Revival The Missing Link?

[whoami]

Originally Posted by Baron1710

My daughter made a comment that pretty much summed up my feeling when watching these videos, "They sound like the Roman Church of the dark ages."

The fact that they are forbidden to read and study the Bible is an amazing tool of Satan. While the folks in the video had genuine faith it makes me wonder how many Amish have a genuine faith in Christ and how many simply have a list of rules.

I haven't watched the video's (can't access youtube right now) but I've never heard of Amish being forbidden to read or study the Bible. The Amish I know (horse and buggy Old Order Amish) do read their Bible, every day during their family devotions.

[Baron1710]

Originally Posted by whoami

I haven't watched the video's (can't access youtube right now) but I've never heard of Amish being forbidden to read or study the Bible. The Amish I know (horse and buggy Old Order Amish) do read their Bible, every day during their family devotions.

The point they made in the videos was that they read it in old German and really don't understand what they are reading.

[whoami]

Originally Posted by Baron1710

The point they made in the videos was that they read it in old German and really don't understand what they are reading.

I see.

Yes, the rules do vary from group to group, each has their own Ordnung. The group I live near does their devotions in the version of Dutch that they use every day, so their Bible reading and devotions are very well understood and discussed.

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by whoami

I haven't watched the video's (can't access youtube right now) but I've never heard of Amish being forbidden to read or study the Bible. The Amish I know (horse and buggy Old Order Amish) do read their Bible, every day during their family devotions.

The gentleman on the video said that they are forbidden to have personal bible studies or prayer meetings outside the normal meetings of the congregation. This seems to refer to Bible studies & prayer meetings where several families get together rather than personal study in ones own home by ones self.

Something made clear in the videos that might be pertinent as well. The rules vary from group to group so you may know someone who is in a group that allows this while the group these gentlemen are in might not allow it.

[crakjak]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

The gentleman on the video said that they are forbidden to have personal bible studies or prayer meetings outside the normal meetings of the congregation. This seems to refer to Bible studies & prayer meetings where several families get together rather than personal study in ones own home by ones self.

Something made clear in the videos that might be pertinent as well. The rules vary from group to group so you may know someone who is in a group that allows this while the group these gentlemen are in might not allow it.

I remember being prohibited from have group prayer meetings and bible study, at a UC church many years ago in Dallas. I believe the pastor was afraid that we would get into mischief??? LOL Like maybe seeing things different than he preached, and if it was a group, maybe we would all rebell????

[Sam]

Originally Posted by crakjak

I remember being prohibited from have group prayer meetings and bible study, at a UC church many years ago in Dallas. I believe the pastor was afraid that we would get into mischief??? LOL Like maybe seeing things different than he preached, and if it was a group, maybe we would all rebell????

Our pastor's wife at the ALJC church we attended in the nineteen sixties and seventies told us that her pastor in Fort Worth, TX did not allow people from his church to gather anywhere socially. If they wanted to get together it had to be under his supervision. At that time I think he was UPC or maybe that was after he went AMF.

[crakjak]

Originally Posted by Sam

Our pastor's wife at the ALJC church we attended in the nineteen sixties and seventies told us that her pastor in Fort Worth, TX did not allow people from his church to gather anywhere socially. If they wanted to get together it had to be under his supervision. At that time I think he was UPC or maybe that was after he went AFF.

The church that I mention was UPC, and we began our journey out from that place. I recognize that that church was not the norm, my dad pastored in the UPC for over 50 years, and that was never his mode of operation.