When I was younger I was surprised to find out that not every church traditionally used the phrase "pray through". Some things I just thought were universal.
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There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Chuck Norris lives in Houston.
Either the United States will destroy ignorance, or ignorance will destroy the United States. – W.E.B. DuBois
"In church" = He's a believer in the UPC dogma and lifestyle.
"prayed through" is one my non-UPC friends don't understand either.
"this precious faith" = UPC dogma
"those of like precious faith" = those who agree with the speakers narrow slice of UPC theology.
"shouting" = I'm pretty sure this fairly unique to the UPC and its close cousins in the denominal acrononym alphabet cereal.
"the organization"= the UPC. Why do I think of The Sopranos when I hear this?
"the fellowship" = the UPC.
"with us" = In the UPC...."he's not with us" anymore means he's not UPC. That's usually proceeded by a furrowed brow and a slight shake of the head and is usually preceeded by "I just want you to pray" which is usually preceeded by "I'm not gossiping or anything, but.." The receiver of said gossip usually says "Has he gone Charasmatic?!" , to which the gossiper replies, "Even worse! He's REFORMED!!" . (that ones for my friend Dave. )
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"Most human beings are not able to stand the message of the shaking of foundations. They reject and attack the prophetic minds, not because they really disagree with them, but because they sense the truth of their words and cannot receive it." Paul Tillich
"back slidden" - to leave the individual Church you once attended/to change your opinion on ANY standard that the church held. Note: A CHURCH can be back slidden when it does this to the organization as well.
"the birthday song" - The UPC's answer to "Happy Birthday to you....", since the original is obviously carnal.
"fellowship" - Much more complicated in the UPC universe but assumed to mean "get together. hang around." by the rest of the world.
I don't get any of those. Y'all are some strange people.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
Well, I have heard the term backslidden, which I was. So there was truth in that one.
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If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV
He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? Micah 6:8 KJV
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2 KJV
I really wasn't talking about the "controversial" ones (fat chance, huh ). I was mainly just talking about whether there is a unique culture with unique lingo overall that we are connected to without even quite realizing it. The first time I read someone here say that somebody didn't believe fat meat was greasy, I almost fell out of my chair. I had no idea that that was a widespread saying.
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There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, Chuck Norris lives in Houston.
Either the United States will destroy ignorance, or ignorance will destroy the United States. – W.E.B. DuBois
You know what there is two ways to obtain a culture. By design of default. One can create a culture for a church or especially a movement that is vibrant and cutting edge and an actual Acts 2 church, which was very pregressive. Then one can create the opposite. Either way culture is created if one does not set forth to create a culture the movement settles into a form of culture where everyone makes up the rules as they go or the ones that make up the rules to so out of their own opinions.
By design, is the way it should be done cause the ones helping to create it can also insure that the culture is maintained. By default no one sets a certain cultre thus the movement takes on a culture of its own based on the opinions and wants of the people with in it. This is very dangerous when the best thing to say about a movements 'culture' is that there is not one or at best the one it has is very, very lacking. It is hard to kick against to pricks or change cultures when the lack of culture has been going on so long.
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"If we don't learn to live together we're gonna die alone"
Jack Shephard.
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). I was mainly just talking about whether there is a unique culture with unique lingo overall that we are connected to without even quite realizing it. The first time I read someone here say that somebody didn't believe fat meat was greasy, I almost fell out of my chair. I had no idea that that was a widespread saying.
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