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1 | When did the catholic church go wrong? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 25996 | ||
I do get your "drift", CDBJ, loud and clear. It's sad. Some churches don't serve much on their menu but goody-goody desserts. The theme song might as well be, "Come join us. It'll make you feel good all over. We have fun and fellowship and sports and quilting parties -- and the food is always simply delicious." At a "church" my wife and attended some years ago, I once counted the number of Sundays on which the word "Jesus" was never spoken from the pulpit. As I recall, the number rose to the double digits before the man who was mis-named the pastor slipped up and mentioned the name of Jesus. I'm happy to say we no longer attend that organization. --Hank | ||||||
2 | When did the catholic church go wrong? | Bible general Archive 1 | CDBJ | 26162 | ||
I'll be honest with you I am not even much into singing anymore. I know singing conveys praise but it hurts my throat when it's more then one song. I sure like turning pages in the Bible though on the pastors lead when following a point of doctrin. Someone said that you can usually till if a church is heading in the right direction or is on the right track without even going inside; just see how many of it's members are carrying Bibles in with them! That is a pretty good indication that they Word of God is being taught. CDBJ | ||||||
3 | When did the catholic church go wrong? | Bible general Archive 1 | Hank | 26165 | ||
CDBJ, I hadn't really thought about your idea of watching for how many members of a church carried Bibles with them, but I do believe you're right. In the church that my wife and I formerly attended for years, virtually no one carried a Bible. It was for all intents a dead church...... In the church we attend now (a large church) I believe that if you took the Bibles that were carried in, stacked them on a table and counted them, you would know almost exactly how many people attended the service on any given Sunday. And it is a live, active, vibrant church. You make a good point. The Bibles being carried in are a leading indicator of what one is likely to find inside. Could we say that going to church without a Bible is like going on a picnic without a basket full of food? --Hank | ||||||
4 | When did the catholic church go wrong? | Bible general Archive 1 | CDBJ | 26168 | ||
In essence that is what Christ said, Matthew 4:4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. There is food for the body and food for the spirit. It is the assimilation of God's Word that causes us to grow spiritually. CDBJ |
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