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To: PROLIFE who wrote (20977)	10/8/1998 12:55:00 AM
From: Jamey	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 39621

Dan, I thank God and you for composing a post that speaks from the heart and soul of your being. Honesty of thought is the purity of heart that Jesus speaks about in the Beatitudes. I wish we could all(very definitely including me) talk and act using the Holy Spirit as our guide in all matters. I really want to stress how good you made me feel this day. Dan, I was raised in and Assembly of God and later, after I was married, joined a Souther Baptist church and was baptised(by immersion.) I have investigated also the the Charismatic movement, Seven Day Adventist and the Berean faith that I now consider myself a part of. I gave my life sincerely to Jesus when I was 13 but the peer pressures soon had me smoking and drinking and so on. I totally mis-understood what I had to do as a Christian. Many, many times I prayed and even became angry with God because I thought that being saved would protect me and change me where I would have no temptations to deal with. The rigors of making wrong choices as a prodigal son soon finally put me on the rocks and I began searching in 1980. It has been a growing up process and today I always turn to the Lord's Holy Word rather than the advise and traditions of men. I will have it no other way because I do not want to ever lose the trust and dependence that I now have in God. Thank you so much(again) for sharing and telling me about your Church. I love Acapello also. Have a good day in Christ. Santiago

To: PROLIFE who wrote (20977)	10/8/1998 2:18:00 AM
From: Barnabus	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 39621

Interesting post, DCF. You sound more "open" than the Church of Christ folk I know. They have been so sectarian that they consider non COC people as non-Christians. I had an earnest young man once try to "convert" me. A lady I had led to Christ once was "converted" by these COC people in that they rebaptized her, telling her that she would be lost otherwise. This lady was a fine lady, but basically still spiritually illiterate. Did you know that Ken Starr's dad was a COC minister, and very "legalistic." Ken Starr attends an Independent Church, a great Bible-teaching church. So---he survived the COC---and realized that there were other churches in the world proclaiming the gospel. Have a phenomenal day. OMB