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I think you have your claims messed up here. People have to come first, and then they change. They don't come because they have changed. And the change takes time, and for some will not happen... they may struggle with certain issues for the rest of their lives, while they'll have a clear change in other aspects of their life. I think you need to revisit your place in it all, and what exactly you "job" is. It's certainly not to stand on the corner, calling out people's sins and tell them their need of immediate repentance. Your job is to provide a safe environment in which they can come and have room for change, and do so with attitude of encouragement, and not that of accusation and condemnation. You seldom will see the change in people, who are constantly demoralized by the high-horse mentality that somehow manages to find specs in other people's life from behind the logs of their own. It really takes tremendous effort to do so... first to delusionally convince yourself that you are in a high-enough position to judge someone's situation... and judge it in such a manner that seems to eliminate any need for disclosure of of one's own pitfalls. You know, there was a guy who wrote a book about his sins. I'd take some criticism from someone like that... certainly not from a faceless blog making sweeping generalizations, and demoralizing condemnations.

Our days are few, and are far better spent in doing good than in disputing over matters which are, at best, of minor importance. Our churches suffer too often from petty wars over obscure points and unimportant questions. We need to observe the Scripture precept to “be careful to maintain good works”, then we shall find ourselves occupied with so much profitable business that we will have no time to take much interest in unworthy, contentious, and needless striving's. However, there are very important questions we should not neglect but pursue and give clear answers…. 1. Do I believe in the Lord Jesus Christ? 2. Am I renewed in the spirit of my mind? 3. Am I walking not after the flesh, but after the Spirit? 4. Am I growing in grace? 5. Does my behaviour adorn the doctrine of God my Saviour? 6. Am I looking for the Lord's coming, and watching as a servant who expects He's coming? 7. What more can I do for Jesus? Such questions as these are the flashlight to our hearts which demand our attention.

By the way, fccool, as per Pro 26:5: when you find that Wishful Text which says that: e.g. Jesus called even those sinners, drunkards, prostitutes, etc, to ‘not repent of their sins, but instead first join His Church (contra. e.g. Mar 1:15; Acts 17:30; Matt 3:2, 7-10)...do (Historically) True Christianity a “favor”, and let it know....Medieval “Christianity” tried, and is still attempting, your desperate approach with pagans, and hint, hint, only went on to form Spiritual Babylon (Rev 17+18)...

Liberal is a four letter word in modern conservative religion, but it really has very little to do with political liberalism. Liberal churches follow the ideals of liberal theology, which is basically the concept of independent (from dogma and tradition) interpretation of Biblical narrative, which never actually got the "inerrancy" flavor until very recently. From that standpoint, Protestantism, and Adventism is fairly liberal. It's all about a frame of reference.

This Psalm 119 was a bit heavy for me as a young person in my 'twenties'. I was more for living out freedom in Christ than for being under the law as I saw it back then. The Spirit of God worked in me as I visited for a day the Moody Bible Institute which was a Bible School in Glasgow, Scottland. I sat in on a lecture and was in awed to be among the students. I glanced over to my left to the girl sitting at her desk with a few books piled up and her bible was closed but on top. The leaves of the book was toward me. On it she had written in bold ink "Oh, how I love your law". Taken from this Psalm 119. I was horrified. Having been born-again by His Spirit and joining the Protestant community of churches after being conditioned by the RCC for decades, I felt awful for her. I judged her as being a super pharisee working her way into the affections of God. I was soooo wrong. Over the years I matured into a spiritual understanding of how the law of God Jesus was not against. He was against the abuse of the law by the scribes, pharisees, sandherin and those who tried to be Police-watchdogs to scare one into doing the externals to meet approval by the church community and God. I praise God. Now today I can say loudly "Oh, how I love thy Law" and really mean it. As a footnote to Psalms 119: This psalm is an acrostic poem, the stanzas of which begin with successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet; moreover, the verses of each stanza begin with the same letter of the Hebrew Alphabet. Now that is real Talent to be able to write in acrostic manner.