tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post7981952796659834110..comments2024-03-27T03:32:53.817-05:00Comments on Euangelion: Slagging on the ChurchMichael F. Birdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09713482855679578651noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-52088488218761784562009-02-17T08:25:00.000-06:002009-02-17T08:25:00.000-06:00Thanks for posting this, Michael. A couple of the...Thanks for posting this, Michael. A couple of the guys in my church community group seem constantly to have something negative to say about "the church." I think they speak from unpleasant, or perhaps difficult, church backgrounds, and are thus (really) saying "this is my experience in some churches I've been a member of." However, they universalize that to "this is what the church is like," calling her called her "a lazy, stupid, whore." One night at dinner, attended by both these fellows, I'd had enough and told them so in no uncertain terms. [I startled on of them, who was at that time new to the group.] I wish I'd had the fiance idea in mind then.Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15796218870810943982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13840519.post-15797592175894703602009-02-14T14:57:00.000-06:002009-02-14T14:57:00.000-06:00Mike,Thanks for this, a difficult subject to raise...Mike,<BR/>Thanks for this, a difficult subject to raise, but one that needs aired.<BR/>I was speaking with a friend in ministry yesterday, he said, 'I love the Lord, but hate the Church of Scotland.' I guess you could substitute your own denomination because I'm sure we've all heard, if not said, such things.<BR/>I'm always challenged by Paul's prayers of thanksgiving for the church, and let's remember things were not always rosey for the Apostle in Corinth, Galatia ...<BR/>If we commit ourselves to pray for the church, for our brothers and sisters in the church can we overcome this sarcastic cynicism which so pervasively afflicts our congregations and denominations.<BR/>Not only did the Lord die for his church, the intent of God is to make known his manifold wisdom, through the church.Gordon Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03884163644967048966noreply@blogger.com