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Comment on Remaining in Grace by Eranna

Eranna — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:43:02 +0000

Beautiful, thanks for sharing. Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: 1 Peter 1:22

Comment on The Worth of a Christian… by Adriano

Adriano — Tue, 15 May 2012 02:24:37 +0000

I think some of you missed the points completely. Come under MY roof whose church are we talking about? What was spiritually wrong with saying Lord, I am not worthy to receive you? That was right to the point. We are sinners and thus we are not worthy of any of the love and blessings our Lord grants us. It is through His Son Jesus Christ that we stand before our Father forgiven of our sins. This is basic Christianity 101. We are not in any way worthy of God’s love. Saying instead that we are not worthy that God should come under our roof while we are in church is not only weird, but also sounds like we are elevating ourselves to a status equal to or just under God. As a child, I was always taught and rightly so, that the church is God’s house. By saying under my roof or anything like that, it sounds as if we are stealing away God’s presence in our church building. It also neglects to remind us that we are sinners. We are going from saying I am not worthy to receive You (due to sin and impurity) to a level of talking about a building. As for the Creed in first-person if I am sitting in my room quietly in prayer and want to focus on MY personal faith or am sharing that faith with another person, I can easily say I believe. If we are gathered as a COMMUNITY of believers, then it sounds like my brothers and sisters in Christ are being ignored I believe OR we [all] believe ? I cannot make this argument easier than this.

Comment on The Church is Responsible… by Diane

Diane — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:31:17 +0000

I wish I knew Hebrew. Looking at the definition for the words evil and spirit one could pull out bad and anger as in Saul was in a deep depression or a manic state.The more important information to this verse I think comes from I Samuel 16:14-15. Why did God’s Spirit leave him? We can see the results of Saul’s disobedience in I Samuel 15:18-35. Rebellion from God by Saul resulted in God leaving him. So I would wonder if the word sent is more akin to allowed ?

Comment on Letter From the Apostle… by Jhenifer

Jhenifer — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:40:08 +0000

I didn’t realize how many women were meonntied in the Bible until I attended a series at another church that focused on a new woman every week and the role she played. Such a great series of lessons! I love that you’ve got this going in your blog, too!

Comment on Reflection of the Heart by Rofiq

Rofiq — Mon, 14 May 2012 13:02:43 +0000

These are excellent guispeodts for healthy congregations Mac, I found them BEFORE you posted the link on facebook. I’ve already sent them around telling where i got them from. I especially find the italicized parts good for us as education, reminders, recognition, and goals. So valuable when working and planning for health, missional service, and sustainability. I tailored them to our own missional statement and congregation, i hope you don’t mind ( original list referenced).