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RE: CAN CHURCH BE AN IDOL? - 7/7/2008 3:40:23 PM
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bzirk
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Oh, it's absolutely not new. LOL!
What's funny to me is the people who say they want to get real, want to really serve the Lord and be with the Lord, but when things get tough (and I'm not talking about church attendance), those people are nowhere to be found. I usually don't listen to someone when they start talking that way. I shut down a bit, because it's just talk, and I don't want to get down on them in my heart for just talking, talking and always talking and nothing else.
But then here I am on this site always talking.
I'm really not as down on people as I sound, but I am not very patient with Christians who only talk or only listen to talk -- even if it's well intentioned Bible study. This is probably the chief thing that soured me on the traditional church years ago was this incessant talking and receiving talking but seldom or ever acting on it. Oh, of course people were involved in church programs like Tuesday night visitation. But again, that's only talking, always talking. That seems to be what a lot of "church" is about.
When does the rubber ever meet the road?
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RE: CAN CHURCH BE AN IDOL? - 7/10/2008 12:04:05 AM
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Covaan_Meshuga
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You reminded me of this:
Washed By The Water
The Heat
by NEEDTOBREATHE
...Daddy was a preacher
She was his wife
Just tryin to make the world a little better
You know, shine a light
People started talking
Trying to hear their own voice
Those people tried to accuse my father
Said he made the wrong choice
Though it might be painful
You know that time will always tell
Those people have long since gone
My father never failed...
All songs written by Bear Rinehart and Bo Rinehart Walter Ego Music (ASCAP) / Needtobreathe Music (BMI)
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"Ladies and gentlemen, there are things that you will only be able to learn by the weakest among us, and when you snuff them out, you are the one that loses." ~~Gianna Jesson, 1977 LA, CA, saline abortion survivor
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RE: CAN CHURCH BE AN IDOL? - 7/11/2008 2:07:31 PM
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McFatty
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I believe that an idol is an idol. I don't think I ought to go around accusing abstract ideas, common household objects and buildings in the community of instigating idolatry. If it's an idol, it's probably an idol. If it's a church, it's probably a church. Let's not over-complicate this issue.
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“Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.” – Philippians 4:8
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