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| Unbinding Your Church |
Some churches are stiff and unbending in their approach to life. They don’t tolerate ordinary human beings. Children are told to be seen and not heard. They do not enjoy church or Sunday School and leave. Ordinary activity is frowned upon. Morals and right behavior rather than grace and mercy are the standard. Those with less than perfect lives leave finding no love or acceptance. In Luke 17:1-10 we read of the necessity to forgive seven times a day, a metaphor for complete forgiveness. Church life involves rubbing shoulders with people who have different opinions and personalities. Churches that are judgmental and harsh, that do not love children as Jesus did, that do not accept others despite differences of opinions on lesser issues, do not survive. Only grace and forgiveness provide opportunity for human relationships to survive and thrive.
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