Thanks Robin. What you are saying is not new to me, but what is new to me is that the AOG teaches that one can lose one's salvation.

I must say I am not ignorant of the over emphasis on reaching a state where one can no longer sin, sort of a second blessing that renders one holy forever etc. The mixing of Calvinism with Arminianism and arriving at a conclusion that one can therefore lose ones salvation reminds me of what I heard when I was going to Calvary Chapel quite regularly. I am not saying every Pastor teaches that but the whole idea of 'free will' and 'predestination' and the Sovereignity of God is so mixed up that I think they just panic in trying to reconcile what is written in James and Hebrews and the teachings of Jesus and just start staying stuff like, 'we don't really accept the idea of being once saved always saved' and therefore someone can lose their salvation.

I have checked every verse they use to support this theory and only find them doing really poor observations and in the end I just wonder about the general theological position. I could never deny that there was a deep genuiness and a deep love for Jesus, but this whole thing really leaves a foul stink in my nostrils. It is small wonder that I was on a roller coaster ride, one minute sure, the next minute unsure.

I sorted that out, but it seems that they have gone deeper and deeper into this and are now in the 21st century admitting they are leaning towards Arminianism....(shock!)
I am genuinely in shock at the moment, sort of like child discovering his parents were not really his parents at all.

Well I am going to let go of this chapter, but I cannot let go of the genuine spirit of worship and prayer that I witnessed. There was little showmanship allowed in the church I went to. No Benny Hinn type antics, though I admit some embarrassing moments, but essentially a geniune love for Christ and a desire to walk worthy of the calling.

I grieve some for the ones who tried so hard to follow all the little laws and only found themselves laden down with burdens they were never meant to bare.

Let us therefore not be entangled again in the yoke of bondage, for Christ has set us FREE.