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(Vanity, sort of). Any good and pure church denomination/organizations out there?
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| 1/30/22
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Posted on 01/30/2022 4:47:46 PM PST by the OlLine Rebel
Just a query to those more knowledgeable and savvy, about church denominations.
Actually, I mean ANY division of organized Christian religion.
I am frustrated by so many churches now, with all the nonsense of the last 2 years. Paying homage to BLM and homos and bowing down to every COVID decree.
Everyone says what was our church, Lutheran Church - MO Synod (LCMS), is good for being true. However, after the riots started I saw a bit too much virtue-signaling. The only thing I can say was the website did not seem to specify blacks and BLM, but the statement seemed to be self-concsious again about looking like social justice proponents.
So, I’m thinking of looking for other churches, which might happen to be reasonably close to us.
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To: Perseverando
I guess he(?) didn’t watch it...
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posted on
01/31/2022 7:53:35 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Jonty30
I have no problem with Catholics.Neither do I; other than how can they accept some of the stuff they are told to believe, OR ELSE!?
182
posted on
01/31/2022 7:56:02 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: CaptainPhilFan
...if they were a fundamentalist cult. No offense intended.But offense WILL be taken; by both the Fundamentalists and the Cultists!
183
posted on
01/31/2022 7:58:06 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: skr
It’s easy enough to find out how off-base they are from checking out their doctrines. Not reliable.
Trying checking out what they PRACTICE!
184
posted on
01/31/2022 7:59:54 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: GBA
I wonder about the same things, but I don’t have any answers.GOD didn't GIVE any answers!
One can readily SEE how messed up the CHURCHES were in the last book of the bible. Would GOD direct any of us to them?
Jeremiah 29:13-14
13 You will seek me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
14 I will be found by you, declares the LORD,
185
posted on
01/31/2022 8:04:11 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Jonty30
...so unperfected churches are ok to attend.But surely there is SOME limit to just how much 'imperfection' is allowable.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
16. All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness,
17. so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.
Acts 18:11
So Paul stayed for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God.
Romans 15:4
For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
Romans 16:17
I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who cause divisions and put obstacles in your way that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Keep away from them.
1 Corinthians 4:17
For this reason I am sending to you Timothy, my son whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.
2 Thessalonians 2:15
So then, brothers, stand firm and hold to the teachings we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.
2 Thessalonians 3:6
In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is idle and does not live according to the teaching you received from us.
1 Timothy 1:3-4
3. As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain men not to teach false doctrines any longer
4. nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. These promote controversies rather than God's work--which is by faith.
1 Timothy 4:6
If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good minister of Christ Jesus, brought up in the truths of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.
1 Timothy 4:11
Command and teach these things.
2 Timothy 1:13
What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:15
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
Titus 1:11
They must be silenced, because they are ruining whole households by teaching things they ought not to teach--and that for the sake of dishonest gain.
Titus 2:1
You must teach what is in accord with sound doctrine.
Titus 2:15
These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.
2 John 1:10
If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not take him into your house or welcome him.
186
posted on
01/31/2022 8:11:52 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: the OlLine Rebel
Chrstianity is circling the drain. This is really the time to look into the Noahide Laws.
Maybe G-d is trying to tell chrstians something. Will you listen?
To: Zionist Conspirator
188
posted on
01/31/2022 8:44:40 AM PST
by
Perseverando
(Antifa, BLM, RINOs, Islamonazis, Marxists, Commucrats, DemoKKKrats: It's a Godlessness disorder!)
To: Elsie
But offense WILL be taken; by both the Fundamentalists and the Cultists!Oh Lord I'm sorry for that right there and please bless them pygmies in New Guinea.
To: wgmalabama
Might take a bit of visiting churches to find an answer. But remember that the 'answer' you get will depend as much on what you ALREADY believe as much as what they are preaching.
Be VERY sure you are looking for a church that preaches what is actually in the bible, and NOT something that you want to match up with your CURRENT beliefs.
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posted on
01/31/2022 9:35:51 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Wiz-Nerd; spacejunkie2001
“amen and amen. So much wisdom is poured out when we read God’s Word, consistently, ourselves. When we pray, we’re talking to God but when we read the Word, He’s talking to us.”
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posted on
01/31/2022 9:40:21 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: skr; wita
The Book of Mormon is neither a continuation nor a correction of the Old and New Testaments, no matter what Joseph Smith and Brigham Young claimed.But the "Inspired Version: The Joseph Smith Translation" is!!
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posted on
01/31/2022 9:51:25 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Louis Foxwell
Then it becomes so bizarre it is unrecognizable as a Christian religion.HEY!!!
The Book of Mormon
Ether
CHAPTER 2:16-21
...The Jaredites build barges—The Lord asks the brother of Jared to propose how the barges will be lighted.
16 And the Lord said: Go to work and build, after the manner of abarges which ye have hitherto built. And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did go to work, and also his brethren, and built barges after the manner which they had built, according to the binstructions of the Lord. And they were small, and they were light upon the water, even like unto the lightness of a fowl upon the water.
17 And they were built after a manner that they were exceedingly atight, even that they would hold water like unto a dish; and the bottom thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the sides thereof were tight like unto a dish; and the ends thereof were peaked; and the top thereof was tight like unto a dish; and the length thereof was the length of a tree; and the door thereof, when it was shut, was tight like unto a dish.
18 And it came to pass that the brother of Jared cried unto the Lord, saying: O Lord, I have performed the work which thou hast commanded me, and I have made the barges according as thou hast directed me.
19 And behold, O Lord, in them there is no light; whither shall we steer? And also we shall perish, for in them we cannot breathe, save it is the air which is in them; therefore we shall perish.
20 And the Lord said unto the brother of Jared: Behold, thou shalt make a hole in the top, and also in the bottom; and when thou shalt suffer for air thou shalt unstop the hole and receive air. And if it be so that the water come in upon thee, behold, ye shall stop the hole, that ye may not perish in the flood.
21 And it came to pass that the brother of Jared did so, according as the Lord had commanded.
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posted on
01/31/2022 10:04:51 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Dr. Scarpetta
Me too!
It’s extremely conservative.
In doctrine: yes!
In dress: Friday causal (or even Saturday!!)
194
posted on
01/31/2022 10:07:36 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: MHGinTN
Finding any church that does NOT state “Our way or the highway” is the start of the filtering process for me.
195
posted on
01/31/2022 10:09:02 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: chuckles
Jesus started the church and was a Jew. The first church was Jewish. The Apostles went to church on Saturday. They observed the Leviticus 23 Feasts days and observed the true Sabbath. All of the Scripture was given to the Jews, all covenants were made with the Jews.
It appears that you've somehow managed to LOSE a quite a bit of information here!
Then came the Roman Catholic church in 325 AD and paganism was introduced to the church.
(Select the above few sentences...)
196
posted on
01/31/2022 10:15:45 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: the OlLine Rebel
197
posted on
01/31/2022 10:16:56 AM PST
by
right way right
(May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope. )
To: Elsie
you’re not saying you don’t have to read the Bible, correct?
To: chuckles
Acts 20:7
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
199
posted on
01/31/2022 10:23:12 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
To: Flaming Conservative; Mark17
Not saying they’re all obedient, but if they were raised in the Catholic Church, they have been taught how to obey There is teaching and then there is TEACHING!!
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posted on
01/31/2022 10:26:31 AM PST
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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