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Originally Posted by The Lemon
I would love to know the evangelist pushing this koolaide...seems in some circles the 'system" is used for big pimpin'.
The older I get, the more disenchanted I am with "Church". I tire of going to a building every Sunday...singing a few songs, worshipping for 15-20 min, and then hearing a message and going home, and repeating this week after week, year after year...in hopes that it will somehow validate my walk with God and keep me saved, and in the good graces of the church and pastor....I can't believe I am the only one feeling this way.
It would be refreshing to take a Sunday morning and have Church at a community park, or a street service, or something....I don't know...
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I think that we would benefit from a balance of traditional church and the more unorthodox like home meetings, community service, etc.
"Church" is a lot like kindergarten. It really is great for someone who has never been in the presence of God or godly people before. It teaches basics. It gives one a community of believers to draw from and model things after. It encourages faithfullness and gets one started down a road to a deep relationship with God. It should spark ones hunger to know God and His word.
Just like kindergarten though...you grow out of it and mature. Then what? "Church" expects you to just happily do the same thing week after week and if you don't...you are backslidden and don't love God or his church.
You would never expect a person to enjoy kindergarten over and over and over. You expect them to grow up and move on to deeper things. Yet church doesn't support that. They want you in the pew paying your church tax(tithing) every week.
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