Some of my thoughts and ramblings

Over the past few days I have been sharing my concerns about how a leader in The Salvation Army here in New Zealand could preach twice in 1 day in a manner which was more representative of a cult rather than a Christian church.  Not only that, but I had also posted some emails which I had sent through person who is basically the top guy (for want of a better term) in The Salvation Army here in New Zealand.

I was rather disheartened by the lack of concern which seemed to be apparent.  Not only that, but the inability for people to see the issues as they were so involved in the hype.  My emails where in not meant to be aimed at one particular person, rather at a generalization from observations which I have made in recent years.

Today, I woke up wondering if I had done the right thing or not.  I wondered if I would get some sort of an uncomfortable attitude from one or two people at church.  But to my surprised we had a message which talked about Jesus most of the time and which was biblically based!  I had a few people look at me for my reaction, who I showed my approval by a simple, but discrete ‘thumbs up’.

At the end of the service there were people who went up to the front of the church to make some sort of a commitment as I believe that the word of God (the bible) and the Holy Spirit must have challenged them.  In fact, I know this was the case as I was also challenged by many of the points.

So, on reflection of how I felt before church today, well, I would have to say that I believe that this may have been the right thing to blog about.  It may be that our Salvation Officer knows nothing about this (which is unlikely), but if he did, then my comments were well worth while.

I hope that others will also read my comments and that perhaps it would disturb them enough to take stock of what they are preaching about and who it is drawing attention to.  It should not be about The Salvation Army, it should always be about Jesus!

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