How can the church (the people) belong to the pastor and The people (the church) belong to God also? Can you really have it both ways? Remember the question and the title, it will come up again.
While reading an article from a national churches web site (The Mother Boards Forum), there were many things written that had me scratching my head. Tradition can be beneficial in teaching how things were done or maybe how things should be done. Tradition can also be a dangerous thing in the life of a believer and in the church, for instance; when times and methods change, tradition will keep you out dated and out of touch with the reality that things have really changed. Many people in the church will listen to the things said by the leadership, if they have questions, they won’t ask, they just follow. I don’t understand how this equates to obedience when you do something that your gut tells you is questionable.
This is what I mean, in the forum about church mothers (reference is below), it states that and I quote: “She (the church mother) is to a pastor in the local church what a wife is to her husband at home.” WHAT! Should not the person writing this article add more clarity?
No, my mind is not in the gutter, anyone having been in the church for some time will realize their are some traditions that simply will not fly in this day and time. If I travel to another church for an engagement, my wife is coming along as my companion and my help. I know the writer did not mean this literally, but figuratively is not good either. I realize that the wife is a “helpmate” to her husband (also her pastor) at home, but she is more things than a helpmate to her husband (if the marriage is to last). Why can’t the wife of the Pastor help him in the church if she is truly his helpmate?
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Find out what is wrong with this statement: Its the pastors church, but the Lords people.
Originally posted 2010-02-09 22:57:37. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Filed under fellowship, I can't believe you said that!, Thought Provoking!, Uncategorized, Writing out loud by on Jan 1st, 2012. Comment. 
Your probably thinking, this post is about what Christ said in John 14:6. Your close but, maybe I will elude to it later because it has much relevance to this post. Religion can be misleading in the life of a person who does not understand what they believe and why then believe it. Attending or having a membership, in a specific denomination of the Christian faith, is no guarantee of eternal life nor is it a reflection of ones relationship with Jesus Christ. Pastors and elders are merely servants of Jesus Christ and the Gospel, that’s what the Apostle Paul identified himself as in Romans 1:1. Read more on The way of life – The Church Or Christ?…
Originally posted 2010-02-04 00:11:54. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Filed under Bible Study Lessons, Church attendance, Observation of Fact, Thought Provoking!, Uncategorized by on Jan 1st, 2012. Comment.
In response to the many people on the Internet who search the phrase “Going with The Grain Instead Of Against it” and were brought to this web site. I’m mot sure what you were searching for, but you gave me some inspiration to post this blog. Read more on Going with the grain…
Originally posted 2010-01-04 23:07:36. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Filed under I can't believe you said that!, On Point!, Writing out loud by on Jul 31st, 2011. Comment.
I like what Paul says in 1 Corinthians 2:14. In the noted passage of scripture as he stated how the natural man does not receive the things of God. I have in many of Sunday school classes thought of this passage whenever I would have a student that simply did not receive what was being taught. Its one thing to not understand a passage of scripture and its another to totally reject, that which is thoroughly explained. Many in the church claiming to be Christians have this same problem. Read more on The Natural Man…
Originally posted 2010-02-17 22:46:40. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
