Throw the Theological Baby Out with the Bath Water
And, sometimes, you have to throw the baby out with the bath water. If it is necessary to toss a wrongfully believing person out of the Church in order to get their incorrect theology out of the Church, it is righteous to do so. Just don’t leave them there. Preach the gospel to them. The correct gospel. The Truth. Because it is objective, and even if it hurts someone’s feelings, people get things wrong. I wish I’d had the guts to tell someone I loved that their theology was faulty. I didn’t do it. I bear that weight every day now that they are beyond my reach. Don’t let that be you. Because that faulty theology is not just harmful to them but also to Jephthah’s daughter, the innocent one who doesn’t know that they person to they trusted their life with has sacrificed both their earthly and eternal life at the altar of an idol.
In His Garden — I am Published Again
I hope this poem provokes in you imagery of the Israelites wandering and Jesus fasting in the wilderness paired with the growth, life, and preparation that God works even when there is nothing but dust and dry bones and despair. Furthermore, I hope you can see the story of my growth that is not yet finished and that it draws you all even deeper into the Father's love.