Comments on: Implications of Choosing a Local Church http://shepherdtheflock.com/2007/11/05/implications-of-choosing-a-local-church/ "Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you...” Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:52:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Gordan http://shepherdtheflock.com/2007/11/05/implications-of-choosing-a-local-church/#comment-1291 Gordan Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:54:59 +0000 http://shepherdtheflock.com/2007/11/05/implications-of-choosing-a-local-church/#comment-1291 Nathan, I must have looked like one of those Bobblehead dolls as I read this post, so constant was my nodding. I might have a hard time proving some of your bullet points by the Scripture, but I can testify that they have all been proven true in my own life, in my own church experience. You cannot remain untainted by pitching your tent with the wrong caravan. You may hold out for a long time. You may do a heroic job of keeping yourself from their idols, but it truly is a war of attrition: the longer it continues, the more certain your defeat. Nathan,

I must have looked like one of those Bobblehead dolls as I read this post, so constant was my nodding.

I might have a hard time proving some of your bullet points by the Scripture, but I can testify that they have all been proven true in my own life, in my own church experience.

You cannot remain untainted by pitching your tent with the wrong caravan. You may hold out for a long time. You may do a heroic job of keeping yourself from their idols, but it truly is a war of attrition: the longer it continues, the more certain your defeat.

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