I just stopped caring, stopped going, I decided to
forget about Church and just follow Jesus.
The reason why I have said such things as, «
Forget about the churches for the moment,» is simply because I think that an entirely new, unprejudiced grasp of the God - man relation is essential for our generation.
I think it is easy to
forget about the church we go to, it can provide counseling that is both affordable and practical.
Not exact matches
And don't
forget all the victims of Christianity's own Jim Jones... I'm certain you and all you Christian Extremists are in your
churches, always trying to find ways to brainwash everyone into committing suicide like Jim Jones and have plans to blow up buildings like Timothy McVeigh and think
about as well as act upon your perverted thoughts by molesting young boys... don't you?
Let us not
forget that the
Church also authorized the torture of heretics for
about 600 years.
There is alot of debate out there
about Christians, but just
forget that debate, and take it from me, a person who says prayers, goes to
church, has trouble destroying ants on the doorstep... this is how I would describe my faith... its a country song, but give it a chance, its a good song.
We're all very good at worshipping on a Sunday but it can be easy to
forget all
about it once you leave
church what are your thoughts on this?
They
forgot the part
about space ships coming to earth and many many many other weird things they believe in... oh, did I mention that they didn't allow blacks in their
church until a salamander told them to do so?
Speaking
about the value of catechism... Kevin DeYoung, pastor of University Reformed
Church in East Lansing, MI, and one of the bloggers here at Evangel, recently agreed to an interview
about his new book The Good News We Almost
Forgot: Rediscovering the Gospel in a 16th Century Catechism, which is....
I am a real Christian not a
church on Sunday
forget about God the rest of the week Christian.You and the others here have insulted a friend a Father to me.
Pastor Tom and his congregation have not
forgotten about the Scotts now that they are part of the
church.
For all
churches, large or small, my exhortation is to think biblically
about how the
church might make much of Jesus, multiply and grow disciples, and, ultimately, die and be
forgotten.
And it is a dismissive, hurtful way to speak
about women, who Piper seems to have
forgotten were also created in the image of God, were appointed by God as leaders at critical times in the history of Israel and the
Church, and were the first to whom Jesus appeared when he inaugurated his new Kingdom on Resurrection Day.
Don't
forget to join us for our all - day webcast of The Exchange coming up on September 7, where we will talk more
about Transformational Small
Churches.
I'm surprised in one sense because the United States of America has been a Christian nation for over 200 years and nearly everyone of the people posting a response to this
forgot about the Bride of Christ, His
Church.
What the
church knows
about sex it
forgets about war.
In her 1992 book The God of Thinness, Mary Louise Bringle similarly denounced the Christian diet industry for «feeding off the facile conflation of fat and sin (and
forgetting that the traditional teachings of the
church condemn consumptive behaviors but say nothing
about cosmetic matters of body shape and size).»
If we step back and
forget everything we think we know
about church, and read the texts without such filters, they say something very different than often assumed.
It seems most books on
church health focus on the big and popular
churches,
forgetting that
about 90 % of American
churches have 100 people or less.
After all that I
forgot even what I thought I did in the first place, And I tell myself that if I am doing all of that then I care
about it, and then I think
about it and that it's possible to just go on with my life without stressing
about all of this... and then when I die I'll go to hell and burn forever... and then at the same time I don't want to constantly freak out
about it and live my entire life in fear of going to hell... My Parents are Atheists and say that I should just live my life without worrying
about it and being nice to people and being an overall good person, and I'm not old enough to go to
church, so I just repent quietly in my room, Perhaps when I was younger I have sworn to god on things that may or may not have been true, and then I repeat those things in my head, and I would get scared.
