tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579005534353939499.post5691926728355964223..comments2023-10-05T12:23:43.018-06:00Comments on Suspicious Berean: An example from Edmonton of a community service centre masquerading as an evangelical churchJack Morrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579005534353939499.post-40794933093195284562015-01-24T12:53:05.001-07:002015-01-24T12:53:05.001-07:00You can't get away from it. I checked that Ce...You can't get away from it. I checked that Cedar Rapids site, and the verse in question is Jeremiah 29:7, the biblical context of which involves the Israelites about to be sent into exile in Babylon.Jack Morrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15327107636819451554noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5579005534353939499.post-76823154559708758242015-01-23T08:20:43.225-07:002015-01-23T08:20:43.225-07:00Thanks for the HT :oD
In Cedar Rapids, IA a huge ...Thanks for the HT :oD<br /><br />In Cedar Rapids, IA a huge number of churches have gotten together and formed a movement called "Serve the City."<br />http://www.servethecity.org<br />Note that they take an O.T. passage for Israel as their justification for existing.<br /><br />Besides the obvious, one of my problems with this group is that it unites conservative churches with those which have very aberrant - and often bizarre - teachings; I complained about this once to our pastor when the advertisement for the StC projected during announcements was from one of the most aberrant assemblies in town, and I asked how it was good to promote that particular assembly with its false teachings. I was shrugged off. One of their goals is to "sensitively share the gospel" with everyone in the county. I always thought we PREACHED the gospel rather than "share" it. "Sensitively" can run the gamut to soft-soaping like Joel Osteen to selling people that going to church will fulfill their needs.<br /><br />What we have seen is much need and suffering with members of the church being ignored while they reach out to the community. Gal.6:9-10 says that we should take care of those in the body FIRST. As long as we aren't taking care of those in the Church, we have no business trying to take care of those outside the church.<br /><br />I see a lot of "market-driven" mentality in the project. Not that there isn't good in it, but the program itself is misdirected.<br />Glenn E. Chatfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04117405535707961903noreply@blogger.com