House Church Talk - fatal house church attraction

[Phillip Cohen]

Well said Brother David. I lacked relationship skills most of my life.
Changing churches never helped that. Keeping the first and second great
commandments on the top of the list at all times has been the fertile
soil of growth for my life. Any time a person makes their "conviction"
the first or second commandment, and begins to impose it on others, love
is violated. When love is violated, we die, inside and out.

Phillip
spiritfilledhome at juno.com
In quietness and confidence is my strength. Isaiah 30:15

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 12:02:53 -0400 David Anderson <david at housechurch.org>
writes:
> 
>     Hi all,
> 
> Without naming any names today and speaking from several years of 
> reading 
> dialogue from the house church discussion lists, I have come to 
> believe 
> that house churches --attract-- a few folks who lack the social 
> skills of 
> getting along with ANY other Christians.
> 
> These are soooo spiritually sensitive that they can always find 
> doctrinal 
> errors, evil motives, and a lack of love in just about every 
> setting. 
> Inevitably, they exit their house churches (and lists) and usually 
> play 
> the martyrdom card along the way. This is also one reason why so 
> many 
> "home church gatherings" have ended in dispute and disharmony.
> 
> It would, btw, never occur to these in a hundred million years that 
> the 
> problem might be within rather than without... 
> 
>     "Gosh, I got so wounded in the IC - now the HC, too."
> 
> So, may God help us all to show forth the fruits of his mighty 
> Spirit and 
> to demonstrate truth and love whether it is returned or not. Even 
> Pharisees loved those who loved them.
> 
>     David Anderson