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Janet klumb's avatar

I agree that we should be open to different ways of worship. I grew up in the traditional Episcopal church but since then, I was mentored and loved by an older couple who believed you must speak in tongues to be saved. I never did but they loved me with the most Christlike love . Our family ended up after a loss of job move to Texas attending a small Calvinistic Bible church where actually we did learn the most of Jesus as our Lord and Savior. Our sons then attended a Missouri Synod Lutheran church school which was conservative - kind of in between the Bible church and Protestant .

Finally I got a counseling degree from a Dallas Seminary linked college . We then spent some years at a large non denominational church because it stood strong against the tide of government control and woke culture.

In every church and style of worship, we met faithful saved believers who I may or may not have agreed with their doctrine but certainly I learned from their faith walk. I believe God led us to change at the right times so we would not become tower builders in our own doctrines like the Tower of Babel. I especially have witnessed my prodigal son as he has returned to the Lord try to incorporate his Episcopal/ Lutheran/ Bible church upbringing into personal beliefs that give him strength and confidence in his walk with the Lord.

The bottom line to me is the thief on the Cross next to Jesus. He believed that Jesus was who he claimed and he was saved.

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Helenka Stone's avatar

Thank you for this, Sara. I always enjoy reading your writing - whether in books, on Substack or on Instagram - but this was especially thought-provoking and convicting.

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