Comments on: Why Are Some Genuine Christians Gun Shy about Churches? http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/why-christians-avoid-church/ Passionately pursuing intimacy with God in Christ Thu, 21 Apr 2011 04:55:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Rachel http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/why-christians-avoid-church/#comment-1064 Rachel Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:18:33 +0000 http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/?p=1931#comment-1064 hi -- the issue isn't about being in a local church, it is about being in a relationship with God through Jesus Christ, abiding in His Word, cultivating a real relationship with Him, and building a foundation is truly in Him and not man. It's learning to truly know His voice over other's and your own and following it to wherever He may lead. It is about a relationship not a religion, not an institution. It's about being part of the true body of believers in spirit and truth around the world. Rachel hi — the issue isn’t about being in a local church, it is about being in a relationship with God through Jesus Christ, abiding in His Word, cultivating a real relationship with Him, and building a foundation is truly in Him and not man. It’s learning to truly know His voice over other’s and your own and following it to wherever He may lead. It is about a relationship not a religion, not an institution. It’s about being part of the true body of believers in spirit and truth around the world.

Rachel

]]> By: Demian Farnworth http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/why-christians-avoid-church/#comment-1062 Demian Farnworth Thu, 08 Apr 2010 02:49:33 +0000 http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/?p=1931#comment-1062 Glad you enjoyed the post., Luke. Glad you enjoyed the post., Luke.

]]> By: Luke Liddell http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/why-christians-avoid-church/#comment-1058 Luke Liddell Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:41:57 +0000 http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/?p=1931#comment-1058 Excellent post! I connect with it really well. My father grew up in the home of Jehovah's Witnesses. It left him with a bad taste for "organized religion" (I must say that word is so annoying...). He says he has a relationship with God, and he goes out on the lake and other places to talk with him. He calls that his "church". He actually has refused to go to churches. He wouldn't come to mine to see me be baptized last year. However he made an exception when he got married a few months later. I love him to death and while it is annoying and frustrating, patience and tenderness are really my two tools right now. I'm slowing trying to show him that they aren't all the same (churches that is). That's a tricky scenario though. It's not too unlike defusing a bomb. Excellent post! I connect with it really well.

My father grew up in the home of Jehovah’s Witnesses. It left him with a bad taste for “organized religion” (I must say that word is so annoying…). He says he has a relationship with God, and he goes out on the lake and other places to talk with him. He calls that his “church”.

He actually has refused to go to churches. He wouldn’t come to mine to see me be baptized last year. However he made an exception when he got married a few months later.

I love him to death and while it is annoying and frustrating, patience and tenderness are really my two tools right now. I’m slowing trying to show him that they aren’t all the same (churches that is). That’s a tricky scenario though. It’s not too unlike defusing a bomb.

]]> By: Don http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/why-christians-avoid-church/#comment-1057 Don Wed, 07 Apr 2010 16:26:23 +0000 http://www.desirespiritualgrowth.com/?p=1931#comment-1057 I MADE THE LIST! I mean. Thanks Daniel, I am glad that oldie but goodie could help you and challenge you ;-) I MADE THE LIST!

I mean. Thanks Daniel, I am glad that oldie but goodie could help you and challenge you ;-)

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