Church

[ProDeo]

Since the year ~2000 I don't go the church any longer, reason, I fell asleep too many times during the sermon. Something changed recently, my son in law came to the Lord, he got baptized and we together follow 12 week introduction course called "In search of God" organized by a church in our neighborhood. I go with him because he is totally new to Christianity and want to protect him against possible false teachings. But fortunately the church is very much okay. So I am back in church, phew...

The church is an active one, the main focus is preaching the Gospel and that seems to go very well, the above course I mentioned above is in its 7th week and still has ~35 participants. Although not much new for me personally I am already looking forward to chapter 8. That's odd because I am not a person people, but the whole atmosphere is very accessible, no judgements.

My favorite speaker has his own Dutch and English YouTube channel, it's worth a try.

https://www.youtube.com/@TheThinkingDutchman

One example.

673 views  Sep 17, 2021
Sam Harris made a case against miracles. He talks about how common miracle claims are in the modern world. He contrasts the miracles of Jesus with supposed present-day miracles. Since reasonable people generally don’t believe that the miracles attributed to Saita Said Baba are real, we should especially don’t believe miracle claims from 2000 years ago.  In this video I will show you that Harris is wrong and that a compelling case can be made that Jesus rose from the dead.

[RabbiKnife]

Good to hear, bro.

My experience is that if a church keeps the preaching and proclamation of the Word front and center, in a hermeneutically valid and proper manner, then much of the other noise is either fixed or goes away.

and that's great news about your son in law.

[Athanasius]

That's great to hear. I'm still trying to figure the whole walking into church with breasts thing.

[RabbiKnife]

That's great to hear. I'm still trying to figure the whole walking into church with breasts thing.

"Let everything that hath breasts praise the Lord."

No wait.  Sorry.  Maybe I misremembered that...

[Athanasius]

That's great to hear. I'm still trying to figure the whole walking into church with breasts thing.

"Let everything that hath breasts praise the Lord."

No wait.  Sorry.  Maybe I misremembered that...

I once had an English text book with a typo in it: "music soothes the savage breast".

[RabbiKnife]

Savage!!!!1

Oh, my.

[Athanasius]

Savage!!!!1

Oh, my.

Calm down Mr Sulu. Ever heard of the letters DDD, F, or E? Cuz that's what I'm dealing with. Accepting prayers for my back.

[RabbiKnife]

You need a shoulder brace

[Athanasius]

You need a shoulder brace

Short of being cleverer than I was, yeeeep.

Watch Picard at all?