Kopp Disclosure
(John 3:19-21)
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Did you hear
about the church in Texas that paid millions to get out of the PCUSA?
Talk about blood
money!
They must've
really wanted out.
They must've
wanted to get out sooooooo badly
that they're willing to pay the salaries of people who will make people twice
as fit for hell as they are themselves for
years and years and years and...
I wonder how they
rationalize that.
I preached there
once.
Long time ago
when I was an important pastor with lots of $ at my disposal.
That was kinda
fun; 'cause I was invited to lots of stuff by people who wanted some of that $.
CFP+PUBC=PFR
comes to mind.
Not to mention
some really nice private CCs.
I loved
it...until God started plaguing me with, uh, a, uh,...conscience.
Be that as it was, I wish
I had that kinda money now.
I'd buy a new car
for my wife and take her on a nice vacation to Hawaii or something...like my
buddies who are still holed up in those high steeples as long as they, you
know, don't, you know, preach about, you know, taking Jesus, you know, that...
I'd do for my
kids what I can't do because I didn't/couldn't/can't/won't, you know, play the
church...
I'd even have
money for yellow golf balls!
I don't regret
it.
"What does
it profit a man to...?"
I've learned
people who really believe in eternity don't trade it - prostitute themselves -
for temporal...
Anyway, I may be
wrong, but I think there are three reasons why that church paid so much
blood $ that will enable apostasy for years and years and years while
they insulate themselves from it for three reasons: (1) They could; (2)
They're used to separating themselves from people different from
them because really rich churches are often as segregated as CCs; and
(3) They think they're better for it in some kinda delusional
some-ecclesiastical-clubs-don't-stink-as-much-as-others-do kinda way.
BTW, if I had
that kinda money, there would be no homeless or hungry children of God in
Belvidere, Illinois.
Promise.
Hey, fat cats in
Texas, test me!!!!!!!
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I'm getting lots
of texts, e-mails, and snail mails about my insistence on remaining
faithfully as part of the Biblical witness/cooperation/call to remnant.
I don't do
Facebook; so I don't know what good, bad, and ugly things have been...
I've heard I've
avoided some buckets of ice; and while I've got some people who are really,
really, really mad at me for my stubbornness about not doing Facebook, I
stopped as soon as someone from the past...
You know what I
mean.
Getting back to
the contacts, this letter kinda saddened/sobered/challenged/chastened me in a
confirming kinda way:
Dr. Kopp,
I've been angry with you ever since
you left us. You came as a very young and bright preacher who was much
more conservative than Dr. ___. You turned our church around to your way
of thinking in less than two years and we were growing so quickly. Then
you left for an even bigger church in the South. Nobody
is perfect. But I want you to know that much of what you did has
been undone by preachers who followed you. This church could have really
been something. But you left for something that you thought was
better. I do not really know where you are right now. I have
never visited that part of Illinois. I just hope you stay. I read
about what you are doing now in our church in The Layman. Then I started
reading your blog. I just hope you stay with it this time. I know
some of your friends have left. Have you ever asked them why they stay in
America? America is worse than our church! If they have so much
courage to quit the church, why don't they quit America? Why don't they
move to another country? Why do they still pay taxes? How
courageous is their faith? I applaud what you are trying to do. I
just hope you stay with it this time. You were a good pastor to my family
and me. You were always there for us in the hospital and always made time
for us. I just wish you cared about us enough to stay with us. I
hope you don't mind me telling you what I think. I know you always
listened to me. I just wondered why you would not stay. Was it your
ego? Did you think you could do more for the Lord in a bigger
church? I know your people will be blessed as long as you stay. We
were sorry to see you go. I still remember the woman from New Jersey who
came to your reception when you came. She said, "Love him while you
have him because he will be gone before you know it." Some
anger grows in me again about you leaving. I will stop now. I just
can't stop from thanking God for what you did but did not finish.
With more good memories than bad,
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Jeff and I are
the geezers in our covenant group.
We often talk of
the old days when we really looked forward to going to presbytery meetings for substantive
reports and debates; and really liked each other even across the aisles.
We get wistful.
The younger
members, who say they never recall such times, just shake their heads at us.
Jeff and I know
it's not a matter of if but
when...
At the last
presbytery meeting, a friend said to me, "Oh, great to see they haven't
kicked you out yet!"
Yet.
If Jesus remains
right, it won't be long before...
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Blessings and Love!
1 comment:
To us you are very important. You are teaching people how not to go to Hell. You are tell us how to get to Heaven.
To us you are Rich. You have a Heart of Gold. If nobody listens you still have done your Job right. Amen
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