I no longer recall when I last attended a church service. Close to a year, I suppose. \ud83d\ude25 Consistency in this whole thing has been nigh impossible, it seems.<\/p>\n
As you might imagine, I have received input from others about the stance I have taken or the above piece I wrote. However, it has not been as much as you might imagine. Here are four of those comments, each received by email from four different people I have known personally for years — two of them from my church:<\/p>\n
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- “You may be one of the few that’s doing it totally right.” (I do not believe I’m doing it totally right, but I am one of only four doing it this particular way.)<\/li>\n
- “I do not understand why you feel so tender toward what Kate says, while you are passing over what the Word indicates to us.”<\/li>\n
- “You are more concerned about obeying man rather than God. You are legally doing what man and Satan want.”<\/li>\n
- “Wow, I’m very impressed. What a well thought out and very Biblical response. Your church is fortunate to have you as a member.”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Stand fast in the Lord (Philippians 4:1)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n I have made it clear to a few folks that even as I try to honor God and my conscience, I do not impose my conscience on others, not even those in my own household. That is the perspective I try to maintain even though I cannot understand how they can come to the conclusions they do. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n