Comments on: 10 Things Churches Do Right

By: Kenny

Kenny — Fri, 25 May 2012 13:40:34 +0000

You have come face to face with many truths. You no lonegr choose to live in an alternate reality like many of your born-again, evangelical friends, and I suspect family members as well. Has your personal journey not also resulted in a questioning of the Jesus Christ resurrection story, which is truly the very foundation of Christianity itself?Have you been able to hang on to Jesus as savior and Lord while rejecting the o.t. as being the word of God?To me, when I could no lonegr reconcile Yahweh-god to Jesus-god in something called a Holy Trinity, the whole premise of Jesus as the Son of God/Yahweh, sent to die for my sins and bring me eternal life started to fall apart very quickly. IOW, if I reject Yahweh as the creator god of the universe, how do I hold on to Christ as the savior of mankind?I lived in that alternate reality of evangelical Christianity for 30 years, so I very much identify with those still there, especially my sweet family members whom I love dearly. I feel very free, but they just can’t understand how anyone can live or love without Jesus in his heart. I am still the same loving husband and dad/granddad as before, but I just choose to live in the reality that the bible was written by men, not God.newepiphany

By: R. Jerome Harris

R. Jerome Harris — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:45:55 +0000

Is it me? But it all sounds so divisive and competitive. I do not know Christ divided. All of the hyphenated Christian organizations. Perhaps what men have coined “Christianity” is not from God at all; but something man-made. So much division and diverse teachings.

At his transfiguration (Luke 9:35), God said that we were to listen to His Son. Seems to me that who is really being listened to are the many diverse religious organizations with their many diverse teachings and voices.

Jesus does not speak in many voices and many different teachings. There is only one.

Should one not view these many voices as “strange” voices and run from them?

“The watchman opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. But they will never follow a stranger; in fact, they will run away from him because they do not recognize a stranger’s voice.” (John 10:3-5)

The many “churches” speak with different voices, different and competing teachings. They have a strangers voice.

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Sat, 24 Oct 2009 04:14:20 +0000

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By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:15:07 +0000

You said it!

By: mondaymorningreview

mondaymorningreview — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:28:16 +0000

Love it. It is such a joy to be a thread in this amazing tapestry.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:15:51 +0000

Thanks, Jeff. It didn’t take as long as you might think, but certainly longer than most posts. It’s been stirring in my heart for some time, I just needed to put it “down on paper,” so to speak. I appreciate you.

By: Scripture Zealot

Scripture Zealot — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:42:57 +0000

Nice post. That must have taken some time. I learned some things, being denominationally challenged.

In addition to trying to stay positive I want to try to do more of this type of thing on various people, groups, blogs etc. Romans 12:10.
Jeff