Comments on: When it Comes to Perception – Christianity's Taking a Beating http://philcooke.com/Christian_perception/ Change Revolution Wed, 16 May 2012 19:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: freethinker http://philcooke.com/Christian_perception/#comment-3465 freethinker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://philcooke.vintom.com/Christian_perception#comment-3465 The articles say Christians are too anti-homosexuals, old-fashioned, and hypocrites.  Also too judgmentals and too involved in politics.  Is that true? The articles say Christians are too anti-homosexuals, old-fashioned, and hypocrites.  Also too judgmentals and too involved in politics.  Is that true?

]]> By: Tony Figueroa http://philcooke.com/Christian_perception/#comment-3466 Tony Figueroa Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://philcooke.vintom.com/Christian_perception#comment-3466 <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">I was at one church where the Pastor and the congregation tried to keep politics out of the church but kept the other topics in. </font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">In another church the Pastor incorporated his own politics into the sermon. Half the congregation (Right Wing) loved it and the other half (Both Wings) complained.</font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">And in another church the Pastor tried to keep politics out of the church, but the Right Wing members kept trying to bring their position in.</font></p> I was at one church where the Pastor and the congregation tried to keep politics out of the church but kept the other topics in.

 

In another church the Pastor incorporated his own politics into the sermon. Half the congregation (Right Wing) loved it and the other half (Both Wings) complained.

 

And in another church the Pastor tried to keep politics out of the church, but the Right Wing members kept trying to bring their position in.

]]> By: Leslie I T Assih http://philcooke.com/Christian_perception/#comment-3467 Leslie I T Assih Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://philcooke.vintom.com/Christian_perception#comment-3467 <p>Was there a strategy in the first place? It sounds more like we just reacted as opposed to have been purposeful in building and establishing relationships with the people of the world (which we [I] were [was] once a part of but the grace and love of God...) into the Kingdom of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Somewhere along the line our focus shifted and we need to focus on what will not change no matter the season/condition/political/cultural/emotional/fashionable and any unstable thing in this world to the love of God in Christ Jesus while we have time left in this world. Then again it is a sign of the times and Noah did not get many to the side of righteousness long before the law.</p> Was there a strategy in the first place? It sounds more like we just reacted as opposed to have been purposeful in building and establishing relationships with the people of the world (which we [I] were [was] once a part of but the grace and love of God…) into the Kingdom of God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. Somewhere along the line our focus shifted and we need to focus on what will not change no matter the season/condition/political/cultural/emotional/fashionable and any unstable thing in this world to the love of God in Christ Jesus while we have time left in this world. Then again it is a sign of the times and Noah did not get many to the side of righteousness long before the law.

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