Originally Posted by Berkley (Post 986319)

I hope they weren't speaking in tongues. :blink

Originally Posted by Socialite (Post 986372)

Why is a gathering time different than sharing a meal with another believer, DM?

What, in your mind, is so significant about the gathering?

Originally Posted by Sam (Post 986402)

why not?

Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind (Post 986403)

Church is different because you are setting a time apart to experience the manifest presence of God. Other social occasions are not for that purpose though you can experience God outside of church.

Originally Posted by rgcraig (Post 986341)

Amen! Some of the sour looks on people's faces might be changed if they'd "do well" before they come to church!

Last Sunday I sat behind a lady that looked so mad at the world - - I wanted to ask her what in the world was wrong with her.

Originally Posted by Sam (Post 986406)

well, maybe she was sexuallly frustrated

Originally Posted by MissBrattified (Post 986342)

A little over a year ago, I actually *took back* Sunday mornings in our house, and I made up my mind that there would be no more miserable Sundays. I always make sure the kids have breakfast before they leave (YES, we have gone out the door without breakfast hundreds of times, and had to make a quick stop at McDonald's or the gas station for something unhealthy), and I refuse to get upset if we're running late. My kids (and my husband) having a good experience on Sundays is way more important than whether other people are annoyed with me for being late.

It should have been that way from the beginning, but unfortunately when we get wrapped up in *service*, we can sometimes get our priorities twisted.

Originally Posted by Socialite (Post 986374)

DM, your use of Leviticus would also mean women who are at "that time" should stay at home, excluded from the rest of the house because that's also "unclean."

Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind (Post 986410)

Like I told Miss Bratt, I am not advocating following ceremonial law, it's just a nugget of wisdom into entering the presence of God, not a law to follow across the board.

Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind (Post 986346)

why is no one addressing Lev. 15:2? What does it mean to be unclean? Do you think priests were allowed to be unclean and partake in temple service? I think all of this sex before church is why people don't experience or know what the presence of God is.