tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1388370369187844627.post8262313780970247738..comments2024-03-12T10:35:54.578-05:00Comments on Homeward Bound: Compromised!Michael Boldea Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09695469447648193872noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1388370369187844627.post-29548407655628136542014-01-05T16:19:14.311-06:002014-01-05T16:19:14.311-06:00Thank you for speaking truth into a world of lies ...Thank you for speaking truth into a world of lies and denial. Sadly, much of that is within the Church! There is some comfort to my husband and me that we are not alone-it is as though you have been in our home and heard our conversations and prayers. We needed this encouragement to keep us emboldened.<br /><br />Many thanks.<br />In His Great Love,<br />HelenHelen Bowsernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1388370369187844627.post-2442756147701129282014-01-02T07:45:04.998-06:002014-01-02T07:45:04.998-06:00If you are talking about Phil Robertson, he got hi...If you are talking about Phil Robertson, he got his girlfriend at age 15 and married her but he slept around into his twenties. I don't think of him as much of a saint, he is more like someone who quoted the Bible, in an extremely crude way, and got attacked for the Bible part.<br /><br />When you look at pastors today, they don't have the temperment Paul describes at all. They in fact have the opposite. That makes me want to run right out the door while they keep insisting on the privilege of their authority. <br /><br />They sure aren't temperment or sober minded. The only way some of them speak is in constant shouting and histrionics. Then able to teach, all they say is ask God for youself, look it up yourself, or even say you must be lost if you don't agree. As far as hospitable, forget it It is always their way or the highway.<br /><br />These people are charlatans in a money making business called selling God. They collect the tithes and offer standing in the community and a feel good support group in return. These are not real Christians, they are posers. If you want to join that group, you might as well be as worldly in every other way as well. I would rather just go to a nightclub where you can sit in a corner and not have someone judge you when you don't want to dance and leap around.Barbaranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1388370369187844627.post-17188495665398230482013-12-28T10:53:02.282-06:002013-12-28T10:53:02.282-06:00You nailed it quite accurately brother Michael. T...You nailed it quite accurately brother Michael. The silence from the pulpits on the matter of sin is deafening, and the silence in defense of those who speak out against sin is likewise deafening. As you so accurately and succinctly put it, it must be due to the compromised nature of the Church today - it is NOT spotless and ready for the wedding by any means.<br /><br />Brother Bobbobjones68https://www.blogger.com/profile/05689452891431800558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1388370369187844627.post-67212652052325044132013-12-27T10:39:26.445-06:002013-12-27T10:39:26.445-06:00One characteristic you left off from Paul's li...One characteristic you left off from Paul's list in Titus is "not over-bearing." I left my previous church because the pastors (on the surface anyway) appeared to meet most of the other requirements, but they were becoming increasingly over-bearing, domineering, and controlling. They preached "love", but demanded obedience and if you weren't willing to submit to their petty dictatorship -- well, there's the door! Yes, I believe they are compromised and that many of the people that have chosen to stay in that church just "wink" at their "minor character flaws." And since it isn't drunkedness or sexual sin -- well, we all have feet of clay, right? I would not at all be surprised if this kind of disqualification for eldership isn't as common or even more common than lust, greed, and substance addiction.<br /><br />Thanks for preaching the Word. I was pleased to see at least the pastor in Louisiana where this family attends made very clear statements that he supports this man and his views. He could have distanced himself, but instead he got right into the fray and stood up for what is right.A Sister in Washingtonnoreply@blogger.com