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David M. Hinsen | PentecostalTheology.com
Pentecostal Theology [02/19/2015 7:59 PM]
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David Lewayne Porter
The church is funny,
One of my friends says, “you will not find another organism like it anywhere”.
One of my wife’s uncles says, “the church is weird. They get upset and mad and hold grudges forever. He says, “they say that they forgive and yet will stop talking.” He then adds, “I can go to the bar, we get mad, we go outside and fight it out. We pick each other up, dust each other off, and go inside to buy rounds of drinks.”
Sadly, he is actually kind of right.
Our church has two issues, 1) the temperature, 2) the drums are too loud. But we have not come to fights over it. A couple fusses but we got through them.
Now 3 years ago we did lose 15 people because we would not live like we did in 1962. After 2 years as pastor, after what I thought was building relationships, I started making changes slowly. Those that did not like them, handed in letters to be removed from the membership and left peaceably and quietly.
Varnel Watson
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Roger David
A quick study of the word church is very revealing. The word for church as translated in most translations is Ekklesia. This is mistranslated. The word church actually came from the word Kuriakos. This means “of the Lord:” and is only found twice in the bible.
The true word we should be using is Ekklesia. This is properly translated as the assembly of the called out ones.
You want to do a study on the church then you will be doing a study on the assembly of the called out ones. Not the seeker sensitive hirelings. Not the megabucks social clubs. Just the assembly of those that were called out of the darkness and now dwell in the light.
http://www.aggressivechristianity.net/articles/ecclesia.htm