Comments on: Welcome to Church

By: Page not found - Narrow Paths to Higher Places

Page not found - Narrow Paths to Higher Places — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 05:04:31 +0000

[...] Welcome to Church [...]

By: JoAnne Potter

JoAnne Potter — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 13:45:35 +0000

And, you know, God does the same thing. The more we know Him, the more we are responsible to Him. God gives mercy to unbelievers because, in view of their eternal fate, this is the only place He can do so. But that still leaves us with what to do with a vastly imperfect church. You are right. We cannot abandon it. God did not give us that option.

By: Alia Joy

Alia Joy — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 06:18:22 +0000

Yes, working on having grace for those who you would think would know better but don’t always.

By: Alia Joy

Alia Joy — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 06:17:20 +0000

Thanks Lindsey. I think most of us have been at both ends and although we need discernment we don’t need cynicism. Did you read Anne Voskamps post on Cynicism. It’s super convicting for me, who tends to see all of the cynical things first.

By: Alia Joy

Alia Joy — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 06:14:40 +0000

I think it is. It’s easier to excuse them because not only do they not know any better, they don’t have the Holy Spirit to guide them. Anyone without apparent sin in the world is simply moral or humanistic and that doesn’t necessarily glorify God but those whose sins are reeking and obvious, we can tell are lost and perhaps tend towards mercy?

By: Alia Joy

Alia Joy — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 06:12:25 +0000

Thanks Elizabeth, I thought the same of yours.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 05:23:54 +0000

Just had a conversation with a friend along the lines of how much easier for some to be free with grace with those outside the church than within it. So loved what you shared here friend. Blessings!

By: Lindsey van Niekerk

Lindsey van Niekerk — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 00:51:36 +0000

This is SO good and convicting in many, many ways!

Wow! Thank you for sharing this perspective. I have been that judgmental one…and I have been the one receiving judgement.

I want to change that.

By: JoAnne Potter

JoAnne Potter — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 12:54:04 +0000

The church is not who fills the pews. The church is the body of confessing Christians everywhere, worldwide. And you are right. It is hard to love them because we expect too much. We expect them to be better, holier, and they often are not. Like Paul, we know what we should do, but don’t do it. Hmmm. I wonder if that’s the real difference–hat we know what we ought to be. It may be easier to excuse unbelievers because they don’t know.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 03:28:22 +0000

Your posts are so challenging and thought provoking!