tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post4053940393082265383..comments2023-10-24T05:35:00.084-05:00Comments on SoulPastor: Lovin the Church!SoulPastorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16895899771239455942noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-61860870535125957832010-01-11T06:09:46.308-06:002010-01-11T06:09:46.308-06:00I have to agree with the post that expresses the h...I have to agree with the post that expresses the hypocrocis of the church and it's members who fail to practice what they preach. <br />I still grieve over the break-up or split of our church. I can't bond with any other members because we have only a few new members, and our church has not grown. The former members don't want to break-bread with any of us, with the exception of one Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-66526667131004327542009-11-23T01:15:51.685-06:002009-11-23T01:15:51.685-06:00Jerry,
It seems that you have not fully thought t...Jerry,<br /><br />It seems that you have not fully thought through the comments you have left. Detoxing is actually a good and wonderful thing. Those who have dextoxified in the past have made everyone's Christian experience deeper and more enriching. Without the detoxers, many church movements would not and did not occur. The reformation is the best example of beliving Christians not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-64937897246178794722009-09-28T22:56:01.638-05:002009-09-28T22:56:01.638-05:00Hey Sky Strider,
I don't think there are any ...Hey Sky Strider,<br /><br />I don't think there are any easy answers to the questions you raise.<br /><br />All I can say is what I found after my former church fell apart - to deal with my stuff, I needed to seek God. I had no interest in finding a new church but to truly seek Him, I needed to be with others who were also seeking Him. <br /><br />Your post is brutally honest and it's Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03089522784450627549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-37326821690965749502009-09-25T11:25:36.483-05:002009-09-25T11:25:36.483-05:00What do you do when you had been a volunteer very ...What do you do when you had been a volunteer very committed and passionately involved in your church but then you screwed up real bad and that church community completely abandoned you even though you did your absolute best to take responsibility and make amends?<br /><br />What do you do when this community was the most important thing in your life and you would have died to protect it yet at Sky Striderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18442642853134936640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-53478939697545237202009-09-24T14:23:09.428-05:002009-09-24T14:23:09.428-05:00For me at least, detoxing was for a bunch of reaso...For me at least, detoxing was for a bunch of reasons, all of which were selfish. I just found myself complaining to much about things and not actually doing anything good to correct it. It isn't always the churches fault for their attendee's becoming bored. I think it comes down to discipline.<br /><br />I like your last paragraph Novice, I agree!Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17733665513481947891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-52786262285716123172009-09-24T11:36:00.514-05:002009-09-24T11:36:00.514-05:00Perhaps the challenge here is to create an environ...Perhaps the challenge here is to create an environment people don't feel they need to "de-tox" from.<br /><br />In the church we are often guilty of placing unrealistic demands on the volunteers we have since we have so few and so much to do. Sometimes as volunteers we turn our responsibilities into our own little kingdoms and rule over them without regard for other people - or we Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03089522784450627549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-41542544157623371902009-09-24T10:18:51.165-05:002009-09-24T10:18:51.165-05:00In my experience, the moment I 'detoxed' f...In my experience, the moment I 'detoxed' from church was the moment I fell away from Jesus as well. I found out that Church on Sunday gave me the strength for the ensuing week ahead. Furthermore, the people I met at church became friends and through the week 'church' would continue to happen with those people. I don't agree with detoxing anymore. If it's [Church] Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17733665513481947891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13902709.post-37227130142341315882009-09-22T21:14:43.939-05:002009-09-22T21:14:43.939-05:00Could it be that one possible cause of this craze ...Could it be that one possible cause of this craze to De-tox from church is the fact that society encourages us to put ourselves first. We see this in marriages as well. As soon as something doesn't make us feel as good as it used to, and start to see it's faults and it now requires effort and work on our part. The world encourages you to just throw in the towel and say "it just isn&#JC Lussierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07523631097651540267noreply@blogger.com