Jul. 6, 2008
Amazing Message
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Today was a church at home day. The Lord knew, and earlier in the week, the John MacArthur CD I'd requested over a month ago, arrived. Perfect timing, as usual. The Message: A Biblical Response to the Church Growth Movement. It was powerful, it was amazing, it was convicting. I thought about all the churches I've attended, and measured them by this message (read "scripture"). There were very few who measure up - maybe two - out of many, many churches. Even allowing for our humanity, this is not a good thing. Interestingly, MacArthur goes back to the first church, which is a subject that has come up in several different places lately as I'm reading. How far away from the model Christ gave us we are. The last point in his sermon spoke the most to me, it spoke of the qualifications of the leaders -- not just the verses we typically think of from Timothy and Titus but also the character of those men who were chosen to minister to the needs of the widows in Acts. If we'd only return to these standards. If you're up for a great message, that will make you think twice about what the purpose of church really is and what the church really should look like, I recommend this for you. If you're comfortable being B.U.S.Y., doing all those church activities then you probably don't have time to listen to it anyway. Blessings, MaggieRaye |
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Jul. 7, 2008 - Untitled Comment
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Posted by Anonymous 
