Lin

“I think it would be wise to see those who comment here as sincere Christians who have come to their point of view honestly and with integrity in reading the Scriptures. I understand where they differ in their interpretations from what you believe, but I think it wise not to call their position a half-truth as if they are lying about the facts. ”

This is real important. I sometimes get the feeling comps think we are bra burners who hate men and attend Unitarian churches. I think that is what they have been conditioned to think in a sense. I say this because I was in the comp world for many years and know how the ‘other side’ is presented. I thought the same thing. But the Holy Spirit kept nagging at my heart and the biblical contradictions of the comp position just would not go away. I was also in a position to see how profitable comp theology is in books, seminars, DVD’s, conferences, marriage retreats, etc. It is big business. And there is always the latest thing to attend or read.

(Overall, the Christian market for products is about 4-6 billion a year)

I finally realized that the comp position kept me focused on myself and my husband to the detriment of my relationsip with Jesus Christ and my private study of the Word. It was a constant of roles, rules and formulas for life. And so many basic questions went unanswered or were responded to in a Talmudic way. You read enough comp books and attend enough seminars you start realizing most of them are not on the same page with the roles or even the interpretations of the proof texts. (One example: At what age are boys, men and women cannot teach them? Another example is that McArthur teaches that Adam was NOT there when Eve was deceived but Piper teaches Adam WAS there.)

I also realized this was not the faith of my childhood. The faith of my childhood focused on faith in Jesus Christ. No one ever talked about roles and rules. And the SBC churches I grew up in were smaller and everyone did what had to be done. It wasn’t so pink and blue as it is now.