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  1. We do different gifts. Sometimes they get elaborate. 😄 For mothers, we've done pansies in pretty pots with a small chocolate, potted succulents, jar candles with a goodie, a good book & bookmark - things like that. Fathers have gotten things like a small tool set or cookies. Their favorite year was the year someone baked a pie for every dad in the church, and they got to pick their favorite flavor to take home. 😄  

    I have mixed feelings about celebrating mother's day/father's day too overtly.  Singles are obviously left out (not that I mind... there are usually leftovers if I really want something - ha!), but I wonder how those feel who are silent parents (lost a child to miscarriage that people might not know about), or struggling with infertility. 

  2. TGL, it is heresy to state that Mary was the mother of God (specifically that term), or to call her the Virgin Mary, considering that she is no longer a virgin. You can call her Mary, mother of Jesus. 

    Those terms are Catholic heresies, and have no place on this board. Please stop using them immediately. 

    And actually, I don’t think people are lost just for not believing in the virgin birth. It’s kind of part and parcel of the story of salvation, but they have believe that Jesus Christ  died for their sins,, and was raised  again, according to the scripture as well. But you have a point that it’s good to learn from all the people in the Bible, and not to exclude her. 

  3. If it's no big deal, then why are we talking about it?

    TGL, I think you need to stop challenging things that aren't a problem.  Frankly, even if a pastor did have an assigned space (which I could only think would happen in huge churches), it would probably be a good thing. They're busy and are coming to work when they get to church. It's not like they'll be taking space from legislatively-required handicapped stalls. 

  4. On 11/3/2023 at 4:34 PM, Napsterdad said:

    I am going through a study of 1 Kings and just recently finished the building of Solomon's Temple. Odd name that; Solomon's Temple. Should it not be God's?

    I mean, I think the adjectives on temple descriptors were just a way of telling them apart by builder....  I don't feel that there's any spiritual significance there.  The only temple that will be built by God's hand has yet to be seen.

    I love the carpenter gothic churches, but am forced to admit that there is no reason to have them and not another design (although the vaulted roof is ideal for good congregational singing - so there's that).  Our church is considering a church expansion that will spoil the pure carpenter gothic architecture, and I am not a fan. ? 

  5. JW is not a denomination, it is a cult. They worship a false Christ. If this is your family, I am so sorry. Your daughter has made her choice, as an adult, and the fault and consequences will be hers, not yours. She has chosen a hard path. 

    I believe it is possible for true believers to be ensnared in the JW organization, not realizing what it is. I don’t know if that is the case of this young man or not. You are in an excellent position to both encourage your daughter in the faith (and maybe make sure of her salvation), and to graciously witness truth to this young man. Anyone can be saved!

  6. 12 hours ago, SureWord said:

    Women are to submit to the husband even if they aren't a leader. There's no prerequisite for this submission. It must be hard for some women to submit to an inferior man but that's the breaks. I've had to submit to plenty of inferior supervisors over the last 25 years.

    Wives are to submit to the husband. Let's be specific here. ? 

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    I was speaking a little in jest before, but to give a serious response to the OP in the area of why pastors don't speak hard to women like they do men -  My observation in the churches here that the women are preached to a little more than the men, and by and large, I see the wives working harder at submitting than the men do leading. If that was the case in the churches with pastors like those mentioned above, I can see why they wouldn't place a harder burden on those actively trying to obey than those that aren't.  Perhaps this is something that varies greatly by region and church.  

    I think my response here is also colored by what may be a different issue, and that is that I have heard of church leadership advising wives to submit through extended, unrepentant abuse as the only option for moving forward. That is neither Biblical nor helpful (nor actually legal).  So maybe I'm applying my distaste for this mentality to this discussion in a way it doesn't belong. I totally agree that if pastors truly are failing to teach the wives their part, that is a grave problem, and that the wives are responsible to obey God's commands for them within marriage. 

    I don't really see how someone can truly submit to someone who is not leading - because decisions have to be made, and as nature abhors a vacuum, someone will have to step up and make them.  One can't just stop moving forward. But maybe that's why God still has me single. ?

    Heartstrings, I am so sorry over what's happening in your son's marriage - what an awful thing to have to witness in your own family. 

  7. The only potential personal attack here may be against BroMatt for his bad spelling.... ?  ? ...and I would totally rib him about that too. No offense meant, so let's not take any. Back to the topic!

    I wouldn't go for rotation for rotation's sake (except maybe in financial areas), but a break is as good as a rest for long term volunteers. Switching things up, when there's a well qualified person to step in for a time, might not be the worst thing to prevent burnout. But many small churches haven't really got that option.

  8. On 5/16/2023 at 9:51 PM, Joe Chandler said:

    If your refer to Baptist Bible College in Springfield, then yes.

    So you are from Massachusetts, live in California, hence the name Jim_Alaska. Perfect. ? What part of Mass? I am from Peabody.

    Like Peabody, Inc.!?

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