tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802474194961847860.post8891516089595008134..comments2023-04-29T08:43:21.426-07:00Comments on freetothink: Come Sinners, Come?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802474194961847860.post-63432851985441610972011-04-02T14:17:40.162-07:002011-04-02T14:17:40.162-07:00I wept. For such a thing to happen in a group that...I wept. For such a thing to happen in a group that claims to be the body of Christ, who was known as the "friend of sinners"... God, forgive us!<br /><br />In a word of encouragement, though, there are places where these people would have been welcomed. We have been in them, and they are beautiful glimpses of the love that will be in heaven.<br /><br />One opposite story (I didn't see it, just read about it) was published in a small local paper here: a young, unkempt, long-haired man came into a church late and, finding all the pews pretty full, sat down in the aisle on the floor. An elderly deacon slowly shuffled his way next to the man, and some people thought that the deacon was going to ask him to leave. Instead, he somewhat painfully sat down next to him. That story made me cry, too, just in a totally different way!<br /><br />-ljkUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672640968476814076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802474194961847860.post-28744335927414704222011-03-24T15:01:03.662-07:002011-03-24T15:01:03.662-07:00Hey girl. Wow. I'm so glad to get to read a ...Hey girl. Wow. I'm so glad to get to read a post by you. You are a special child of God. Am so glad to be back in contact with you. Chris and I are now attending a church that loves you anyway you come...flip flops, shorts, long hair, whatever. It is very sweet to see so many different types of people being loved by God and His people. Got tired of wearing dresses for a beauty competition. ;>) Love ya!Deshia Comeauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10567746718263796327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802474194961847860.post-79247558877361135152011-03-20T21:03:42.210-07:002011-03-20T21:03:42.210-07:0015 yrs in an IFB church and seeing people rejected...15 yrs in an IFB church and seeing people rejected for not looking the part. I'll never go back to that.Sisterlisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09697215030563741501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802474194961847860.post-43601586752053352042011-03-19T18:53:18.623-07:002011-03-19T18:53:18.623-07:00Oh, ouch. That was so painful to read. I remembe...Oh, ouch. That was so painful to read. I remember something similar when I was a teen. I talked some of my party friends into coming to church one weekend. They had been camping all weekend and got up early to drive into town to go to church! <br /><br />It was such an opportunity, but instead of preaching the love and grace of God, the preacher lectured on coming to church clean and properly dressed. Coming in jeans smelling like a campfire apparently offended him.<br /><br />What a waste of time is so many church services. Yuck.shadowspringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15172112981244682382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802474194961847860.post-20147696697203051012011-03-19T15:03:54.476-07:002011-03-19T15:03:54.476-07:00Very painfully moving. Thanks for writing this.Very painfully moving. Thanks for writing this.Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05596138376570543467noreply@blogger.com