tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20854190.post2884239062316225175..comments2007-12-07T18:23:19.168-06:00Comments on The Arkanbloggers: Oh Give Me A Church...Arkanblogger Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08871636480201349551noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20854190.post-24403819531578431302006-12-02T14:27:00.000-06:002006-12-02T14:27:00.000-06:00I have a couple of random thoughts about your chur...I have a couple of random thoughts about your church situation.<br /><br />1. The biblical paradigm in Acts is centered around the preaching of the Word. Indeed, the OT paradigm in Ezra is identical. Responding to preaching is part of the worship. Now, I know as a preacher I am biased, but I like Rev. Homer Lindsey said: "We've don't have worship services, we have preaching services."<br /><br />2. Where do you stand on the issue of salvation? You mentioned attending churches as vastly different as Church of Christ and Baptist. These churches (at least officially) believe in different ways of getting to heaven. So it seems to me that you would have to pick your church on the basis of your theology.Stephen Stallardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09270710137339536559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20854190.post-28645093386748866252006-11-25T15:36:00.000-06:002006-11-25T15:36:00.000-06:00wnHi Kayleigh-Thanks for your comments. For some ...wnHi Kayleigh-Thanks for your comments. For some reason, I either shoot for humor or go after something a little more serious in my posts. I try to offer a point of two when I write. I've thought that the elders at SHCofC and most Churches of Christ are possibly over-orderly about how the service is run. I appreciate order and believe that we serve a God that is pretty big on being orderly. I would just offer that it's important that we remember that we're there to worship God and not to worship being orderly. We can become so orderly that we're stale to God. Thanks to you and your mother for sharing your Thanksgiving with us. I hope the shopping was both fruitful and adventurous.<br /><br />-The Arkanblogger AKA BruceArkanblogger Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08871636480201349551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20854190.post-34383609004364781052006-11-25T12:29:00.000-06:002006-11-25T12:29:00.000-06:00Hello!
On the worship subject, I tend to agree wi...Hello!<br /><br />On the worship subject, I tend to agree with you. I feel that there is not enough worship time, and too much of a structured atmosphere. People tend to worry too much on "we need 3 songs here, then 10 minutes of this, then we have to have 20 minutes of preaching after it" Then everyone gets all bent out of shape when the cycle is messed up. Thats one reason why I love going on retreats and such, because that is when I finaly get to worship more than 5 or 10 minutes at a time. Worshiping is just so beautiful, and it shouldn't be restrained.<br /><br />Oh and by the way I really enjoy your writings! There is always an interesting point. <br /><br /><3 KayleighKayleighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04211934671997774968noreply@blogger.com