From the ages of sixteen to twenty-three, I traversed the landscape of evangelical Christianity. I became part of the following denominations: Southern Baptist, Independent Baptist (a completely different species from the Southern Baptists), Mennonite, Christian and Missionary Alliance, Church of Christ (non-instrumental), Presbyterian, Episcopalian, Assemblies of God, Church of God, and countless stripes...
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I was stunned! Flabbergasted! It exactly described where I stood on the mountain! It was the verse about the ancient paths I received coming down the mountain that I didn’t look up!
Hold on to your seat folks, this is a long one put the story is totally worth it! See if you relate to what this guy went through...
Personal Experience: Developing a new way of looking at life is a difficult process. Most of these lessons have been learned form hard-earned experience. Learning to view the world differently not because I wanted to, but to survive and understand, I had to. Much that happened during this time period was the result of God so re-ordering my world He had to speak in so many different kinds of ways just to get my attention. You see I had a problem, which many of us have of course, but mine was called performance orientation. What that does to a person is make them work so hard they just burn out. And burn out I did. I had been pastoring a youth church... .What you call the church determines how you will relate to it. Some of the newer terms we have used to market the local church, and even solicit involvement and participation are the use of the common term “team.” It gets printed on t-shirts, banners and baseball caps, whatever necessary to both foster morale and to esteem cooperation, it seems a “team” spirit works thematically for a missions project, an evangelistic endeavor or even an annual call to practical service.
But when we begin to call ourselves a team and not a family, too much shifts, and often too much is lost. A team is a group of people banded together for the express purpose of achievement, winning a game, accomplishing a goal, or completing a project. The Chargers are a team, so are the marines, and United Airlines. A team usually has a coach, an owner, and of course players, all trained to accomplish a task. If the right guard keeps missing blocks, the coach is obligated to the owner and the other team members to bench him and even eventually replace or trade him. Sometimes when churches operate as teams... |
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