Difference Of (My) Opinion

Doctrinal differences; why do Christians get so uptight when another believer thinks of feels something different than we do?

A (I am sure) well-meaning Christian whom i respect, recently passed on to me that lead singer Dale Thompson of long-time Christianband Bride, is a "Christian Universalist" with some very wrong doctrine. Another person told me that Dale Thompson "hates God" and writes hateful lyrics.

I checked out the links that I was sent, and read them faithfully.

Surprise, surprise! Not one thing that these two had told me was contained in these links, not one of these supposed things were there.

Yes, it appears that Dale Thompson, from what I can gather, has some non-traditionalist views. And I say, good for him! Who am I to judge?

But, "hates God"? Wow. That is a pretty heavy accusation to throw out there, especially without proof.

Now, to be fair, the first person said they knew he was a Christian Universalist (I do not even know what this means, nor do I care to) based on what Dale had told him in a face-to-face conversation. Well, that may entirely be so...but, since I was not there at that time, and was not part of the conversation, I choose to not have any opinion on that. Again, who made me the judge of my brother? I'm not calling anybody a liar, even though the proof they claimed cannot be seen or found; but I AM saying that it is very immature and dangerous to accuse people of something like that. You run the risk that God will accuse YOU of something in return!

When it comes to having differences of opinion in Biblical doctrines and such, the question to ask yourself is this; when I stand before God, how many of the things that I believed to be true in life am I going to find out I was wrong about?

In other words, let's just let God take care of the details. If God gives you an opportunity to discuss, with another believer, things that you believe ot be true; great. If the opportunity is there, and God is involved, then go ahead and do so! But, let's not try to force anybody to believe exactly like we do. My goodness, how many times in my life have I been thankful that i never convinced anybody to beleive like me, as I found out I had beleived incorrectly? See what I am getting at? Like him or not, Dale Thompson is a Christian, he loves God, and that is all there needs to be said.

This question was asked, and this is (part of) Dale's answer in an interview that is only four or five years old...and this is where I will end this, because this answer of his is good enough for me!


Q: Once and for all, is Jesus Christ your personal Savior?

A: Yes He is. I have no other Savior and Lord I believe Jesus Christ is the resurrection, He is the way, the truth, and the life and there is no other. What else do I have to believe to have eternal life? The Bible never indicates that I need to believe anything other than to believe in Jesus Christ and all He represents.