The Source of Most Church Problems

[Felicity]

Originally Posted by Blue Waters

Seems there was a big to do over this word before.

You and the ladies rumbled a bit.

They rumbled I think.

[Dimples]

Originally Posted by Felicity

They rumbled I think.

I think you think wrong. You rumbled much.

You stated you did not know anyone that was manipulative.

That thread was interesting to follow.

[Rhoni]

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

The worst problems in the church I pastor can be traced to a perversion of the original roles God intended men, women, and children to play.

Families, and the church, struggle when men are lazy and refuse to support the family unit they helped create. We suffer when women attempt to usurp spiritual leadership and authority. We suffer when children dictate the direction and mood of the home.

It grieves me to see the family unit under attack by well-meaning individuals within the church. These folks have fallen for a perverted worldview that despises masculine leadership and pastoral authority.

In the overwhelming majority of motion picture and television content, Hollywood, with the full force of it's bully-puplit, assaults the nuclear family unit. An agenda is quite obvious. The agenda is to promote "individualism" in the hopes of separating families from each other.

This is why sitcoms usually portray men as bumbling boobs who are incapable of rational thought. This is why women are normally shown as intellectually superior. This is why parents often defer to the greater wisdom of nine year old children in most Disney programming.

Make no mistake about it, the nuclear family is an endangered species. All because love has no strings attached, parents are friends instead of teachers, and the only men worthy of respect are limp-wristed, effeminate metrosexuals.

Whatever...

[Nahum]

Can you feel the love tonight?

[Felicity]

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

Can you feel the love tonight?

Not really. Do you? Where? LOL.

[Dimples]

I do.

It's in the air.

[Nahum]

Originally Posted by Felicity

Not really. Do you? Where? LOL.

I was being sarrrrrrrrcastic.

I'm told I am good at it.

[Felicity]

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

I was being sarrrrrrrrcastic.

I'm told I am good at it.

I know you were. I was too.

[Hoovie]

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

I'd choose a smaller house so I could be with my kids more.

I'd choose an older car so I could be with my kids more.

I'd wear out-dated clothes so I could be with my kids more.

I would stop eating out so I could be with my kids more.



It's all about what we REALLY love, isn't it?

And this is the crux of the matter.

I grew up in a family of nine, we would have been well below the poverty line. I never did without proper food and clothes and shelter, nor did we apply for "assistance" or free lunches.

It is a a matter of priorities. And it really is that simple.

[Rico]

Originally Posted by revrandy

on the other hand there have been decisions I made based upon what my wife thought... and sometime I made decisions and I should have listened to my wife... so it's give and take...

but for those who say they don't need a man...or woman... they just had too rough a road with the person they were with... everybody needs somebody...

Brother, you are correct. There are times when we should listen to wifely wisdom.


9And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking.

10 Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

11 And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son.

12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Gen 21:9-12 (KJV)