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Controversial Issues / Re: Antisemitism
« on: October 15, 2024, 03:55:08 AM »
This is a spiritual battle, and we need to pray for both sides, for all to come to the revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ. He desires all to be saved.
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Controversial Issues / Re: Antisemitism« on: October 15, 2024, 03:55:08 AM »
This is a spiritual battle, and we need to pray for both sides, for all to come to the revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ. He desires all to be saved.
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Controversial Issues / Re: Church Abuse/ Rebuke« on: October 07, 2024, 02:15:07 AM »
Yes, I am struggling with resentment towards them and my husband. Or I am not sure if is distrust that I am struggling with cause of an unresolved issues and an inability to have freedom to talk of issues.I am trying to lay bitterness and resentment down. This weekend our church had a conference and I had to leave sometimes to think and pray. And I got peace about just being still. Be still and wait on God and pray. As for my husband I was thinking of this verse
1Pe 3:1 Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives I am trying to get a Christian counsellor who will pray. I was previously going to counseling - and her advice was leave the church but I just don't feel like I can because, honestly, it seems like I am the only one who has a real problem..like people recognize that there's stuff wrong but they see it as there is no perfect church. My counselor was a Christian but not necessarily a Christian counsellor (she did talkabout God and the Bible- but she didn't pray but I also didn't ask her to pray cause I was afraid to) but I do want to include God by praying. There is also a church who has a 9 a.m. service on Sundays and I was thinking of going there so I could maybe have a pastor who will care and see if I could hear a different message than what I am usually hearing. I am afraid of what people will think, andWonder if the other church would be okay with it and also if it would cause drama with my church cause if they'd find out they'd be questioning why is she going over there? Also, this weekend someone lost a couple hundred dollars it was brought to us and they announced it so it could be returned but when it wasn't claimed right away the pastor said publicly that he would put it in the offering if it went unclaimed. The couple who found the money and I also was not comfortable with having that money put in the offering. We thought it should be brought to the police.( We were going to talk to the pastor if it went unclaimed). Turns out the money was claimed and the person who claimed it knew the exact amount and bills it was, and he ended up donating it anyway. So it worked out, but I have a problem that it was even suggested that it would be put in the offering. Am I making a big deal of this? Like it very concerns me. I guess, how it makes me feel is like untrustworthy.and maybe lacking integrity cause if we had found that amount we should return it to the police. Anyway, I apologize this is dragging on. After saying all this, I think I do need help to process and deal with this. I don't know what a big deal is, or if I just think it's a big deal when it isn't.😥. Thank you for listening and also, it was hard to hear that I am resentful cause I am trying hard not to be. I really want to forgive cause forgiveness is vital. Vengeance belongs to God and He can do a better job at fixing people up than I can❤️ Also, I want to add, thank you for pointing out the weaknesses, that I do need to be careful to not be resentful and also, I am weak and must be careful about relationships. 3
Controversial Issues / Re: Church Abuse/ Rebuke« on: October 03, 2024, 10:47:03 AM »
Thank you for your help, sometimes I feel like am I overthinking this and I don't really know who to talk to.
Anyway, this helped to know that it's not okay to talk to people like this. 4
Controversial Issues / Re: Church Abuse/ Rebuke« on: October 02, 2024, 11:03:14 PM »
I am Canadian, but this is a native church.
My husband doesn't know how they talked to me cause he wasn't there. I am not sure they would have talked to me like that if he was. They really only talk to me when I approach them about concerns. They kind of get defensive and then be like ,well you have these problems. Almost like, don't talk about my problems when you have these. But their problems with me mostly have to do with the expectations they have. I have never confronted people before this really. Like I know they come from abusive backgrounds ect. But I felt like it was wrong for her to say that to me. I feel like if I try address this, it will also turn into another hurtful thing. 5
Controversial Issues / Church Abuse/ Rebuke« on: September 27, 2024, 09:58:49 PM »
Hello, I have been struggling with the senior pastors. I am the wife of the associate pastor. They have ideas that I should be doing almost everything with my husband- going to every meeting that he goes to and the women's meetings.
Since I was homeschooling I ended up burning out. I go to the three services a week but have dropped every other church thing. I used to help with Sunday school but now I just decorate the church and pray with people and help my husband counsel people. I do meet with people and pray/ visit with them sometimes. Anyway, I brought up an issue with the youth pastor and then on Wednesday it seemed to me our senior pastor was rebuking me from the pulpit for it( though of course he didn't mention names)- so I thought because it seems to me like this happed with other people. I was speaking with a counselor and she encouraged me to just ask him- were you addressing me. And so that's what I did because I was feeling hurt about it. I am glad to say that he wasn't targeting me when he said all the stuff he said. Anyway, during that conversation, they told me how upset they were, well I got mixed messages from them. At one point he said it's okay that I don't do all the things they expect and then on the other hand they were criticizing me. But this is the thing that bothered me. They asked why I leave when pastor talks, and I leave because he comes across as abusive to me, that's not saying he is, but because I am dealing with hurts from the past but I guess sometimes he comes across to me as mocking. It's hard to explain, but I was trying to be honest. And then his wife said to me your a pastor's wife you should be better sometimes I just think you need a real good spanking. You need to be spanked. I am just tired of being talked to like this. I think I forgive them. I don't know how to have a relationship with these people. But anyway, is this a weird way to talk to someone? Or is it normal. Cause it doesn't feel like it should be normal. 6
Eschatology / Re: Matthew 24 - carefully analyzed.« on: June 06, 2024, 09:32:53 PM »
I have never seen this portrayed in this way...is this a post trib view?
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Controversial Issues / Telling people about offerings« on: June 06, 2024, 09:14:41 PM »
Is it normal for pastors to talk about people giving? Like we were told from the pulpit that someone gave $3000 and then the pastor mentioned about how some of the youth are giving and named them and the amount (also from the pulpit).
I know that some tv preachers do this, but it just felt " off" for some reason.
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