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Rise up - go to church

Classik

Classik

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Rise up and go to church this Sunday. Don't tell us you've got cable network.

Try it this sunday and have some fun. Be physically present with the brethren. Do not dose off during the sermon.

Try and dance like David did :wink

Dont forget your bibles - and never take your newspaper to church .
 
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Classik said:
Rise up and go to church this Sunday. Don't tell us you've got cable network.

Try it this sunday and have some fun. Be physically present with the brethren. Do not dose off during the sermon.

Try and dance like David did :wink

Dont forget your bibles - and never take your newspaper to church .
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There is a church in my area I am curious about, so I will probably go there Sunday evening. I'm not a morning person.
 
Kathi said:
Not necessarily.I feel safer and more secure in not going to some of the Churches I have hear about.
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I may not know exactly what you mean, Kathi, but I identify with your statement. There are some churches I refuse to go to simply because they remind me too much of other churches I have...endured.
 
Classik said:
Remember there is no perfect church.
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Been to church. Was okay.
Actually I do love my church. But it's getting a bit boring... the same people, the same routine, the same songs....

Am I wrong to hunger for novelty in my church?
 
Claudya said:
Been to church. Was okay.
Actually I do love my church. But it's getting a bit boring... the same people, the same routine, the same songs....

Am I wrong to hunger for novelty in my church?
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While I think it is important to keep our focus on Christ, I don't think it's wrong to want novelty in a church. The church I loved in Denver had a different minister every week, different music, different food. We had many of the same people, but it wasn't boring or routine.
 
Claudya said:
Been to church. Was okay.
Actually I do love my church. But it's getting a bit boring... the same people, the same routine, the same songs....

Am I wrong to hunger for novelty in my church?
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I'm not sure about novelty but it bothers me when I know there are many people sitting in those pews that have very little knowledge about the connections between the OT and NT and yet the pastor teaches the same things over and over every week.
The Bible is a most exciting and interesting book. Why won't they teach it?
 
Deborah13 said:
I'm not sure about novelty but it bothers me when I know there are many people sitting in those pews that have very little knowledge about the connections between the OT and NT and yet the pastor teaches the same things over and over every week.
The Bible is a most exciting and interesting book. Why won't they teach it?
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It raises questions they cannot answer.
 
DarkWalker said:
It raises questions they cannot answer.
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So I think present it anyway, get people excited and thinking and praying for understanding. The pastor doesn't have to know everything, doesn't the congregation have some responsibility to share what they see and the pastor to receive it and pray about it too. The Lord doesn't always speak to just the ones at the top but even to those wandering in the desert eating bugs and honey. (I think it was locust and honey?)
 
kiwidan said:
Yea, i would like to know all the connections between the two. Would be lot easier if someone with a lot more knowledge and wisdom explain it clearly. Would save me a lot of time i know that. I been reading for over a year from stratch knowing nothing and still cannot figure barely anything out. Its just too complex. Then i try study up on it and its even more confusing because people all say different things and have different teachings on what things mean.

Looks like im on my own. No worries. I will get there one day even if it takes 50 years of frustration and confusion. Lord willing.
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Have you been going through Genesis with us? It's been great and pretty clear......
 
Deborah13 said:
So I think present it anyway, get people excited and thinking and praying for understanding. The pastor doesn't have to know everything, doesn't the congregation have some responsibility to share what they see and the pastor to receive it and pray about it too. The Lord doesn't always speak to just the ones at the top but even to those wandering in the desert eating bugs and honey. (I think it was locust and honey?)
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John the Baptist did indeed eat locusts and honey. I love that guy.

I agree with you: feed your congregation and get them asking, and don't be afraid to say, "I don't know, let's find out together." I am more likely to trust a pastor who charges headfirst into the unknown, rather than acts like a pretentious, um, donkey while wandering around in the safe area.
 
kiwidan said:
I have read a bit in that thread, not all of it yet. I only read Chops daily posts because everything else gets confusing with everyone posting scriptures all over the place. Its like it will be something on Genesis then someone goes and quotes like heaps of scripture from the NT but honestly i cannot see the pattern or how they connect, and everyone else seems too and is all excited about it or something.

I just cannot understand scripture. "Behold, the bread of life". To me it sounds like someone holding of a loaf of bread that is alive and breathing.

The OT is way more hard to understand. I can read normal stuff and the NT sees easy but still hs these behold a loaf of bread of life type words all over the place.
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Well, that is what a Bible Study is for, to STUDY which includes asking questions. I've asked many, many. I don't always get it. Yes, the Bible is full of poetic speech but there are clues. Like why do we eat any food, for nourishment.
Actually your picture of the loaf of bread is more accurate than what many would see. You at least see that it is alive and breathing, our Lord is alive.
In the Genesis study when other scripture is posted that is how we learn to tie the OT and NT together. If you don't want to post your questions in the thread you could always PM that poster for an explanation. :yes
 
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