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KWSS1976
03-26-2012, 01:01 PM
Ok so the past 2 Sundays in our church the Assistant pastor has been doing alot of calling out...yea,yea,yea you all know what I mean...So whats up with that why do you need to go up front, to be able to "get in gods spirit" I am sure he will come visit me 10 ft away in my pew. Whats the front have that my pew does not??? O and no one showed up for the calling besides the ones that where already on the front row..
Dordrecht
03-26-2012, 01:12 PM
Maybe it's just a gimmick.
I noticed some churches have satan in the front pew.
bbyrd009
03-26-2012, 01:13 PM
Um, i'm not quite clear on the "Calling out," could you elaborate a bit there? Ty
bbyrd009
03-26-2012, 01:14 PM
Maybe it's just a gimmick.
I noticed some churches have satan in the front pew.
Lol, or the pulpit.
KWSS1976
03-26-2012, 01:19 PM
I "dare someone to stepout" see what God will do I feel the Holyghost so thick in here ....get it now...lol
Timmy
03-26-2012, 01:23 PM
I "dare someone to stepout" see what God will do I feel the Holyghost so thick in here ....get it now...lol
Oh. That. I usually think of the term "calling out" as mentioning someone by name (or at least pointing, maybe) and telling everyone what sin Got said they've committed. The Holy Spirit is such a gossip (apparently).
DaveC519
03-26-2012, 01:44 PM
Oh. That. I usually think of the term "calling out" as mentioning someone by name (or at least pointing, maybe) and telling everyone what sin Got said they've committed. The Holy Spirit is such a gossip (apparently).
"He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends." (Prov 17:9)
"Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins." (Prov 10:12)
bbyrd009
03-26-2012, 01:47 PM
I "dare someone to stepout" see what God will do I feel the Holyghost so thick in here ....get it now...lol
Ah--I view "religion" as mostly an appeal to emotions, and while I love "Take a step toward God, and He will take a step toward you," there is also a sense in which God has done all that He is going to do, and that that "step toward you" is, imo, actually the product of your step; so I'd have to ask what Spirit seemed to prevail there?
bbyrd009
03-26-2012, 01:48 PM
Oh. That. I usually think of the term "calling out" as mentioning someone by name (or at least pointing, maybe) and telling everyone what sin Got said they've committed. The Holy Spirit is such a gossip (apparently).
Ya, this was my initial thought there.
KWSS1976
03-26-2012, 01:51 PM
No one moved from there pews,so I guess the "Holyghost was so think no one could walk through it....lol...But I have no doubt in my mind God touched someone in there even if they did not walk out and up front for all to see....
KWSS1976
03-26-2012, 01:53 PM
Why all the need for public display of emotion needed???? Whats between you and God is between you and God,not anyone else and no one else needs to know,it's none of there buisness no even the pastor..
Titus2woman
03-26-2012, 02:24 PM
Why all the need for public display of emotion needed???? Whats between you and God is between you and God,not anyone else and no one else needs to know,it's none of there buisness no even the pastor..
Yeah... I don't really get it either. I think that maybe when pastors 'push' like that they are trying to stroke their own egos by getting a 'response'. It's an ingrained learned behaviour.
Cindy
03-26-2012, 03:32 PM
Good grief.
Like Timmy I find the title of your thread misleading! I am willing to bet you that for the majority of folks when you say a preacher is "calling people out" they think you mean he is accusing them of doing something wrong or not being right with God.
Encouraging people to "step out in faith" or some such thing is entirely different!
AreYouReady?
03-26-2012, 04:11 PM
Good grief.
:toofunny
Dordrecht
03-26-2012, 04:30 PM
Maybe the Holy Ghost was so "thick", there was no room for people to walk to the front?
Fiyahstarter
03-26-2012, 05:35 PM
Don't minimize the calling-to-step-out strategy. It might be just what the Lord is telling the pastor to do. And it can work. I know. It was exactly the "stepping out" on my part when Jesus formally introduced himself to me for the first time. It was an engulfing, overwhelming, beautiful thing. And it was at that moment I became one of His.
