What Church do You Attend?

[stevehut]

I attend Asbury Untied Methodist...not that it matters

Hippo,

Is there something about the Methodist doctrine that you found to be an improvement over your old church?

[hippo's hope is HIM]

Hippo,

Is there something about the Methodist doctrine that you found to be an improvement over your old church?

Yes. The Methodist have an open table, meaning that any one can participate in communion. I do not know all of their doctrines, but the Methodist do seem to be more open and inviting. "Open hearts, open minds, open doors"

Also they believe in all of the ways of baptism, emersion, sprinkling and I think that it is called pouring. They allow you to choose...

The thing that I mainly dislike about the Methodist church I attend is that it is very traditional. It is primarily older women, and no offense, but much of the older generation does not like change...so it stays the same alot.

What are some more "doctrines", that you might be refurring to? I haven't been Methodist, or rather in the church long, but I can find out.

(pssst**I believe that Jesus Christ was Crucified for my sins, he rose on the 3rd day, and has cleasned me from my sin so that I can fellowship with God. I believe He has me at that church at this time for a reason....so I am just following His direction. Who knows what or where I will be in the future.)

God bless you

Beth

[irishcowboy]

I have seen denominations that were " open minded "

some of them even have allowed homosexuals to be ordained as ministers into their churches...... to know that they are, they have openly admitted that they are and that they was practicing....

i have also seen the open door policy allow for swindeling of the church treasury, and such... some people also use the "CHURCHES" as a way to try and cover their illegal activities, such as drugs, prostitution, child molestation, among other crimes.

no we are not perfect, but we also have to search the spirit of each person to know which it is they are harboring..... ( discernment of the spirits ).....

there are actually very few church denominations that have a closed membership communion table ( meaning only those that are paperwork members may partake)

others have many man made rules as to who and how and when some one may partake......

The Lord told us that we are to do this in rememberance of Him.... i dont think it said that if you are a baptist, to do it in rememberance of Him, or if you are a pentacostle to do it in rememberance of Him.......He did not say any denomination, he told us to DO THIS IN REMEMBERANCE OF HIM....

what does that mean????

that means that if you are a believer, and you have accepted Jesus as your Lord and Savior, then you are to partake..... you are to do this in rememberance of Jesus....

something I am not sure about, is why a Bible Believing People would bow down and allow satan to insert rules that go against the Bible, or make allowances for those that are suppose to be our leaders???? if you have a thief as your leader, you will have some one you can not trust to handle the funds, if you have an adulterer as your leader, then you can not trust this person with others in a private setting..... if you have a homosexual as your leader, then you will have this doctrine being taught ( have to be more tolorate of others ).....

what a person is will show up.... like a big ugly monster.... when will they start teaching their life style??? who knows, but if they have not repented of it, then it is still in them....

Pentance is being able to buy your way out ( with deeds or money, a way of taking care of yourself ) this also allows a person room to do the same deed again cause they can bail them selves out......

Repentance is that of turning away from the old ways, knowing that you can not bail yourself out, knowing that we are to keep ourselves clean.....

if a person boastes of their sins, they have not repented, confessing them and repending from them to turn away from them is what is needed.... not bragging.

mike

[Catsmeow]

Catholics do not allow non-Catholics to participate in the Eucharist. I was raised RC.

Penance is basically a way of making restitution for one's sins by saying a series of prayers in lieu of their confessed sins. For instance, if you took a cookie out of momma's cookie jar when you were told not to, then you'd be told to go and say 2 Our Father's and 3 Hail Marys...

That's putting it simply. It's saying prayers in restitution for sin...in other words, granting a way of making restitution - a consequence - for having done wrong.

I'm not sure how saying prayers would be considered restitution, myself. A person can mumble a few prayers and go right back to the same behavior. It does't change the human heart at all...so it seems ineffective.

In the Old Testament, if you stole your neighbor's ox, then you'd have to replace the ox plus give him 5 of your oxen as well...Now THAT'S real consequences.

Consequences have to be severe enough to keep you from repeating the act again.

Now that we are no longer under the Law of Moses but under the NEW covenant, our hearts should be governed by the Holy Spirit and we should naturally gravitate toward doing right.

I do believe that when we do wrongly ....the Father disciplines those He loves and there are always consequences for our actions.

Sometimes we can ask God to forgive us and not to cause us to suffer the consequences of our behavior...I think sometimes God will relent and sometimes not.

There's been times in the bible where a prophet would beg God to not visit plagues or punishments upon the Children of Israel and would beg God's patience and mercy and God said He would refrain from punishing them...for now. But if they didn't change, look out.

God gave Ninevah a warning to repent; He threatened to destroy the city. Well, it was clear that once they received the warning, they took heed and repented and God chose not to visit them with judgement.

If we humble ourselves and beg God's mercy, who knows...He may choose to be patient with us. On the other hand, if we continue in sin, God disciplines those He loves.

God's hand of discipline can be pretty tough. Many times people just don't comprehend that God is a just God as well as He is loving and merciful.

If your son or daughter is caught stealing candy from the store, would you punish them for doing wrong or would you let it slide?

Discipline means God loves us. If God doesn't discipline us, then we know we've got problems. A caring parent always disciplines his/her child for their own good.

[kevkeegsdad]

Discipline means God loves us. If God doesn't discipline us, then we know we've got problems. A caring parent always disciplines his/her child for their own good.

I agree completely...as a parent I sometimes have to do the hard thing and discipline my son to keep him from making even worse mistakes and harming either himself or other people.

I don't know how many times my son and I have had the " you don't love me." and "Yes, I do that's why..." conversation, but it has happened more than a few.

As for the original topic...I attend Calvary Baptist Church here in IN.

Pastor Grant follows the purpose driven church guidlines.

Peace be and love.

God Bless.

Kevin

[JesusisGod2]

Good points Kev,

Youre from Indiana huh? Are you a Bears fan ? woof, woof, woof!

Go Bears!

Kevin

[Catsmeow]

Kevs' too cool, isn't he? Kev...great to have you on board...really. And you speak for all of us moms and dads..

People say, "Oh, God doesn't want us to suffer"...but ya know, it's when I'm suffering I'm actually getting closer to God many times...it wakes me up out of a stupor and gets me moving...

Anyway, great post, Kev...

[stevehut]

What are some more "doctrines", that you might be refurring to? I haven't been Methodist, or rather in the church long, but I can find out.

I don't know.

I just hope you had some reason other than "I didn't like the color of the carpet". People change churches for a variety of reasons, some silly and some substantial. Just trying to learn from your experience.

[Guest glorytothelord]

We don't attend a church either, but a great home group instead.

[stevehut]

We don't attend a church either, but a great home group instead.

what kind of home group? tell me more...