tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563948728142405444.post1533684688340418453..comments2023-08-10T07:18:16.879-04:00Comments on Borrowed Light: Lessons from Aesop: Lobbing ‘Grenades of Truth’ at the WoundedAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08034192017775511612noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563948728142405444.post-35433466669413488912009-05-25T11:51:50.149-04:002009-05-25T11:51:50.149-04:00Great post. I say AMEN to it. Most gays think that...Great post. I say AMEN to it. Most gays think that conservative Christians hate them. We are conveying a wrong message. <br /><br />I like what the churches in our area do. Our church started a ministry called CAP--churches Assisting People. A bunch of the local churches donate to it and it is run by volunteers. It has a food bank and money bank . The money goes to help with electric bills, repairs, etc. They have certain policys they go by--but they have been a huge help to those struggling in the community. We also started a food kitchen that serves a meal every evening---we asked other churches to help here and this to has been great! This enables the churches to all pitch in and help the community and it is a testimony that radiates Christ. We also have a fostering care ministry that gets donations to help provide clothes and toys for free for foster families. <br /><br />I believe the church should be deeply involved in good works--this kind of love demonstrates the God of Love , doesn't it--the God of Grace.nannykimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09904490730187017812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563948728142405444.post-16158805495053710022009-05-20T16:46:15.222-04:002009-05-20T16:46:15.222-04:00Thanks, Mike!Thanks, Mike!Curt Sweeneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563948728142405444.post-86444153726217617922009-05-20T13:41:31.989-04:002009-05-20T13:41:31.989-04:00Curt,
That is exciting that you are beginning to ...Curt,<br /><br />That is exciting that you are beginning to proclaim the gospel to groups of people. I hope that the Lord continues to bless you in that. Let me know if you need any help with this.<br /><br />Anon-(or should I say Nik?),<br />I would imagine that suburban churches and rural churches struggle with this more than in the inner city. I do not know this from experience though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034192017775511612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563948728142405444.post-39452707737964307852009-05-20T13:21:47.961-04:002009-05-20T13:21:47.961-04:00The latest thing I've got to do is share a message...The latest thing I've got to do is share a message with the RA's at the church I go to on about why it's important for us to read our Bibles. <br /> The pastor at a church I use to go to wanted me to preach a few months ago. But I guess he changed his mind. I'm hoping he may still ask me sometime when he's not able to preach.Curt Sweeneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563948728142405444.post-44970307464408562202009-05-19T17:36:04.468-04:002009-05-19T17:36:04.468-04:00This is a great article. It's really easy to stand...This is a great article. It's really easy to stand at a distance and and say "keep warm and well fed" and not do anything for people who are struggling. I liked what you said about people who are poor. The poor are people that I feel have really been stiff-armed by the church, i.e." don't give them any money- you don't know what they'll spend it on."....in some ways it goes against everything that I've ever been taught to offer the kind of "help" that costs me and it is sad that this kind of laziness has been encouraged by the church in some ways.-I guess I shouldn't be surprised; we're all sinners, but this attitude is something we definitely need to repent of. Do you think this attitude is more prominent in rural churches?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563948728142405444.post-40081555877940610952009-05-19T17:06:59.431-04:002009-05-19T17:06:59.431-04:00Curt,
I think that often times when people are tr...Curt,<br /><br />I think that often times when people are trying to help they forget to encourage along the way. What you are desiring is not sinful. God has created us with a need for encouragement. It is sinful if that need turns into idolatry or anger when it is not received. <br /><br />On another note have you been preaching some?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034192017775511612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3563948728142405444.post-87496965639763200012009-05-19T16:56:00.000-04:002009-05-19T16:56:00.000-04:00Very well said. I know in my life I'm very quick t...Very well said. I know in my life I'm very quick to rebuke the person without trying to do it in love and give the person some help. <br /><br /> There's a member at the church I go to that I'm really struggling with right now. I really stuggle with bitterness torwards them. I pray that God will fix this. I really like him. He's one of the few members at that church that's trying to guide me as I get into preaching. However, it seems as most when I run into him, he finds things I'm doing wrong. which is fine. But it seems as he's very negitive torward me. And questions me with questions I know he'll find something wrong with my answers.<br /> I know I mess up a lot. And I don't want him to praise me all the time and say how good I am. But it would be nice to not feel so downhearted sometimes when I talk with him. <br /> However, this could be just my own sinful selfishness.Curt Sweeneynoreply@blogger.com