If
it happens in a church meeting in a big building with a steeple, fantastic!
Not exact matches
I think that true and deep discipleship is not
happening in a
church unless the needs of the congregation and the community are being
met, and I think that one of the best ways to disciple believers is to get them serving
in the community along side each other.
«We are still confused, including ordinary Muslims, and ask why this is
happening,» said the woman, who was interviewed by ENI during a
meeting of the executive committee of the World Alliance of Reformed
Churches,
in Bangalore, India.
But if we viewed our building not as «the
church» but simply as a building that the
church meets in on an occasional basis, then the conflict of what
happens in the building the rest of the week disappears.
Jeremy i am surprised you never countered my argument Up till now the above view has been my understanding however things change when the holy spirit speaks.He amazes me because its always new never old and it reveals why we often misunderstand scripture
in the case of the woman caught
in adultery.We see how she was condemned to die and by the grace of God Jesus came to her rescue that seems familar to all of us then when they were alone he said to her Go and sin no more.This is the point we misunderstand prior to there
meeting it was all about her death when she encountered Jesus something incredible
happened he turned a death situation into life situation so from our background as sinners we still
in our thinking and understanding dwell
in the darkness our minds are closed to the truth.
In effect what Jesus was saying to her and us is chose life and do nt look back that is what he meant and that is the walk we need to live for him.That to me was a revelation it was always there but hidden.Does it change that we need discipline
in the
church that we need rules and guidelines for our actions no we still need those things.But does it change how we view non believers and even ourselves definitely its not about sin but its all about choosing life and living.He also revealed some other interesting things on salvation so i might mention those on the once saved always saved discussion.Jeremy just want to say i really appreciate your website because i have not really discussed issues like this and it really is making me press
in to the Lord for answers to some of those really difficult questions.regards brentnz
What
happened when Sam
met the Mormons and tips for introverts
in Charismatic
churches.
On a related note I've
met at least two Christian pastors who had it on their shelf (one
in their
church office, at that) and those two Christian pastors also
happen to be the most reasonable pastors I've ever
met.
Many things
in this story seem like coincidences: that I
happened to get interested
in James Joyce and ask my Catholic friend about chasubles; that I and my boyfriend Steve, now my husband,
happened to
meet the same Polish Capuchin
in little Broken Arrow; that the priest who prepared us for marriage ten years later
happened to be a Polish Dominican from the priory
in which the Krakow seminar was held; that Prof. Russell Hittinger
happened to come to Tulsa, which led me to Poland and to First Things, all of which played a part
in bringing my parents into the
Church.
He had traveled to New England to
meet with the handful of young adults who were still active / interested
in being active
in the
church there, with the express purpose of talking them to see what they'd like to see
happen in the
church, what they liked and didn't like, etc..
If a
church decided to go out and serve their community on a particular Sunday instead of
meet for singing and a sermon, they might
in fact bond together
in a deeper spiritual way than is currently
happening.
Both
churches meet blocks from ground zero, and on Sunday, Park will speak to congregants who watched what
happened 10 years ago
in person; congregants who brushed the toxic dust of falling buildings off their jackets and had to move on with their daily lives.
Second, I'll just jump
in here with Chad and say that I'm finding it amusing that lots of people are talking about «the
Church» the way I hear «the
Church» (yes, I know I'm doing it too) talk about the «Gay agenda» or «the atheists» as if there's some back room
meeting that takes place between some group who decides things about what will and won't
happen or how we'll all be (
in any of those groups).
It
happens fairly regularly
in church services and prayer
meetings.
Trying to
meet true, born - again, Jesus only, King James only, praying, Bible studying,
church faithful, sisters
in Christ, will not likely
happen in a worldly - polluted, online dating site like ChristianMingle!
Meeting a date may
happen at the supermarket,
in church, at a local library,
in the mall, or somewhere else, depending on the individual.