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With the addition now of at least part of the prayer that Benke prayed, it would appear that he at least gave the impression that those outside of Christ could be with God in death and the prayers of sinners, excluding the prayer of repentance and faith in Christ, would be heard by God. What I find unfortunate is the denominational mentality voiced against him, though doubtless he is subject to those over him. What Benke appears to have done is to sin against God and the Church; i.e., the body of Christ, not just his specific denomination. My criticism here is against what also appears to be the denomination's narrowness. That denomination is NOT "the" Church, but rather a very small part of Christ's Church in the world. Am I espousing modern ecumenicism? Hardly!! <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/rolleyes2.gif" alt="" /> But I do affirm that the Church consists of many denominations, churches and individuals throughout the entire world.

In His Grace,