Noni and all those who find themselves ostracised or slandered unfairly firstly God loves you and you are special to him you are his children his daughters and sons do nt ever
forget that so you are not alone in fact you are the apple of his eye and he loves you.No matter what people say
about you it does nt change the fact that he loves you and will protect you just abide in him he will strengthen you in your weakness.Never think you are alone we have the holy spirit and have other believers even though we may not go to
church together we love the Lord just as much as you do which means we are brothers and sisters in Christ.Just trust him and take each day as it comes he promises to never leave us or forsake us.He has given us his strength in our weakness so that like him we are overcomers the head not the tail.Keep asking the Lord what it is he wants you to do and be obedient though it may be hard but in the end it will prove good for you for the Lord is for you not against you.regards brentnz
In former Communists countries, like Poland in some
Churches women are not even allowed to read during mass,
forget about altar girls I've only seen 1
church that allowed it, and couples who practice contraception, who are divorced, who have children out of wedlock, priests often deny them the Sacraments especially in small towns.
Another preacher preaching what ever goes is ok with Christianity... If your going to preach Christianity based on the Bible, then you might as well
forget gay marriages are ok... If you want to twist it around then thats up to you... Paul said, «The Berens were of noble charachter because they didn't believe what they heard, but they took what they heard and confirmed it with the Bible... So its like the Yen or Yang... Its either Gods
church or Satans Church... Can't be any other way... Do I hate gays, no... I have some very close friends that I have had for over 30 years that are gay, but I think they will be accountable for their life styles... Thats the thing about Christianity, we are held accountable, its not an everything goes belief... Its rules we have to follow... And rules we will be held accountable... So maybe this preacher needs to start a dfferent faith or religion... One where there are no rules and where its people are not accountable for their acti
church or Satans
Church... Can't be any other way... Do I hate gays, no... I have some very close friends that I have had for over 30 years that are gay, but I think they will be accountable for their life styles... Thats the thing about Christianity, we are held accountable, its not an everything goes belief... Its rules we have to follow... And rules we will be held accountable... So maybe this preacher needs to start a dfferent faith or religion... One where there are no rules and where its people are not accountable for their acti
Church... Can't be any other way... Do I hate gays, no... I have some very close friends that I have had for over 30 years that are gay, but I think they will be accountable for their life styles... Thats the thing
about Christianity, we are held accountable, its not an everything goes belief... Its rules we have to follow... And rules we will be held accountable... So maybe this preacher needs to start a dfferent faith or religion... One where there are no rules and where its people are not accountable for their actions...
Let's not
forget about all the priests from here to Rome who've done their best to cover up all scandals & protect & hide their criminal priests... all to «Protect the
Church».
I've known Jesus for as long as I've known my name, and still I use other people like capital to advance my own interest, still I gossip to make myself feel important, still I curse my brothers and sisters in one breath and sing praise songs in the next, still I sit in
church with arms folded and cynicism coursing through my bloodstream, still I talk a big game
about caring for the poor without doing much to change my own habits, still I indulge in food I'm not hungry for and jewelry I don't need, still I obsess over what people say
about me on the internet, still I
forget my own privilege, still I talk more than I listen and complain more than I thank, still I commit acts of evil, still I make a great commenter on Christianity and a lousy practitioner of it.
People who want to moan and groan
about the waning influence of the
Church have
forgotten the global story and the bigger story of our little movement.
A systematic cover up by the Catholic
church possibly going back 70 years... I
forget, did the article say anything
about charges being brought for obstruction of justice?
Hopewell acknowledges that some degree of abstraction is inevitable in any program of graduate professional training, but he remains convinced that «we have done it to such an extent in most of theological education that we tend to
forget about the local
church.»
I'll never
forget sitting in the living room of a family from my old
church, engaged in a heated argument with several straight, married couples
about whether or not one could be both a follower of Jesus and gay.
The sooner a
church can manipulate some form of «reconciliation» between the victim and the perpetrator, the sooner it can
forget about this messy situation.
