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11-02-2009, 07:17 PM
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Re: Holy Ghost at a funeral? OF COURSE!!!
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Originally Posted by Apocrypha
What I am getting at.. is that funerals are tricky. They can easily turn people against the Christian message if they feel they are getting manipulated by the preacher to get right or die in hell. Funerals are a very emotional time and should be focused on giving comfort to the family... not to rolling the dice on a bellywhopper of a alter call. People can really get to hate a church if they feel manipulated at a vulnerable time.
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No altar call.
No preechin hell. I do see sharing a Redeemer.
I also know it is a painfull moment and when the tears dry, they may dobut what commitment they made under a moment of deep sorrow.
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11-02-2009, 07:21 PM
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Re: Holy Ghost at a funeral? OF COURSE!!!
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No altar call.
No preechin hell. I do see sharing a Redeemer.
I also know it is a painfull moment and when the tears dry, they may dobut what commitment they made under a moment of deep sorrow.
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I guess in the final analysis without wasting precious electrons in the next few pages of this thread... it goes under the category of "Where the Spirit leads..."
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11-02-2009, 07:35 PM
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Re: Holy Ghost at a funeral? OF COURSE!!!
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I guess in the final analysis without wasting precious electrons in the next few pages of this thread... it goes under the category of "Where the Spirit leads..."
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Kinda like Stephen's funeral and preceding stoning was an influence on the conversion of Saul/paul.
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11-02-2009, 07:38 PM
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Re: Holy Ghost at a funeral? OF COURSE!!!
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Kinda like Stephen's funeral and preceding stoning was an influence on the conversion of Saul/paul.
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Thats a silly analogy. Saul went out and persecuted Christians after that. It took the Lord meeting him on the road to turn him. Even then it came down to the grace of God drawing someone who was misguided but wanting righteousness.
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11-02-2009, 08:29 PM
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Re: Holy Ghost at a funeral? OF COURSE!!!
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If you were not on the phone with me right now!...I would call you and slap the "tool" out of you! ROFLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
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Wow, when someone else used the word "tool" you got all up in the air and got banned for it, but you sure are having a good time with it now.. your a class act
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11-02-2009, 08:36 PM
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Re: Holy Ghost at a funeral? OF COURSE!!!
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Wow, when someone else used the word "tool" you got all up in the air and got banned for it, but you sure are having a good time with it now.. your a class act
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Yeah, 'bout as stable as price. did I just say that? 
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11-03-2009, 06:57 AM
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Re: Holy Ghost at a funeral? OF COURSE!!!
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Wow, when someone else used the word "tool" you got all up in the air and got banned for it, but you sure are having a good time with it now.. your a class act
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Tool "in the world" means gay.
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11-03-2009, 07:04 AM
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Re: Holy Ghost at a funeral? OF COURSE!!!
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IBC (of which I am alumni) taught WRONG!
I own our funeral home..... www.christensenfuneralhome.com
I was director and asst in that funeral...
Each funeral is held differently.
IF you knew Dr. Bauer.. I did it EXACTLY as he would have wanted it. |
At my grandfathers funeral we forevermore had some church. Shouting, dancing, singing, praising...
That's the way it oughta be.
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11-03-2009, 07:26 AM
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Re: Holy Ghost at a funeral? OF COURSE!!!
But, please, please, please no sermons about how if you're not "baptized in Jesus name, and filled with the Holy Ghost with evidence of speaking in tongues, you're NOT SAVED and are bound for a devil's hell!!" A funeral is NOT the place for that, and is so disrespectful to people who have come to pay their respects.
I've even been to funerals where they go down the laundry list of sins that will send you to hell..... makeup, cut hair, pants, television. Sorry, that's just rude.
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11-03-2009, 07:31 AM
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Re: Holy Ghost at a funeral? OF COURSE!!!
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But, please, please, please no sermons about how if you're not "baptized in Jesus name, and filled with the Holy Ghost with evidence of speaking in tongues, you're NOT SAVED and are bound for a devil's hell!!" A funeral is NOT the place for that, and is so disrespectful to people who have come to pay their respects.
I've even been to funerals where they go down the laundry list of sins that will send you to hell..... makeup, cut hair, pants, television. Sorry, that's just rude.
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I completely agree.
It should be a celebration of the deseased's life, not a sermon to reach the lost attending the service.
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