Jeff, my family and I were in circumstances identical to yours in the fall of 2005. I made a phone call to Scotland (to the FCC) - and the Lord provided wise counsel through a minister of theirs with whom I spoke. I said, "All of these churches around here are Arminian! And non-RPW! What do we do?" He said, "All that the Lord expects of you is to find 'the best' church around you. A place where the Gospel is preached and Christ is exalted. You're not going to find 'a perfect' church anywhere." He told me he'd pray for us.

Fifteen months ago, I made another phone call, and our FCC effort got going. This may not seem as though it's pertinent at all to your situation, but it really is. "The Lord will provide..." He will NOT leave you "wandering" for long! He will provide.

As that kind man in Scotland told me, a perfect stranger from the States, that he'd pray for us, so I'm praying for you. "For a season," sometimes, we are left to wander... But our relationship with God depends, at the end of everything else, on NO ministers, NO denominations, NO "anything..." It depends upon Jesus Christ alone. It doesn't get better than that. It doesn't need to.

Would that all of the intellectual debates would remember the simple truth of Matthew 19:14! And that that's how we are to come to the Lord. (Easy for me to say, with my RPW church service coming up in just over an hour -- but really, I was at peace before we had this, after my conversation with that minister in Scotland.) But it's true.

You have been added to my prayer list, Jeff... May the Lord provide for the desires of your heart, to worship Him as He has laid upon you to do so.

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Margaret
Free Church of Scotland [Continuing]
Michigan

"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!" - Isaiah 5:20-21