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Well, frankly, there's very few of those comparatively speaking as well. Most churches in America absolutely STINK.

I honestly prefer atheism to the kind of Christianity which permeates our culture.

The best thing one can do is try to find a church with SOME real people in it and worship with them, or move to where one is or be sent out from a good church to go start one of your own.

 

Let me ask you this question Luke. Would you go to any church that did not preach the truth ? Maybe in your area grace churches are on every street corner but not so where I live. I guess I was typing the question as you were typing the answer above.

 

Brother, I assume by "truth" and "grace churches" you mean churches that preach reformed theology. Yes, I would go to a church that is Arminian if that is all that is available to me.

No, I would not go to a church that literally and actually undermined the Gospel of Christ.

 

wonderful!!!!

 

Been there & done that .....they start by asking you why you see things the way you do & why ya still playing around with that Calvinistic horse manure. Then they try to make you look like an apostate because of how you view scripture. I would strenuously say NO to that suggestion. And think about this a minute Salzer, is that the way you want your children taught scripture? NO NO NO!!!!!

 

And I see a bunch of people staring at a wall. Tell me how thats a church. What do you do for the community? How do you help the poor & destitute? How bout those thrown outa work? What word of hope do you have to offer those workers who see no meaning in their life? What word of hope have you got for all the women who bear children and, day after day, say, what is the meaning of this life? Again are you out there touching the flesh of God, seeing Christ in the poor, the disenfranchised, the destitute? How bout those people in hospice, how bout those people being foreclosed on & loosing their homes, how bout those people who go to bed hungry, how bout those people desperate & close to suicide, how bout those people?!? Do you see Christ in them & are you willing to get outa your comfort zones to touch the flesh of God, even to touch the flesh of one another and understand what God is calling us into?

Until then, dont tell me about your church......Im not interested.

 

Thats what I asked you to do......show me that you are active. Unfortunately, Im not seeing it in my community so Im hopeful that other places have that going on. Honestly, that is what keeps me looking, knowing that there are still some active in ministry & going out to people.

 

You are being a jerk. Annsni has been nothing but clear and accommodating to you, responding when most lost interest in what you had to say. Perhaps the biggest problem in your inability to find a church that meets all your criteria is actually you.

 

But why why why....ha ha ha, Because most of you are not Gods body! Thats why and it is apparent by the poor state of most churches today. And its not me calling churches to supporting Gods body...its Christ. So when I ask....no not ask but demand to see proof that's where the rubber meets the road. You should be happy you have an answer that displays that you actually can get out of the way and do Gods work and not just be another meeting house for x Catholics who want to feel good about themselves every Sunday cause they Go To Church. And personally, my search has never been for a perfect church but one that goes the extra step to reach out and touch the flesh.....that's very rare these days. And I'm not talking about giving turkeys out for thanksgiving. Thats generally what I hear when I ask the question about what you "the church " do for the community. So I hope that answers YOUR question.

 

ROFL......oh Gaud that's funny. You calling me a jerk....hahahaha

Ain't my criterion....its Gods ......so why don't you go to church this Sunday and ask him about it.....leave me out off it though. BTW, you do know what opinions are like don't you and you certainly are/have one.

 

Thats a pretty radical view don't you think...stating a preference for atheism. I don't even go there and I consider myself quite radical. But I know where you are going with this.

Now as to your other suggestions....you throw them out quite casually. Why would someone want to retreat from a Godless area just to go to church? What's the challange in that? What about staying and fighting....it can be done. Do you know how many disinfanchised (sic) and wayward Christians there are out here...there are many and I constantly get the same story from them. The common story is always that that they got sick of the BS, sick of the hypocracy, sick of the endless guilt trips. Many many have been hurt by the churches and so now they wont go back. Add to it those apostate churches that are lifeless dead things yada yada and we have most choosing to stay put vs attending. You know, those people could be cultivated by the right guy.

 

You know nothing about me.... nice try. :laugh:
Must bother you though when your ego doesn't get stroked. Tough.

 

sounds like the stuff that the ol' America was made of, when a hardware store owner takes the word of a personally known Christian that he will have his money when the other comes back, and, don't matter if it took six months, a year, or two years, sure enough when the other guy comes around he gets paid.....with interest, even.

 

been reading the thread tryin' to get heads and tails of it and all I can say at this moment is, a church you go to is where your spirit agrees with that church's doctrine and if it don't, well, time to move on, and if it does, then time to sink root.

and also, the liberal use of the definite article "THE" is amusing.
like when somebody says 'the Baptist church is the real deal' because if it is then Jesus created a smorgasbord of doctrines, practices and values and a 'bride' that couldn't decide if she wants white, pink, green, or what for a veil.

"A" church would be more appropriate.

 

Good point:thumbs:

 

Not tough enough to actually use the word you infer? Not surprised