Have you ever come to believe (or suspect) that your "Christian" parent was not actually saved? I had a conversation with my 75yo mother-in-law a week ago and when I hung up, I had this shocking thought that she may not be saved.
She was a pastors wife (in an AG church) for 40 some-odd years. She led Bible studies. She knows all the Bible stories, and pretty much all the Christian catch phrases. But from some statements she made in our conversation (such as being baffled at how a person could actually trust in God when things aren't going well and other odd comments that I simply wouldn't expect to hear, even from an Arminian) I began to consider all the years I've known her, and can't think of an instance when she expressed true faith. Being good and not smoking seem to be her statement of faith, so to speak. Her overall response to situations and ideas sound like quotes from Dr. Phil and Robert Schuller .
I don't know. We don't live near her, so it's difficult to have more in-depth conversations. I just wonder if I need to be praying for her in a completely different way.
She was a pastors wife (in an AG church) for 40 some-odd years. She led Bible studies. She knows all the Bible stories, and pretty much all the Christian catch phrases. But from some statements she made in our conversation (such as being baffled at how a person could actually trust in God when things aren't going well and other odd comments that I simply wouldn't expect to hear, even from an Arminian) I began to consider all the years I've known her, and can't think of an instance when she expressed true faith. Being good and not smoking seem to be her statement of faith, so to speak. Her overall response to situations and ideas sound like quotes from Dr. Phil and Robert Schuller .
I don't know. We don't live near her, so it's difficult to have more in-depth conversations. I just wonder if I need to be praying for her in a completely different way.