Why Do You Hang Around Here? - Page 4

Ron · #1 07-23-2008, 08:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Scott Hutchinson

Brother Ron you know you love your American kin folks.

Yeah, you are right. Some brethren such as yourself it is real easy to like.

I think of it like this,

To dwell above with Saints We love,
That truly will be glory!

To dwell below with Saints we know,
Well, that's a different story!

Sounds funny, but if we don't love those who we can see, how can we love God
who we can't see?

I am still working on that.

Scott Hutchinson · #2 07-23-2008, 06:04 PM

Steve P hey us guitar fans are a clannish lot,a guy that loves picking like you do has got to be a good joe.

steve p · #3 07-23-2008, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Scott Hutchinson

Steve P hey us guitar fans are a clannish lot,a guy that loves picking like you do has got to be a good joe.

We could start our own church eh!!!!!

Scott Hutchinson · #4 07-23-2008, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by steve p

We could start our own church eh!!!!!

Yes we could have fuzztone and clean tone worship services.

Mosby48 · #5 07-23-2008, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by rgcraig

This post rang true to me when I read it!

Many have wondered why so many of us ex-UPC people hang around here and I know from time to time we've tried to explain it, but the answer for me is just as RD stated - - it's our history.

It's part of my culture of who I am and why I am who I am. To be in contact with others that were raised similar makes it fun to hang around here. It's like a family - we know so many of the same people, have had so many of the same experiences and like the UPC culture thread can laugh about so many of the things we did through the years.

With all the fussing and division at times it's a wonder we even speak to each other from day to day, but it's because we have that common bond.

What's so hard to understand about that?

Why do you hang around here?

Two reasons. I work for the railroad and I am Pentecostal. Both cultures have their own language and way of talking. If you tell a story to an outsider, it loses it's funniness because you have to explain so much. It's two cultures I understand and they understand me. This forum is enjoyable (most of the time), concerns ideas I believe and is made up of a lot of really nice folks. I enjoy the gossip and info about events happening around the country.

ManOfWord · #6 07-23-2008, 06:10 PM

Why do I hang around here? Good question!

The answer is pretty much why I do almost anything.......I want to make a difference. I do NOT want to make everyone like me. But God has put so many good men and women in my life who have made a difference; I just want to do the same thing. Truthfully, pastoring a church of 300 and the other things I am involved in take up quite a bit of my time. I am very involved in my community and am beginning to travel to other countries more to teach on the Jewish roots of Christianity and the oneness of God.

I like the people here! I like the exchanges. I like the way the people here cause me to think and I hope from time to time I challenge others to think as well.

I got saved, married, ordained and pastored in the UPC for over 20 yrs. It is my Christian cultural roots. I still have many connections in it. I still bring attention to its warts and rightly so. I also have a deep appreciation for its wonderful men and women of God.

I am secure in who I am because of Him and I honestly don't need to post here to make me feel good. I have a camaraderie with the other owners here even though we're not all alike. I believe that unity is diversity walking the same direction.

AFF is fun. AFF is NOT life. AFF is not everything to me, but it is something....something I enjoy. AFF is truly the people who post here and I enjoy everyone of them...those who like me and those who don't.....lib, con & everything in between. We share a common bond around the Godhead and I am sold out to that truth in scripture!

Viva la difference!!!!