http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/sep2022/mikep925-2.htm

Dear Mike and Doves:

Thanks for the feedback.  I quit playing defense a while ago.  If your assessment of my writings is correct (and it may be), then I trust the Lord to confirm it with two or three witnesses.  So far, the feedback I get when posting, either here or to my blog, has been overwhelmingly positive.  But if you don't find anything of value, then don't waste your time reading my comments.  It's too late in the game for me to be offended.

By the way, I AM sarcastic.  Even cynical.  I think a LOT of folks, maybe initially with good intentions, have gone off to Bible school or seminary and have become toxic to the body.  This is why the church has become essentially irrelevant.  It's no accident.

I've looked honestly at "mid-Acts dispensationalism" and find it problematic, as well as a distraction.  Christianity is not essentially the study of theology or church history.  It's discipleship:  preparing to stand in the presence of Jesus Christ.  The Bema seat judgment is not a written test on Bible knowledge.  It's an evaluation of character and maturity.  Most church activity, directed by "professional Christians" does NOT help believers grow up in Christ, and that is a MAJOR problem. 

I've posted a few things on my blog addressing this issue.

Hope to see you soon.  Thanks again - sincerely - for your views.

Best,

Steve