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To: DungeonMaster

Dang...that is really splitting hairs to make a distinction in the Trinity???

Back on the comment about praying out loud, etc. I mainly wanted to say that I have really noticed a difference in spiritual boldness...even within the leadership of the church. I worked as secretary there for 5 years, my husband was on the church board, and was a worship leader. So, we had multiple opportunities to work with church leadership and there was just such a difference in the decision making, the need to please man, the fear of doing something that would offend....it was a pattern that was impossible to not note the difference from the freedom and boldness to which we had been accustomed during our years and years in spirit filled churches.


387 posted on 10/09/2006 10:18:13 AM PDT by KsSunflower
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To: KsSunflower
Back on the comment about praying out loud, etc. I mainly wanted to say that I have really noticed a difference in spiritual boldness...even within the leadership of the church. I worked as secretary there for 5 years, my husband was on the church board, and was a worship leader. So, we had multiple opportunities to work with church leadership and there was just such a difference in the decision making, the need to please man, the fear of doing something that would offend....it was a pattern that was impossible to not note the difference from the freedom and boldness to which we had been accustomed during our years and years in spirit filled churches.

There are many kinds of spiritual boldness too. In Baptist churches you'll see the boldness that gets people out door to door in the worst neighborhoods to get people saved. I have been going to a Plymouth Brethren church and the men there are more likely to be bold enough to preach messages on Sunday without having been to seminary. It is yet another kind of spiritual boldness that has a very shy woman like my wife keep our 8 kids at home and homeschool them as do so many other women.

Then there are just spiritually dead churches that are merely social clubs.

389 posted on 10/09/2006 10:25:11 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Man defiles a rock when he chips it with a tool. Ex 20:25)
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