To be a Christian there are some basic beliefs that are necessary to be “saved.” Such as virgin birth, sinless life, atoning death, bodily resurrection, ascension, soon return, and that Jesus is the Son of God. There may be a couple more. If Jesus is THE God, how can He be the Son of God? Second, Jesus taught us to pray “our Father,” If they deny the Father, how do they pray? If we don’t pray the way we were instructed, we are disobedient. If we are disobedient, then we aren’t children of God. Jesus talked to the Father and about His Father. These are important beliefs, so I would say they are a cult/non-Christian congregation.

The second question asked is about throwing washers. We line up children under 5, get three inch steel washers and throw them at them to see who can catch them before they get wacked. I can’t believe I put this in my blog. I’m testing to see who reads it. Actually, the game is called “washers.” It is an old man game of horseshoes. You have a five inch pipe or hole in the ground, stand back I think 15 feet, and throw a three inch steel washer at the hole. If it goes in the hole it’s three points, if it leans over the hole, it’s called a leaner and is worth two points. If it is within a washer distance (that’s three inches if you didn’t know, that is one point. Some people have too much money and buy the game in a box and you throw the washer at a pipe in the box. It’s easy and fun for people who can’t sling a horseshoe.

I am so thankful for the brain God gave us to come up with games, or is from the devil to distract us from doing our Father’s work? Food for thought.

 

BA (Brother Alan)

 

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Pastor Alan

We believe Sunday is the Lord’s day. We had a great day yesterday. We had four missionaries visit us and share their testimonies. We had them come forward for a special prayer of dedication. We have a great future with families like these going over the ocean to tell others about Jesus. We had a high attendance of 93. PTL! After church I went to the Chinese church to preach. They are so receptive and polite. I like preaching there. After that we had our annual church picnic at the beach. This was the best ever. 1) It was hot and the water was great. 2) Three of our six congregations went with us. 3) We baptized three people. 4) The fellowship was inspiring. We played volleyball, threw washers, threw horseshoes, played in the Kayak, ate a bunch, and laughed a lot. I am glad to be part of the family of God. Plan on next year being with us, you’ll be blessed.

Tired and worn out.

 

BA (Brother Alan)

 

www.fbcclairemont.org

 

 http://mypastorsthots.blogspot.com/

 

pastor's thots

DECEPTION: I’ve deceived myself into believing I can’t get to the dictionary to look up the definition. I was looking at the church across the street this morning. The sign reads community church. I thought it was an apostolic church. well, as usual I can’t let a sleeping dog lie so I walked across the street and asked them what kind of church they are in relationship to what they were. Not that I look for fights , but they tell me they are apostolic. I tell them they don’t say that. They didn’t realize that. DECEPTION. Okay there are two kinds of Apostolic churches. There are the ones identified with a Wales revival in the early 1900’s and there is the one that denies the Trinity, they are called Oneness. They are the Oneness. They tell me they believe in one God, his name is Jesus. DECEPTION.  What they really said was that I believe in three gods. Communication is difficult. We must use the right words and we must understand the message. They used the right words but they are not clear in their message. Do we ever get  like that? How about with our bumper stickers when we drive in an ungodly manner. Or how about when we claim to be part of the family of God but live like the other family? I hate to be deceived, I don’t want to be a deceiver. I want to walk the talk and talk the walk, how about you?

 

BA (Brother Alan)

 

www.fbcclairemont.org

 

 http://mypastorsthots.blogspot.com/

 

Pastor's thots

Do you ever get tired of reading the same thing over and over? I like to watch old movies. My wife will ask me often, ”How many times have you seen that?” I like watching them over and over. But I don’t like reading the same thing over again, much less writing the same thing over. But I can’t believe how fast the summer has gone and how long it’s been since I wrote my blog. I said that last time and I think the time before that. Why do I keep saying that? I guess because it’s true. You know what? I don’t mind reading the Bible over and over. Every time I read it I get something new out of it. I wish my articles were like that. I hope and pray you don’t get tired of reading God’s Word over again. I still can’t believe how long it’s been since I wrote. I will try to do better, I think I said that before.

Your repeating pastor Alan.

 

BA (Brother Alan)

 

www.fbcclairemont.org

 

 http://mypastorsthots.blogspot.com/