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Question: I am a music minister, called preacher and leader. I currently serve with the church of the Nazarene. I am shocked by the truth you revealed. I have been looking for this, but I really need help to understand it more. I have been feeling deeply uncomfortable with some things in this denomination, and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[439],"class_list":["post-25247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-answer","tag-church-of-the-nazarene"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20604,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-article-why-i-am-not-a-nazarene-caused-tears-to-well-up-in-my-eyes\/","url_meta":{"origin":25247,"position":0},"title":"The article “Why I am Not a Nazarene” caused tears to well up in my eyes","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 22, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I read\u00a0your article on the web, and tears welled up in my eyes.\u00a0 I am a Nazarene trained pastor who chose the wrong major in college.\u00a0 I chose Biblical Studies over Wesleyan Theology.\u00a0 After pastoring in large churches for 11 years, I had to resign for the reasons you\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25651,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/i-too-left-the-nazarene-church-but-over-legalism\/","url_meta":{"origin":25247,"position":1},"title":"I too left the Nazarene church, but over legalism","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 17, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I was reading your letter online and, like your \"I left the Nazarene church,\" I left on the other hand because I found the practices to be legalistic. I find your letter to be greatly encouraging. Thank you and God bless you. Answer: I'm glad the article was of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":18226,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/what-does-the-nazarene-church-mean-by-properly-expressed-in-regards-to-sexual-intimacy\/","url_meta":{"origin":25247,"position":2},"title":"What does the Nazarene church mean by “properly expressed” in regards to sexual intimacy?","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 26, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: Regarding sexual intimacy between a married couple, what does the Nazarene church mean by the phrase, \"properly expressed?\" \"...We stand firmly on the belief that the biblical concept of marriage, always between one man and one woman in a committed, lifelong relationship, is the only relationship within which the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Answer"","block_context":{"text":"Answer","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/answer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":19114,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/why-i-am-not-a-nazarene\/","url_meta":{"origin":25247,"position":3},"title":"Why I Am Not a Nazarene","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 24, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"by J. R. Bronger In June of 1972 my wife, Sue, and I were baptized into Christ for the remission of our sins (Acts 2:38). Like many of our brothers and sisters in Christ, we came out of religious error. Our involvement was with the Church of the Nazarene, headquartered\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":19112,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/your-rhetoric-regarding-the-church-of-the-nazarene-is-wrong-headed-and-malicious\/","url_meta":{"origin":25247,"position":4},"title":"Your rhetoric regarding the Church of the Nazarene is wrong-headed and malicious","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"June 12, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Question: I am a minister in the Church of the Nazarene and take offense to\u00a0your article about the church. Interestingly I was raised in the Church of Christ until I left home in my late teens. Your rhetoric regarding the church is wrong-headed and malicious. 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