"...doctrinal statements really are more important than fashion statements."

SharperIron
Pyromaniacs’ Double Repost on the folly of chasing fashion trends in the name of relevance. Sample… “And why is it mainly the lowbrow and fringe aspects of Western youth culture that this argument is invariably applied to? Why are so few Christian young persons keen to give up video games and take up chess in order to reach the geeks in the chess club?

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Shall We Observe Holidays?

Kevin T. Bauder

NickImage

Today (the day upon which I write this essay) is Maundy Thursday. Tomorrow will be Good Friday and this Sunday is Easter.

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Survey: Fewer Protestant Believe in Global Warming

SharperIron
“41 percent of interviewees ‘strongly disagree’ ” that “global warming is real and manmade.” … “Pastors aren’t alone in their skepticism. A 2010 survey conducted by the Pew Research Center revealed growing skepticism among the general American public.” Christian Post

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Dealing with Welfare Citizens

PastorTimDelello
I am certain that this is not limited to “my” church. How do we encourage people to grow in the Lord without enabling them to continue to live off of the system? Our area seems to be in a terrible recession and a morally depraved society. We don’t live in a big community. However, the amount of sexual predators, teen mothers, and even lesbians is astounding. We have many people who “scam” the church with sob stories about how they don’t have money to pay the rent but they have enough to play the lotto. Joe can attest to this one - HOARDERS.

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What's your view of the relationship between baptism and communion?

Aaron Blumer

Poll Results

What’s your view of the relationship between baptism and communion?

Believers who have not been baptized should not be permitted to partake Votes: 9
Unbaptized believers should not partake but should not be prevented Votes: 8
Unbaptized believers should partake (why add disobedience to disobedience?) Votes: 3
If you baptize them when they’re babies, you don’t have this problem! Votes: 1
Other Votes: 3

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Seeking like minded fellowship

jwolf6589
Witnessing and being an active evangelist is not easy. I am all alone in my efforts as my church believes in a more servant/friendship evangelism approach. No one in my church stands against me, and no one stands for me… Witnessing to post moderns is not easy as so many just want to believe whatever they wish. I have been called a legalist a thousand times by the liberal and broader new evangelical & Charismatics whom do not believe in using the law in evangelism, do not believe in speaking on sin, etc..

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