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Posted in Acceptance of Others, christian living, Community, Ekklesia, Jesus follower, The church, tagged christian living, church, Ekklesia, Holy Spirit, pastor, tithe on February 13, 2019| 4 Comments »

by Jim Gordon I have become more inclined to follow my feeling that the church of today is way off base from what God intended. The church being the building many go to on Saturday or Sunday, the man-made denominations, the organized religious services led by a pastor. Why do we get so caught up on […]

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Modern Day church

Posted in christian living, Ekklesia, The church, tagged acceptance, Bible, church, Ekklesia, freebelievers, religion, tithing on April 26, 2017| 19 Comments »

As I become more inclined to follow my feeling that the church of today is way off base of what God intended…

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Modern Day church

Posted in christian living, Community, Ekklesia, Scoop.it, The church, tagged Bible, building, Christ, Christian, church, denomination, donewithreligion, Ekklesia, fellowship, God, love, religious, tithe, voice on February 1, 2011| 1 Comment »

As I become more inclined to follow my feeling that the church of today is way off base of what God intended, the organized, man-made denomination, the ‘religious’ church, I continue to come across books and websites that confirm my thoughts. Take for instance, the teaching of the church on tithing. We are constantly told […]

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Killing the Sacred Cows of Church

Posted in christian living, institutional church, Love of God, religion, The church, tagged christian living, church, communion, Dan Foster, music, offering on October 24, 2020|

Nine Church traditions that need to dieby Dan Foster , Guest Blogger(Regularly writes at medium.com) Growing up as Pastor’s kid in the eighties gave me a front row pew to the kind of vitriol and anger that can emerge from an otherwise lovely and mild-mannered Christian when you say or do something to offend them. […]

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I Quit Church And I’m Happy About It

Posted in christian living, Community, Ekklesia, The church, tagged church, New Covenant, pastor, PK Langley, religion on July 11, 2019| 4 Comments »

by PK LANGLEY, Guest Blogger https://www.patheos.com/blogs/frustratedgrace/2019/07/quit-church/ I Would Quit Again I’m not going to church anymore, I quit. God told me I don’t have to go and I listened. If you think God told you to go, then I suggest you go. I’m pretty happy about the fact that God released me. My life has […]

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Replacing church for Church

Posted in christian living, Community, Ekklesia, Scoop.it, The church, Word of God, tagged Bible, church, denominations, doctrine, Ekklesia, Holy Spirit, Word of God on January 10, 2018| 2 Comments »

by Jim Gordon Several of my past articles have mentioned modern day church and how it is off base from what it was intended. I want to make clear that I am not against church, but I also want to make clear what I mean when I say church. Normally when the word church is […]

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In church or Out – We are All One

Posted in Acceptance of Others, christian living, Love of God, The church, tagged acceptance, church, community, religion, sabath on October 13, 2017| 4 Comments »

We know when the word church is used most of the time we are talking about the modern-day, organized religious organization that people attend on Saturday or Sunday. The traditional organized church with its many programs, leaders, pastors, rules and regulations. We forget that the Church is not a building or an institution but a […]

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Why We Left the church…but Not the Church

Posted in Acceptance of Others, christian living, Community, Ekklesia, The church, tagged acceptance, body of Christ, church, church abuse, community, doctrine, Ekklesia, Holy Spirit, religion on March 8, 2017|

After over fifty years in the organized religious church system my wife and I decided we had enough. Let me make clear what I am talking about when I say church (lower c). I am talking about a building, a religious organization with a pastor and board of elders in charge, a place for people […]

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Pastors, Church and Loving Others

Posted in Acceptance of Others, christian living, The church, tagged asexual, Christian, Gay, jew, LGBT, pastors, pope on December 2, 2015| 12 Comments »

Pastors I grew up in the organized church, and I know the pastor was the focal point of every church I attended. In the Methodist church, if the pastor was not liked, he usually got voted out and moved to a new location by the board and district office. Later, as I became dissatisfied I […]

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When I “go to church”

Posted in christian living, Community, Ekklesia, tagged building, church, denomination, Ekklesia, fellowship, gospel, grace, prayer, salvation, steward, worship on October 17, 2011|

Although my wife and I no longer attend a traditional church, when I used to say I “go to church”, what exactly was it that I meant. When we mention church today, most people think of an organized religious service that takes place on a certain day, at a certain time, in a set place. […]

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