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"I'm a Christian, but I never go to church"

"I'm a Christian, but I never go to church"

Postby Larry W. » June 24th, 2008, 11:12 am

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Postby Stanley Anderson » June 24th, 2008, 2:38 pm

…on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water. And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil, the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a fair green country under a swift sunrise.
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Re: "I'm a Christian, but I never go to church"

Postby Ben2747 » June 24th, 2008, 5:27 pm

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Postby postodave » June 24th, 2008, 8:52 pm

The Church is a great place to find God; it's an even better place to hide from him
So I drew my sword and got ready
But the lamb ran away with the crown
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Postby Ben2747 » June 24th, 2008, 11:29 pm

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Re: "I'm a Christian, but I never go to church"

Postby Larry W. » June 25th, 2008, 12:00 am

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Re: "I'm a Christian, but I never go to church"

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Postby Leslie » June 25th, 2008, 1:01 am

"What are you laughing at?"
"At myself. My little puny self," said Phillipa.
--Rumer Godden, In This House of Brede
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Postby Jservic2 » June 25th, 2008, 3:31 am

Coming strictly from the Protestant perspective.

The real question here is not whether church is mandatory or not, because that is not the way it works. Church is not mandatory because it is an "effect". The mandatory "cause" is accepting Christ. Christ first, Church second.

The real question is not "is church mandatory", but rather how do we define church. The early church was very different than what we have today, so I think the modern interpretations of it are not the only ones that are acceptable. The big factor for me is community. As long as you are connecting with others believers engaging in the Word, and reaching out to the non-Christian community, the rest falls on the grounds of different types of style. Look at the fruit of the person saying "I am a Christian, but I do not attend Church", are there actions, and is their heart, showing the Fruit of the Spirit? This should be a big indicator.
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Postby hana » June 25th, 2008, 4:09 am

previously on the list as hapahana/hanachiyo/hannah. joined in early '99.
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Postby Larry W. » June 25th, 2008, 10:49 am

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