[Stardust]

How was the transition from Church of God to Christian Church?

One of my college roommates was a Church of God attender as well. He always told me there were two kinds, Church of God Anderson, Indiana and Church of God Cleveland, Tennessee. Which kind was that church, or do you know?

Tough. I've never heard those two terms before.

But I married a beautiful catholic girl, who game me two wonderful children, and we had to find a home that would work for both of us. I'd say we have found a good medium, and bottom-line, I feel as blessed walking out as I did at any church of my upbringing. I learned a long time ago LWC, that's it's not the relationship with "Church" that will get me to heaven. Church is a conduit, but my personal relationship to Jesus Christ is my only ticket.

The church I attend is bible based. The message presentation of the Invitation is certainly different. I grew up being preached "at" with a message very much centered around how to get to ****. The message is different now and more centered on how to get to heaven. I certainly miss the "fire and brimstone", the shouting and glory of a Church of God service, but having a wife that was born and raised catholic was not conducive to allowing God's message to get to her without her turning her heart off with her "ears". We tried baptist, and she heard the message all too often that Catholics are sinners. We tried catholic, and I could not tolerate the ceremony. God has lead us to where we are at today.

Early in our marriage, I was telling Rhonda what was wrong with her faith. The whole time I thought I was doing Gods job and try to "Save" her. That's not my job, my job is to allow her to hear the message, and for her to make her own relationship with God. My job was to pray for her as well as my children and myself. Like I said, I have to maintain my own personal relationship with God, through Jesus and the Holy spirit, but for me to be naive and think that the only one's worthy of going to heaven are those who believe as I do and the way of the Church of God, then heaven might be pretty lonely!