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To: SeekAndFind
I used to attend a certain 'Christian' church in Florida and as usual the front of the church had a setup for the musicians etc.

However after a few months of attending there, I'm not kidding when I say that of the "worship songs" that they used, I wasn't familiar with ANYONE of them and less than 1% of the songs had any mention of God or Jesus on it.

The overall feel of the place (and it was quite large and over 60ft tall in the center of the building, felt more like a rock concert hall than a church. Sadly too was they they were almost all 100% ultra-liberals would constant be preaching on 'racial equality' and not 'oppressing the foreigners' etc.

I'm not kidding when I say that if Hillary made an appearance in there, they would almost worship her like the Messiah.

Oh well, its a sobering thought that ANYONE can be diverted, so even little old me can be diverted too. So after saying all of this that I've lived through with them, I'm not judging them, I'm just reflecting on how they used to operate and function.

4 posted on 09/27/2020 2:51:57 PM PDT by prophetic (Trump is today's DANIEL. Shut the mouth of lions Lord, let his enemies be the Cat Food instead.)
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Every Sunday I listen to broadcasts of the Old Fashioned Revival Hour from the 1950's. These hour-long programs consist of about 35 minutes of hymns and gospel songs, mostly written from 1860-1939, which include tunes by great Christian hymnodists such as Fanny Crosby, Lelia Morris, George Stebbins, Charles Gabriel, P. P. Bliss, James McGranahan and many others. These are followed by a 20-minute homily based on a Bible passage.
6 posted on 09/27/2020 3:02:44 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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I attended a church numerous times with some friends. The worship songs were fine, but I was so bothered by the sermon, something was not in line with God. It took me a second Sunday to figure it out. The pastor was simply telling a great story with good values and morals. But there were zero references to a single scripture. Nothing. It was so blatantly obvious once I figured it out. The man was a Sunday storyteller, not a pastor.

The frosting on the cake; his wife was in charge of their Recovery program for drugs and alcohol. She ran a tight ship. If you were openly sinning, she was the one to counsel you instead of the head pastor. It was common knowledge that she was the one that would call you on the carpet for gossiping about information learned during the Recovery program, she was the one to even deal with other issues within the church instead of her husband. IMHO he was a figurehead and she was the actual pastor of the church. Bet big money she was also the disciplinarian in their home when their children were small.


10 posted on 09/27/2020 3:14:10 PM PDT by notpoliticallycorewrecked (I thank the good Lord everyday that I no longer live in CA.)
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