I am not against people doing similar
things in their church setting today.
Not exact matches
... I'll often have a pastor sitting next to an atheist talking about all sorts of
things, which isn't something that can happen
in a conventional
church setting.
Things to Remember The first
thing to keep
in mind is the strength of personal testimony: people can not argue with your personal experience of faith, and you are not
setting out to argue people into the
Church.
Which is why it is useful to have a book which
sets things out
in their chronological order, and
in a spirit of faithfulness to what occurred and loyalty to the
Church to which the young Fatima visionaries entrusted all that they had seen and heard.
As a result, even our pastor is starting to realize that what started out as «a class» to have a beginning and ending point, is now a body of believers who don't want to leave the gathering, but to continue growning
in a much more comfortable, meaningful
setting than they have been used to
in the
church - building - lecture - learned way of doing
things.
(It seems totally disingenuous to me) There are many
things I have rejected
in the typical
church setting and as such have left completely.
sorry got a little off track we as believers are screwwing up big time we are using His word, Big and HUGE uncool
thing, we are still normal, we all fall short of the glory of God, So because of this deception or lack of the proper teaching of the way of the cross we have a huge on
set of actual so called Christians that cant even get along, and tell me this dosent exist
in the muslim home or what ever cult mindset you are following and that includes the Christian
church if they are more consirned with getting you
in and keeping you there then
setting you FREE!
Their move to a Catholic
church was taken as meaning only one thing: that despite the lip - service being paid by the diocese to the teaching that «non-celibate gay people should not be given Communion», the diocese of Westminster was in fact giving its tacit approval and support to a situation in which that was precisely what was happening, in a setting in which the Pope and the teaching of the Church were regarded with hostility and held up to con
church was taken as meaning only one
thing: that despite the lip - service being paid by the diocese to the teaching that «non-celibate gay people should not be given Communion», the diocese of Westminster was
in fact giving its tacit approval and support to a situation
in which that was precisely what was happening,
in a
setting in which the Pope and the teaching of the
Church were regarded with hostility and held up to con
Church were regarded with hostility and held up to contempt.
Regardless of our understanding of the «rock»
in this
setting, there is one
thing that is sure: Jesus will build His
church.
The sad
thing is that the
church was
in the beginning stages of assembling a «mandated
set of
church membership requirements» because the staff was tired of «non-committed members.»
It is no longer acceptable that a teacher be a mere «guide, philosopher and friend»: the current role of a teacher is to break down the barriers which prohibit our young from gaining access to the one
thing that will
set them free - faith
in Christ and His
Church.
But you see, I don't expect bad
things to happen to me as created by other Chrisitans, but I have no illusions or rose - colored glasses on — Satan is alive and well and will use people within the
church system to kill and destroy — My faith is NOT
in the
church system, but
in Christ who
set up the
church as HIS Body by calling saved, but flawed people into it.
Even though I did not receive teaching from a
Church setting but rather from a marketplace ministry
setting where they taught us «Externally Focused
Church, Organic
Church, which was really a good
thing (new wine skin initiatives) but when we implemented and embraced it, we found that its not quite effective and
in the end the leaders abandoned the project and most of us were
in the dark on what is the next good program or system to follow.
But you see, I donâ $ ™ t expect bad
things to happen to me as created by other Chrisitans, but I have no illusions or rose - colored glasses onâ $ «Satan is alive and well and will use people within the
church system to kill and destroyâ $ «My faith is NOT
in the
church system, but
in Christ who
set up the
church as HIS Body by calling saved, but flawed people into it.»
Whether one looks at a
Church of South India congregation
in the «Harijan Wadi» of a village
in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, or at a New Life Pentecostal congregation
in the suburbs of Mumbai, whether one looks at a Syrian Orthodox community
in Chungom, Kottayam, or at a Mizo Presbyterian
Church in Mission Veng
in Aizwal, whether one looks at the worshipers at the Indian mass celebrated at the National Biblical Catechetical and Liturgical Centre
in Bangalore, or at a newly
set up Baptist congregation among former estate workers
in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, one
thing that would strike even the most impartial observer is the reality of hybridity, hybridity which manifests itself not only
in things external, but very often
in terms of attitudes, thought - processes and historical self - understanding within the overall identity discourse.
When I first arrived at the Gospel Water Branch Baptist
Church in Augusta, Georgia, I noticed two
things — the barbecue smoking
in the parking lot, and the band
setting up inside the sanctuary.
Jeff: This is what causes division as we go about doing even good
things, out of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil to
set up another sect out of our carnal nature; above is the outcome; Jesus came to cause division among men that tries to become their own god and
sets up camp, even for them that call themselves Christian, for them that have went from Him and His Words, even that are not of His Spirit: Jesus said; the Words that I speak are Spirit and Life, That means the Words of man can only bring forth death: Therefore; if we do not have His Spirit
in us, then we too can only speak forth death: This is what it is to be a believer, we truly believe our Lord: I can see what the Catholic church and her daughters are doing to form a religious Babylonian city: Even as God caused a division in Babylon in the past because the peoples became great, so to is it now with all of the man made sects of religion: But when we are filled with the Spirit of God then we can not help but to live for God: It is written; those who are led by His spirit are His children: Thank - you Jeff: Those who are of His Spirit will know these truths, those who are not of His Spirit truly believe a believer is as they and can not know what we speak, because they live in unbelief: Thank - you again Jeff; In Jesus Name Alexandria: P.S
in us, then we too can only speak forth death: This is what it is to be a believer, we truly believe our Lord: I can see what the Catholic
church and her daughters are doing to form a religious Babylonian city: Even as God caused a division
in Babylon in the past because the peoples became great, so to is it now with all of the man made sects of religion: But when we are filled with the Spirit of God then we can not help but to live for God: It is written; those who are led by His spirit are His children: Thank - you Jeff: Those who are of His Spirit will know these truths, those who are not of His Spirit truly believe a believer is as they and can not know what we speak, because they live in unbelief: Thank - you again Jeff; In Jesus Name Alexandria: P.S
in Babylon
in the past because the peoples became great, so to is it now with all of the man made sects of religion: But when we are filled with the Spirit of God then we can not help but to live for God: It is written; those who are led by His spirit are His children: Thank - you Jeff: Those who are of His Spirit will know these truths, those who are not of His Spirit truly believe a believer is as they and can not know what we speak, because they live in unbelief: Thank - you again Jeff; In Jesus Name Alexandria: P.S
in the past because the peoples became great, so to is it now with all of the man made sects of religion: But when we are filled with the Spirit of God then we can not help but to live for God: It is written; those who are led by His spirit are His children: Thank - you Jeff: Those who are of His Spirit will know these truths, those who are not of His Spirit truly believe a believer is as they and can not know what we speak, because they live
in unbelief: Thank - you again Jeff; In Jesus Name Alexandria: P.S
in unbelief: Thank - you again Jeff;
In Jesus Name Alexandria: P.S
In Jesus Name Alexandria: P.S..
Getting involved
in helping to
set up and perhaps lead an enrichment program
in your
church or community is a constructive way of sharing the good
things that have happened to you.
The dudes and dudettes at SCOTUS make a big deal of it... «1Cr 6:4 If then ye have judgments of
things pertaining to this life,
set them to judge who are least esteemed
in the
church.»
We hold a deep conviction that God is at work
in our world, even when
things look bleak, so we
set out to find
churches that are bright spots.
In this unusual school
setting — a former
church — unusual
things happen: Teachers work evenings and weekends to help students; administrators reach out to teachers for their advice on running the school; students keep working when the teacher leaves the room.