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| He's WELS. He's missional. He's a Fulleroid. Six year-old photo.  |
Regarding "The Vine", a couple comments.
The language of "pre-view services" and "Launch Service" are co-opted from
the world of entertainment and business. That's obvious.
So, then, is one is going to a movie theater (or bar!) or the latest
software roll-out event?
It does nothing more than to confirm to the consumer-savvy how far and low
the church is willing to sell out itself. People can see through the
shamelessness of it all.
About - The Vine Church:
"OUR PURPOSE: At The Vine, people matter to God and therefore they also matter to us. When we say PEOPLE, we mean all people regardless of age or race, occupation or social status. Our purpose is “Connecting people to Jesus and growing together in his Word.” We want to see every person (singular antecedent for the subsequent plurals) in a right relationship with God and growing in their (sic) faith so that their (sic) lives (sic) and eternity are changed forever. We work hard at The Vine to make sure everything we do exists to create an environment where that can happen."
GJ - This is typical of the Enthusiasts, as Luther observed. They talk about Jesus all the time but tear down the bridge to Him. The Word conveys Jesus to people, but this mess of quotation marks and bad grammar give no hint of it. They work very hard at The Vine - that must be how it happens.
Thus all UOJists emphasize their works because they have no faith.
'via Blog this'
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| John 15 - The True Vine chapter - teaches all about the Means of Grace, which seems absent on the WELS Grapevine page above. Fuller loathes the Means of Grace, but so does WELS - so it is a match. |
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| WELS wants to be loved by the world and funded by those who are of the world. Unfaithful to their wives, these bigshots are clouds without rain. |
