Comments on: Why I Love My Church http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/05/why-i-love-my-church.html Looking for the 1st century Church in 21st century America Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:01:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: andrews http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/05/why-i-love-my-church.html#comment-37514 andrews Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:20:40 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/05/why-i-love-my-church.html#comment-37514 andrews Boakye box 27 askakra_kwahu eastern region GHANA Dear In Christ, Greetings of love to you in the name of our Master and Lord Jesus , Who died to cleanse us from all our sins. To introduce myself , I am ANDREWS BOAKYE and a young Christian. I have no Bible and I want to please request you to send me a Study Bible. There is always sadness in my heart to go to church without a Bible ,. and when it is time to read a passage from the Bible I only become a spectator. The worst part of it is that I cannot devotionally read the words of God daily at the comfort of my home.This has affected my Christian life in the negative way. Please, I need you to help me out of this situation. I am begging you to send me a Study Bible. Please remember me in your daily prayers. I want to end here with much greetings. andrews Boakye
box 27
askakra_kwahu
eastern region
GHANA
Dear In Christ,
Greetings of love to you in the name of our Master and Lord
Jesus , Who died to cleanse us from all our sins.
To introduce myself , I am ANDREWS BOAKYE and a young
Christian. I have no Bible and I want to please request you to
send me a Study Bible. There is always sadness in my heart to
go to church without a Bible ,. and when it is time to read
a passage from the Bible I only become a spectator. The
worst part of it is that I cannot devotionally read the words
of God daily at the comfort of my home.This has affected my
Christian life in the negative way.
Please, I need you to help me out of this situation. I am
begging you to send me a Study Bible.
Please remember me in your daily prayers. I want to end here
with much greetings.

]]> By: goldie http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/05/why-i-love-my-church.html#comment-34173 goldie Mon, 28 Jan 2008 04:54:22 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/05/why-i-love-my-church.html#comment-34173 don't be depressed that you don't have a church to love. I don't either but sometimes God just wants us to love Him so much that he takes away that "wonderful church feeling" He is a jealous God too and so often we end up with a spiritual country club cause we're having such a good time. hang in there friend. there is a body of believers out there for you.... don’t be depressed that you don’t have a church to love. I don’t either but sometimes God just wants us to love Him so much that he takes away that “wonderful church feeling” He is a jealous God too and so often we end up with a spiritual country club cause we’re having such a good time. hang in there friend. there is a body of believers out there for you….

]]> By: here to snoop…!? » For the Insiders… =) http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/05/why-i-love-my-church.html#comment-4252 here to snoop…!? » For the Insiders… =) Mon, 03 Jul 2006 21:07:07 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/05/why-i-love-my-church.html#comment-4252 [...] A quote from Cerulean Sanctum: I go to Clear Mountain Community Church in Williamsburg, OH. It’s an independent Pentecostal church that is one of the most unusual churches I’ve ever encountered. What makes it unique is that it is a church merge (as opposed to a split—that in itself is rarer), but it’s the merger of a Pentecostal church and a Church of Christ. Yeah, you read that right. I’ve been there a year-and-a-half and I still can’t believe it. [...] [...] A quote from Cerulean Sanctum: I go to Clear Mountain Community Church in Williamsburg, OH. It’s an independent Pentecostal church that is one of the most unusual churches I’ve ever encountered. What makes it unique is that it is a church merge (as opposed to a split—that in itself is rarer), but it’s the merger of a Pentecostal church and a Church of Christ. Yeah, you read that right. I’ve been there a year-and-a-half and I still can’t believe it. [...]

]]> By: Philippa http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/05/why-i-love-my-church.html#comment-3628 Philippa Fri, 26 May 2006 21:03:37 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/05/why-i-love-my-church.html#comment-3628 Hi Dan, I love your blog and I love my church. I’m from the UK. My church is an Anglican church in a South East London suburb. It’s a predominantly white area, with a few middle-class Asian families. My little church is amazingly multi-cultural; (not amazing for London, but amazing for our particular area) - we have: a Nigerian family, a Zimbabwean family, plus one German, one Finn, one Canadian and one American. The church is evangelical and low-key charismatic. I’d love it to be more charismatic but I’m grateful for the solid, practical biblical teaching. Our vicar is quite Reformed. He is also very much into every-member ministry and has a team comprising four Readers (in effect, lay ministers), one pastoral assistant and many more who faithfully serve the church in a variety of ways, including our very talented worship band. What I love about my church is its authenticity. People are warm, welcoming and genuine. What I worry about is that the church is in a bit of a rut. It’s too easy to be complacent. But yes, I love my church - and the Church with a big ‘C’. Your church sounds great!! Not perfect, of course, because nobody’s church is. The Church with a Big C is not perfect either … not until she weds the Bridegroom. Hi Dan,

I love your blog and I love my church.

I’m from the UK. My church is an Anglican church in a South East London suburb. It’s a predominantly white area, with a few middle-class Asian families. My little church is amazingly multi-cultural; (not amazing for London, but amazing for our particular area) - we have: a Nigerian family, a Zimbabwean family, plus one German, one Finn, one Canadian and one American.

The church is evangelical and low-key charismatic. I’d love it to be more charismatic but I’m grateful for the solid, practical biblical teaching. Our vicar is quite Reformed. He is also very much into every-member ministry and has a team comprising four Readers (in effect, lay ministers), one pastoral assistant and many more who faithfully serve the church in a variety of ways, including our very talented worship band.

What I love about my church is its authenticity. People are warm, welcoming and genuine.

What I worry about is that the church is in a bit of a rut. It’s too easy to be complacent.

But yes, I love my church - and the Church with a big ‘C’.

Your church sounds great!! Not perfect, of course, because nobody’s church is. The Church with a Big C is not perfect either … not until she weds the Bridegroom.

]]> By: Brendt http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/05/why-i-love-my-church.html#comment-3474 Brendt Sun, 21 May 2006 23:57:53 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2006/05/why-i-love-my-church.html#comment-3474 I grew up in a very legalistic environment -- not my parents, but many around me. Through the years, God put me in less-and-less legalistic churches, but the church that I am in now is the one that blessed my theological socks off. It was as if God said, "OK, that's enough. He <b>can</b> handle the truth now." Everywhere I turned, God kept saying (through my pastor or other folks in the church), "Not law, grace." I have remarked to more than one person that the last three years have been filled with moments where I thought, "Ya know, I always thought that was wrong (whatever "that" was), but I could never put my finger on it." I grew up in a very legalistic environment — not my parents, but many around me. Through the years, God put me in less-and-less legalistic churches, but the church that I am in now is the one that blessed my theological socks off. It was as if God said, “OK, that’s enough. He can handle the truth now.” Everywhere I turned, God kept saying (through my pastor or other folks in the church), “Not law, grace.”

I have remarked to more than one person that the last three years have been filled with moments where I thought, “Ya know, I always thought that was wrong (whatever “that” was), but I could never put my finger on it.”

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