Comments on: one thing about the church http://flowerdust.net/2008/01/23/one-thing-about-the-church/ Author, Blogger, Speaker, Bad Driver Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:30:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Blake Bergstrom http://flowerdust.net/2008/01/23/one-thing-about-the-church/#comment-158856 Blake Bergstrom Thu, 31 Jan 2008 05:29:51 +0000 http://www.flowerdust.net/?p=651#comment-158856 piss on self promotion piss on self promotion

]]> By: Bernadette http://flowerdust.net/2008/01/23/one-thing-about-the-church/#comment-158761 Bernadette Wed, 30 Jan 2008 23:00:35 +0000 http://www.flowerdust.net/?p=651#comment-158761 Discipleship. It's all good & well for us to witness to people, but what happens to those folks afterwards? How many churches have a program in place to follow up on those newly saved souls? People who haven't grown up in church or haven't been in a long time don't know where to start. Many often give up after trying to read their new Bible from cover to cover & only getting a few chapters in. Often they feel the Sunday School class discussions are over their heads. Others want to shout to the world about their newfound faith but feel inadequately equipped to do so. There are many good discipleship curricula available, for children and adults. All it takes is a few people willing to devote their time to teach a new believer's class. If these folks are started out correctly, the likelihood of their falling between the cracks or "dropping out" altogether is greatly diminished. Discipleship. It’s all good & well for us to witness to people, but what happens to those folks afterwards? How many churches have a program in place to follow up on those newly saved souls?

People who haven’t grown up in church or haven’t been in a long time don’t know where to start. Many often give up after trying to read their new Bible from cover to cover & only getting a few chapters in. Often they feel the Sunday School class discussions are over their heads. Others want to shout to the world about their newfound faith but feel inadequately equipped to do so.

There are many good discipleship curricula available, for children and adults. All it takes is a few people willing to devote their time to teach a new believer’s class. If these folks are started out correctly, the likelihood of their falling between the cracks or “dropping out” altogether is greatly diminished.

]]> By: Vince http://flowerdust.net/2008/01/23/one-thing-about-the-church/#comment-158705 Vince Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:00:25 +0000 http://www.flowerdust.net/?p=651#comment-158705 Stop throwing rocks at our sisters and brothers. Stop throwing rocks at our sisters and brothers.

]]> By: Mike http://flowerdust.net/2008/01/23/one-thing-about-the-church/#comment-158138 Mike Tue, 29 Jan 2008 05:11:03 +0000 http://www.flowerdust.net/?p=651#comment-158138 "This program for the renewal of worship [according to historic reformed principles] in American Protestant churches of today may not be exactly what everyone is looking for. In our evangelistic zeal we are looking for programs that will attract people. We think we have to put honey on the lip of the bitter cup of salvation. It is the story of the wedding of Cana all over again, but with this difference. At the crucial moment when the wine failed, we took matters into our own hands and used those five stone jars to mix up a batch of Kool-Aid instead. It seemed like a good solution in terms of our American culture. Unfortunately, all too soon the guests discovered the fraud. Alas! What are we to do now? How can we possibly minister to those who thirst for the real thing? There is but one thing to do, as Mary, the mother of Jesus, understood so very well. You remember how the story goes. After presenting the problem to Jesus, Mary turned to the servants and said to them, 'Do whatever he tells you" (John 2:5). The servants did just that, and the water was turned to wine, wine rich and mellow beyond anything they had ever tasted before." - Hughes Oliphant Old, Worship: Reformed According to Scripture Just thought I would share... Mike “This program for the renewal of worship [according to historic reformed principles] in American Protestant churches of today may not be exactly what everyone is looking for. In our evangelistic zeal we are looking for programs that will attract people. We think we have to put honey on the lip of the bitter cup of salvation. It is the story of the wedding of Cana all over again, but with this difference. At the crucial moment when the wine failed, we took matters into our own hands and used those five stone jars to mix up a batch of Kool-Aid instead. It seemed like a good solution in terms of our American culture. Unfortunately, all too soon the guests discovered the fraud. Alas! What are we to do now? How can we possibly minister to those who thirst for the real thing? There is but one thing to do, as Mary, the mother of Jesus, understood so very well. You remember how the story goes. After presenting the problem to Jesus, Mary turned to the servants and said to them, ‘Do whatever he tells you” (John 2:5). The servants did just that, and the water was turned to wine, wine rich and mellow beyond anything they had ever tasted before.”

- Hughes Oliphant Old, Worship: Reformed According to Scripture

Just thought I would share…

Mike

]]> By: Yonas http://flowerdust.net/2008/01/23/one-thing-about-the-church/#comment-157940 Yonas Mon, 28 Jan 2008 07:10:49 +0000 http://www.flowerdust.net/?p=651#comment-157940 Less politics, less pride, less cliques. OK that's three things :) Less politics, less pride, less cliques.

OK that’s three things :)

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