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Letters
Our relevance varies from week-to-week (and “relevance” is always in the eye of the beholder), but it’s exactly what we had hoped for in the beginning—a forum for Apostolics engaging with today’s society. In the last two months we have redesigned the web zien, featured covers on sexual purity, how Apostolics deal with the homeless (or don’t), rethinking our approach to Christianity, climate change, a tragic tale of our real witness at a restaurant, and this week’s cover on the price of plastic surgery.
It’s also a forum for news, testimonies, devotions, and generally anything that will relate and promote godly living. The problem? Everyone who works with our zine is donating their time; therefore our reliance on our readers is key. We rely on readers sending in articles that detail what God is doing in their life or someone they know. We rely on readers to send us article detailing amazing news in the Apostolic movement. And we rely on our readers to utilize our amazing readership by advertising with us.
We’re always open to suggestions, feedback and fresh submissions and letters. Don’t stop sending it all to us or we won’t be as effective. Thanks for your candor.
Do many people come to this site anymore? I got the feeling that it was a dying animal gasping for breath. I used to check every week, post letters and comments ... but this is my first time back in about two years. I think it all started with the change in domain name and everybody thought the site was not updated any more. Then you guys switched to blog format, which is all fine and good, but between you and me, I don’t read blogs. I think lots of people write them, but how many read them? I am way too busy to listen to some pompous person prattle on about the details of their life. Get to the point already. I don’t need to know how many times you went to Starbucks or about your college homework. I think this site ought to focus on issues affecting the Apostolic movements.
This should be a place for intelligent, reflective Aps to discuss the things they can’t express freely elsewhere. Therefore, you should focus on the interactive side of things. Ever notice you get more interest in the survey than in other things?
Jon Doe, Indiana
Reading Robert Martin’s article “Jesus on Terrorism” brought to mind an incident that happened this week. While sitting in our weekly Bible study, my wife quietly laid her Word Aflame Press “Apostolic Doctrine” Bible in my lap and inconspicuously pointed to one of the tenets of Apostolic Doctrine (as defined by Word Aflame) that are listed in the front section of the Bible. The item was listed under the heading of “Value of Human Life” or some reasonable paraphrase thereof. It clearly stated that “Christians should not engage in...warfare.” I have been Apostolic for my entire life (43 years), and I have never heard this preached. As a matter of fact, it seems like I have heard many preachers use earthly warfare as a metaphor for spiritual warfare. Am I missing something here or is this just another one of those “doctrines” that the AP organizations “endorse” but nobody really follows?
David Yarnall, Michigan
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