[Camil0]

Just want to clarify - the calvinist church we were asked to leave a couple of years after leaving LC was due to the fact that they were pushing a teaching that was causing new believers to doubt their salvation. i was there practicing "generality" and we had good/heatlhy relationships with believers there. I had already been out of the LC for several years and was intentionally NOT making mountains out of molehills, although it was in that church that i had the opportunity to begin to "sort the baby from the bathwater". today my focus is not at all on "Christ and the Church" or any other doctrinal hobbyhorse. We try to just positively contribute where we can. We are musicians and play on the worship team and we always show up with a smile and a positive attitude and care about the people there. however, I still am irritated that the gospel is minimally preached and the emphasis is on works. the pastors that I have met in our area, when you get one on one with them, will argue against having security in salvation - either from the "arminian" standpoint that you will be one day cut off for unfaithfulness (lose your salvation) or from the "calvinist" standpoint that you may have deceived yourself and may not actually be saved at all. i find that we need to major on the majors and minor on the minors and that's definitely a major. however in everything i've learned that honey attracts and vinegar repels and i try not to approach in a combatitive or negative manner, and my heart is for people to know that they can trust the lord for everything. i think because I spilled out everything in a jumble in the intro as i tried to remember everything that happened that might have been lost.