Why Did She Say That?

Q. Recently I met a woman through eHarmony. The third time we met she advised that she prayed in tongues and did not believe in dispensation theology. She knew my son in law graduated from Dallas Seminary. Her comment came out of the blue, we were talking about something else at the time. When I asked why she brought it up she said she didn’t know. How do you deal with someone like that ? She seems to know quite abit about the scripture. Thanks in advance for your advice.

A. For a subject like that to come up out of the blue, it must be important to her.  She could have wanted to see how you’d react.  Some non dispensational charismatics believe in Dominionism, which means they think there’s a huge revival coming when the Church will convert the whole world to Christianity before the Lord comes back.  If she does and you’re a pre-Trib dispensationalist, this means she has an entirely different view of the End Times than you have.  As different as night and day.

All these things can be important to your relationship or not, depending on how seriously you both feel about your positions.  Being in a relationship with another believer is good, but sometimes it isn’t enough.  Being doctrinally compatible can also be important.