I was working out beside Wonder Woman at the Y last week. This woman looked like she was 8.5 mos. pregnant, was working out on an elliptical machine so hard her face was red, was talking on the phone, and reading a magazine all at the same time.
I heard her tell her friend that she was so excited that over 400 people "got saved" at her church last Sunday. I had not heard that phrase in several months, and it took me completely aback. I have heard that someone "got saved" hundreds of times in my life, but this time the audacity and presumption of the phrase hit me like a frozen water balloon upside the head.
How does this woman know that some of these people weren't reacting to an emotional altar call? How does she know the one's who went in faith will last more than two weeks? I had friends in high school that made Young Life commitments to Christ and they lasted about that long.
I am trying not to slam megachurches, but I am struggling with these altar calls where over twice the number of people are "saved" as attend my church. I'm not sure of the dynamics of what goes on--this is coming from someone who has made three "professions of faith" in his lifetime.
At the very least, we should be careful not to call them "saved". Maybe "well intended" would be better.
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shouldn't we assume they were 'saved' to begin with? i mean they were in the church and all so they had to be saved. Or is it baptism that saves you...
Why does Matt always have to stir up controversy?
it was Jeds post, I was just asking a question.
Statistics show that everyone on the face of this earth were saved at a Billy Graham crusade. I think that was Barna or something...
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