«Remenber all scpritures are inspired words from God, my point is, Jesus wants us to be more than religious, but obedient.Jefferson is just stating that American
Churches have become more corrupted with its religious practices that they have
forgotten about jesus along the way.The
church has taken scriptures and have use them according to what is pleasing to themselves.Jesus wants us to
forget about what is pleasing to ourselves and follow him, be like him, love him (means be obedient to him) and ignore what we have known as religion.I define religion as jefferson is using in the video as an act of man pretending or decieving himself into believing that he know God and that he is better than others.He shows that by what he know / pratice not really whats in his heart and by serving how we choose which is pleasing to us, so we use God as a vessel praticing holy rituals teaching what we have made tradition and we have a eternal life with God.God created religion in order for us to remenber him and have a personal relationship with him through his son regardless of the many mistakes we have made in the past.We need to remenber God
Forgets our past «he sperate our sins from us as far as the east is from the west».
The first book we planned to study was Francis Chan's
Forgotten God, a relatively short title about the Holy Spirit, the one - third of the Trinity that Chan believes the Church has f
Forgotten God, a relatively short title
about the Holy Spirit, the one - third of the Trinity that Chan believes the
Church has
forgottenforgotten.
You guys
forgot about «
Church's Chicken».
Forget about it being by a
church, it's the school it's by that worries me.
(The world
forgot about Genesis 1:14 day and night is divided) The world loves
church, and they all hate Christ.
Forget everything, and I mean everything, you know or think you know
about the
church, what it is supposed to be, do, and look like.
«The Son of Man, therefore, means the agent and inaugurator of the coming kingdom who will enable others to share with him his special relationship with God through a voluntary acceptance of death».46 Whenever we think
about the
church, John Taylor suggests, we must never
forget that when Jesus chose the title «Son of Man» He was using a figure with a plural meaning.
Every day they reminded us to
forget everything we thought we knew
about church and christianity, and think
about how to present scripture without these biases, so that the
church and christianity could find its own path in new cultures and peoples.
See how difficult it is to truly
forget everything you know
about church?
Not to criticize... but... in point 1, you say «
forget everything you know
about the
church» and then in the same paragraph, you talk
about the
church being the «body of Christ.»
I think that the
Church (in the most comprehensive sense) has got much bigger problems my brother, but hell, if you don't like creed,
forget about it.
Not only has our
church flourished in freedom in America — in some respects in unprecedented freedom, but we can't
forget what Chesterton says
about America being a home for a homeless, including Catholics who had to flee from grinding poverty and oppression.
I was talking to a person if he went to
church and he stated all they want is your money.You got to give your money to read books
about GOD, I mean like thirty dollars and more and the same for a dvd or like if you could give 1,000 or more to keep on the air.He and I both think we are better off stay at home and read the Bible and study it.I think if you are born with the new sperit of GOD you will understand the Bible without the loss of great somes of money.After they sell so many dvds it becomes 100 % profit and they never lower the price so can obtain one.For this is wrong, it states in the Bible that this would happen preachers for money to learn
about everyones GOD.They
forgot one thing JESUS never forced money from you to hear the wordof salvation Im a follower of JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD He is the way.Im not a so called Christian just.
Gosh I'd
forgotten all
about Sunday catechism and how we'd long to watch cartoons once we were back home from
church.
Thereafter I was a mighty protégé and we
forgot about our upsets and our Latin and our fractions, and even though my drawings were not always wanted where I placed them, he encouraged me at every turn, always on the lookout for a quiet
church porch on account of the quality of its slate.
If your
church and Benefits.gov don't come up with any solutions, don't
forget about the power of Google.
I.e., scientist that
forgot all
about (or rejected as unimportant) the scientific method — post modern science that harkens back to Mideval
Church methodologies with its appeal to authority.
-- Children should be taught this: I was — by a pastor no less, leaving a
church,
about the age of ten and told how important it was; I never
forgot it and practice it to this day, even so I would rather not shake hands at all.
This type of dance is nothing more than a shell company,
forget about anyone telling you you have limited liability, I'd suggest asking an attorney, but that usually goes over here like the sound of passing gas in
church.