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To: Mister_Diddy_Wa_Diddy
I noted his reasons. However, as the spiritual leader of his home, he has an obligation to have his family in a church that failthfully preaches the Gospel and God's entire Word, employs church discipline, properly administers the sacraments and worships God in spirit and truth.

I'll make sure to mention that to my wife, I'm sure she'll get a real kick out of it... Honey, as the SPIRITUAL LEADER of this home...

The people in my church are really good people...every last one of them is a Bible believing Christian. So while I have serious issues with the church leadership, even I must admit that the people in the congregation are a fine bunch of Christians.

Which only makes things even worse....

46 posted on 08/24/2005 4:58:28 PM PDT by Ronzo
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To: Ronzo

My suggestion is to get more involved in the congregation yourself, and not to dwell so much on the (lackluster) preaching. As I was pointing out to Mister Diddy, there's more reason for being in a congregation than simply that you like the preacher's preaching.

And while I am not accusing you of this, the ancient Christians (as represented by the early Church Fathers) regarded the attitude that "I'm not getting anything out of church attendance" as an indication of the spiritual sin of Sloth, the "noonday demon," wanting more out of the community than they are willing to put in, etc.


63 posted on 08/24/2005 5:22:10 PM PDT by The Grammarian
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To: Ronzo
I'll make sure to mention that to my wife, I'm sure she'll get a real kick out of it... Honey, as the SPIRITUAL LEADER of this home...

So, you are not the spiritual leader of your home?

87 posted on 08/25/2005 6:22:58 AM PDT by Mister_Diddy_Wa_Diddy
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