/christian/ - Christian Discussion and Fellowship

>>545116

>United Church of Christ

Are we supposed to be shocked?

>Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:

>Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.

>For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: >And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

>And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

>Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,

>Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,

>Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:

>Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

>In response to the public outcry, the church’s pastor, Dr. Eileen Gebby

>Therefore, we resist the temptation to deny scientific knowledge or worship the Bible as if it is God rather than precious stories about God. Ours is a faith found in the intersection of our sacred scripture, prayer, and life lived in Christian community

>On the eve of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, this moment is a reminder that there has never been one kind of Christianity. Not in the days and months after the ministry, murder, and mystery of Jesus Christ, nor in the centuries since

> At Ames United Church of Christ, we stand confidently in our conviction that the diversity of human gender and sexual expression is just one more example of the gorgeous outcome of God’s invitation to create with the tehom, a truth with basis not only in love but in biology.

I want Jesus to come back soon guys, even if I'm not ready.

>>545135

not gonna lie glad it was not us

>>545116

> the church’s pastor, Dr. Eileen Gebby

there's your problem

>>545233

It's the UCC. They ordain and confer the title of "Doctor" on pretty much anyone - gay, woman, satanist.

>>545235

Protestantism was a mistake

>>545135

Literal bible interpretation brings more people to church

https://www.rt.com/uk/367243-literal-bible-interpretation-church/

>Theologically conservative churches that adhere to a literal interpretation of the Bible grow faster than liberal ones that don’t, a five-year academic study has revealed.

>The Canadian study, which, will be published in next month’s Review of Religious Research, found that evangelical sects that focus on the Gospel and prayer have increasing rates of attendance, while churches that skew Christian doctrine to be more liberal are declining.

>In churches where attendance is on the rise, 93 percent of the clergy and 83 percent of the worshippers agree with the statement “Jesus rose from the dead with a real flesh-and-blood body leaving behind an empty tomb,” compared with 67 percent of worshippers and 56 percent of the clergy from declining churches.

One in six young people are Christian as visits to church buildings inspire them to convert

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/17/one-six-young-people-christian-visits-church-buildings-inspire/

>One in six young people are practising Christians, new figures show, as research suggests thousands convert after visiting church buildings.

>The figures, show that more than one in five (21 per cent) people between the ages of 11 and 18 describe themselves as active followers of Jesus, and 13 per cent say they are practising Christians who attend church.

>The study, commissioned by Christian youth organisation Hope Revolution Partnership and carried out by ComRes, suggested that levels of Christianity were much higher among young people than previously thought.

Funny how these churches so desperate to increase their attendance are doing the complete opposite of what they should be doing to increase their attendance.

>>545216

I feel you.

>tfw have sympathies with Anglicanism esp. Lewis and Muscular Christianity but the modern CofE is absolute garbage

>>545237

>everything I don't like is Protestantism

>>545135

Nice vestments.

>>545135

>>545411

John 21New International Version (NIV)

Jesus and the Miraculous Catch of Fish

21 Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee.[a] It happened this way: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas (also known as Didymus[b]), Nathanael from Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples were together. 3 “I’m going out to fish,” Simon Peter told them, and they said, “We’ll go with you.” So they went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing.

4 Early in the morning, Jesus stood on the shore, but the disciples did not realize that it was Jesus.

5 He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?”

“No,” they answered.

6 He said, “Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.” When they did, they were unable to haul the net in because of the large number of fish.

>Throw your net on the right side of the boat and you will find some.

What did Jesus mean by this? That instead of trying to appeal to tyranny communists we should evangelize normal people?

>>546247

>Communists

>Left/Right political dynamics

<Jesus' time

yeah … no.

>>546249

I'm jesting.

But Left/Right political dynamics have existed since the founding of Ur. That metaphor just wasn't in use yet.

Absolutely disgusting.

>>546132

>implying this isn't protty shit