tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post2069857763095080739..comments2024-03-29T09:20:16.581-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: How to grow your church... smallerPastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-37884111141376333012011-12-03T09:03:04.182-06:002011-12-03T09:03:04.182-06:00This is neither here nor their, I'm fairly cer...This is neither here nor their, I'm fairly certain Don Cousins' son (Kirk) is the starting QB for Michigan State University...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-58033786651401097522011-12-02T07:15:01.683-06:002011-12-02T07:15:01.683-06:00Had to laugh about the comment of "bling"...Had to laugh about the comment of "bling"...being Orthodox we are all about the "bling"! (But I know what you meant.)Dixiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08511317203353075644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-17642968462771003412011-12-01T22:49:58.057-06:002011-12-01T22:49:58.057-06:00I read this blog entry after driving my son home f...I read this blog entry after driving my son home from Cub Scouts tonight where we saw four searchlights in the distance, obviously advertising something. My eight year wanted to see where they led. Of course, it led to the parking lots of one of the local mega-churches in town. The parking lot was full but I am not quite sure what the event was. My son thought it was strange for a church to do this. I responded, "Well, some churches like to have a lot of 'bling'." "They're just wrong," he said bluntly. Trying to be a bit more diplomatic about it, I said, "It's not necessarily wrong, just different." But I must admit, I was glad my son had some sense that the church should be different than the local carnival.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13013921386098199810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-57820356144124059852011-12-01T13:23:01.887-06:002011-12-01T13:23:01.887-06:00In history books Charles Finney is
remembered for ...In history books Charles Finney is<br />remembered for his antislavery<br />crusades before the Civil War.<br />He was an outspoken advocate that<br />slavery in the United States should<br />be abolished.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-32903183564447118172011-11-30T16:16:59.908-06:002011-11-30T16:16:59.908-06:00I guess this is another example of there being not...I guess this is another example of there being nothing new under the sun. Don Cousins sounds a lot like Charles Finney:<br /><br />There is nothing in religion beyond the ordinary powers of nature. A revival is not a miracle, nor dependent on a miracle, in any sense. It is a purely philosophical result of the right use of the constituted means—as much so as any other effect produced by the application of means. . . . A revival is as naturally a result of the use of means as a crop is of the use of its appropriate means" [Charles Finney - Lectures on Revivals of Religion]<br /><br />Both men are pelagians?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-84474264996127328832011-11-30T07:10:10.042-06:002011-11-30T07:10:10.042-06:00William James. What gives the best cash value.......William James. What gives the best cash value....<br /><br />Bonhoeffer. We don't build the church.Janis Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02947508427040251166noreply@blogger.com