Comments on: Welcome visitors from Internet Monk http://eclecticchristian.com/2009/03/12/welcome-visitors-from-internet-monk/ Learning to appreciate the many different facets of Christianity Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:50:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ZaftigAmazon http://eclecticchristian.com/2009/03/12/welcome-visitors-from-internet-monk/#comment-755 Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:36:27 +0000 http://eclecticchristian.com/?p=852#comment-755 The most effective witness that you have is the way you live your life. As far as I can tell, Jesus’s message can be summed up in 2 directives: that we humble ourselves before God; and that we love one another as he loved us. That is a much more potent message than proselytizing.

]]> By: Eclectic Christian http://eclecticchristian.com/2009/03/12/welcome-visitors-from-internet-monk/#comment-716 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:19:44 +0000 http://eclecticchristian.com/?p=852#comment-716 I really think that there is a balance to be had Cynthia. Most churches, I fear, go the other way and are found to be totally irrelevant to society at large.

Mike Bell

]]> By: Cynthia http://eclecticchristian.com/2009/03/12/welcome-visitors-from-internet-monk/#comment-715 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 21:07:26 +0000 http://eclecticchristian.com/?p=852#comment-715 I think that the things the modern church has done to be relevant have, in some ways, proven only to weaken the pull of the gospel. We are still called to be the people who turn the world on its head! We are still called to be strangers in this world. We are still called to be the purifying sting and the thirst inducing salt poured onto the bland masses. Too often today the church tries so hard to be welcoming that it ceases to be powerful in its ability to radically turn a persons life around.

]]> By: Eclectic Christian http://eclecticchristian.com/2009/03/12/welcome-visitors-from-internet-monk/#comment-713 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:25:16 +0000 http://eclecticchristian.com/?p=852#comment-713 Thanks Will,

Michael said make the stats readable, so I did my best. Typically, if my wife’s eyes start to glaze over when she reads what I have written, I know that I happen to rework something. So I always try and keep her in mind as I am writing.

Look forward to checking out what you have written.

Mike

]]> By: willohroots http://eclecticchristian.com/2009/03/12/welcome-visitors-from-internet-monk/#comment-712 Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:21:32 +0000 http://eclecticchristian.com/?p=852#comment-712 Wow, to think I knew you before you hit the big time! Seriously, a great post at the monk’s. I have told you before that bars are nicer places than many churches, now your stats show some chickens coming home to roost. By the way, stats are usually dry, but you brought them to life. I hope many people will read through your files, as i have been doing for months now, you have a lot to offer.
By the way i posted at my site and Imonk’s why i think there is a decline. It may be radical, but I am convinced. Let me have your opinion. congrats.

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