So again I say, don't assume it's a gimmick. My pastor felt the need to encourage, and I felt the tug at my heartstrings, and I responded to GOD's call. I'm so glad I responded! I'm most thankful that He responded back! That was 15 years ago.
Hoovie
03-26-2012, 05:55 PM
I would agree that it's an engrained, learned behavior... Both on the part of the ministers and the respondents. That does not negate the results however. I truly believe God works in spite of less than perfect methods and circumstances. The same is true in other denominations.
Why I remember when Hoovie and family visited Christ Church a few years ago the pastor practically had to call Hoovie by name to get him to come down to the altar!
Hoovie finally responded when the pastor clearly stated that there was someone there that Sunday with a bright yellow / gold shirt on who needed to make their move to the front!
crakjak
03-26-2012, 06:22 PM
I would agree that it's an engrained, learned behavior... Both on the part of the ministers and the respondents. That does not negate the results however. I truly believe God works in spite of less than perfect methods and circumstances. The same is true in other denominations.
Well said, Stevie!!
Margies3
03-26-2012, 07:00 PM
Like Timmy I find the title of your thread misleading! I am willing to bet you that for the majority of folks when you say a preacher is "calling people out" they think you mean he is accusing them of doing something wrong or not being right with God.
Encouraging people to "step out in faith" or some such thing is entirely different!
yep, that's what I thought too.
KeptByTheWord
03-26-2012, 07:54 PM
yep, that's what I thought too.
I agree with this also... being called out, more or less means being singled out, and used as an example to the rest of the congregation....
Hoovie
03-26-2012, 09:20 PM
Why I remember when Hoovie and family visited Christ Church a few years ago the pastor practically had to call Hoovie by name to get him to come down to the altar!
Hoovie finally responded when the pastor clearly stated that there was someone there that Sunday with a bright yellow / gold shirt on who needed to make their move to the front!
It was either that, or wear my Bishops collar! Some of us have to compensate for our plain past!
Jason B
03-26-2012, 10:21 PM
Why all the need for public display of emotion needed???? Whats between you and God is between you and God,not anyone else and no one else needs to know,it's none of there buisness no even the pastor..
Its because so few people have a "prayer closet" anymore.
Titus2woman
03-26-2012, 10:39 PM
Yeah... I don't really get it either. I think that maybe when pastors 'push' like that they are trying to stroke their own egos by getting a 'response'. It's an ingrained learned behavior.
I think I sounded a little strong and kind of snipey here for someone who got the Holy Ghost at a Pentecostal Altar call, LOL!
Still the 'push' sometimes is just funny to watch. But yes God will be God no matter what we do. :)
Steve Epley
03-27-2012, 06:24 AM
Some folks are just cranky and critical. Just saying...................
Dordrecht
03-27-2012, 07:47 AM
Some folks are just cranky and critical. Just saying...................
Yes, I noticed that, Steve.:smack
bbyrd009
03-27-2012, 09:57 AM
Lol, ya--to most of the world, that's "Christians."
It's fair to say that there are altar calls, and then there are altar calls--
are we even supposed to have altars in..."church" now?
Since I'm pretty sure I could find some Scripture that says "No, you are not,"
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that if you eliminated the altar from your church you might get some growth there. I would expect this "growth" to come in the form of congregational abandonment, as they seek another earthly king, however, hmm.
Dordrecht
03-27-2012, 12:38 PM
I agree with this also... being called out, more or less means being singled out, and used as an example to the rest of the congregation....
I was singled out once!
Fiyahstarter
03-27-2012, 08:55 PM
I would agree that it's an engrained, learned behavior... Both on the part of the ministers and the respondents. That does not negate the results however. I truly believe God works in spite of less than perfect methods and circumstances. The same is true in other denominations.
Well I'd have to disagree with it being "engrained" on this respondent's part (me) as it was only my fourth visit to church... I didn't grow up in.
I guess everyone has their story. But remember, one size does not fit all...
Mine was a wondrous experience.
KeptByTheWord
03-27-2012, 09:25 PM
I think the "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" should apply to all ministers here in the case of "calling out" and singling out members for sins. Would a minister appreciate being called out, and singled out for any sin in his life? I think not.
He who is without sin... cast the first stone....
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