tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62832502011-07-14T17:24:25.242-04:00The FellowshipFor the posting of our thoughts and to keep the fellowship alive.Jasonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283250.post-1093375364890633362004-08-24T15:15:00.000-04:002004-08-24T15:22:44.890-04:00Ladies, Fellows
I return from Philadelphia a very different person and with a lot more internet access. It's nice to get back on here and read and write. I really appreciated Jordan's last article because I thing it about sums up where I am right now. But all of this kind of got me to thinking, if I don't like this Sunday morning brand of worship, what would I want? So I have an assignment for Jasonnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283250.post-1090958028312750952004-07-27T15:52:00.000-04:002004-07-27T15:54:19.996-04:00 Why I Stopped Going to Church And Other Acts of Christian Disobedience By Charles Moore Going to church is a trap—a first-class web of deception. No, what follows is not a diatribe. I love the church too much to cut it to pieces. But shock treatment is sometimes necessary when one is stricken with a serious disorder. And when it comes to the way we do church today, nothing less than major jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13419954956708302115noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283250.post-1084762315098164392004-05-16T22:34:00.000-04:002004-05-16T22:51:55.096-04:00This post will serve both as clarification on my last post and food for thought.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a Christian theologian from Germany who was martyred by the Nazis only days before the liberation. Here's what he had to say about our response ("We love because God first loved us") to God.
"And we cannot be honest unless we recognize that we have to live in the world etsi deus non dareturjordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13419954956708302115noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283250.post-1084570025050514032004-05-14T17:20:00.000-04:002004-05-14T17:30:14.190-04:00Hello, all. My name is Jordan -- I'm good friends with Jason and attend LVC, as well. Jay and I talk a lot about stuff-religion and it's been pretty well established that I take radical positions and tease out implications. That's the way I operate-- by going to the extreme to see just how extreme extreme may seem. In any case, this first post of mine will make more sense as an adendum on to jordanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13419954956708302115noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283250.post-1084517891697657132004-05-14T01:13:00.000-04:002004-05-14T02:58:11.696-04:00Recently my thoughts have been towards social justice and the fact that a faith in God, without the action to back it up is dead. If we claim to know and love God and yet that condition does not inspire us to serve those around us and love people more purely, then I cannot believe that we actually do know God. God is love, and to quote an old D.C. Talk classic "Love is a Verb" I'd like to Jasonnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283250.post-1084510550533260602004-05-14T00:55:00.000-04:002004-05-14T00:55:50.533-04:00Friends,
I would like to thank you guys for your discussions and posts thus far but would like to encourage you to continue to post anytime you feel led. I would also like to draw your attention to the obvious visual upgrade of the Fellowship. Blogger had some new templates and features they launched on Mother's day so I slapped a new look on and enabled comments. All new posts will have the Jasonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283250.post-1078501956616503542004-03-05T10:52:00.000-05:002004-03-05T10:55:38.530-05:00So I got the new Relevant magazine in the mail today and I was flipping through it and something really upset me in it (I guess most of my posts start by me being upset). So it's an advertisement (pg 041) selling the Message Remix. It has a picture of Third Day sitting together and Mac and one of the guitarists are holding bibles and they are "discussing" the bible with the other band-mates. Jasonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283250.post-1077010043094074382004-02-17T04:27:00.000-05:002004-02-17T04:30:00.840-05:00So,
I played at this church this weekend and quite frankly it pissed me off. This alone is of great encouragement to me. The constant question within me is "Have I lost my Waco and completely abandoned the God of the bible in exchange for some whacked religion based on things other than truth?" I constantly think I've backslidden because I swear now quite regularly, I smoke pipes and cigars, Jasonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283250.post-1076394149625054552004-02-10T01:10:00.000-05:002004-02-10T01:24:57.640-05:00hey guys- jen again.
so, i guess the proverbial shit hath hiteth the fan with many of my friends.. And it all seemed to smack me in the face tonight (the shit that is). Well i just got to thinking- the 'red tape' and covenants etc that we put up- they are good- intended for good, but i am just having a hard time seeing the 'justice' or 'rightness' in nit-picking to hurt someone this bad! Is it Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626540555916414160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283250.post-1075180132968613232004-01-26T23:41:00.000-05:002004-01-27T00:13:14.356-05:00Interesting. McLaren does go deeper - on this very topic, in his book.(by the way dwayne, i am also reading- A New Kind Of Christian- i have like 30 pages to go!)
Hmm- so we are talking about talking, addressing the 'old' church, or those of a different frame of mind....My question is .. aren't we all seeking?So then.. there truly iisa line drawn?... its is conservatives against the liberals?Jenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15626540555916414160noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283250.post-1075095114092079292004-01-26T00:31:00.000-05:002004-01-26T00:34:01.233-05:00Dwayne, You bring up an excellent point. It's kind of frustrating to feel these deep things and share them with someone else who claims to have love for the same God and get blank looks in return if not chastising emails. So I agree in the struggle of that situation, but should we with hold our involvement in this disease just cause it draws persecution. In other words, when we sense that Jasonnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6283250.post-1073236094954065032004-01-04T12:08:00.000-05:002004-01-04T12:08:33.930-05:00Guys, I thought as different stuff happens and I'm at college, we could keep any writings here and it could be a place where we can keep our thoughts together. So write away. Any questions, just email me.Jasonnoreply@blogger.com0