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It’s too late to get to the RC Cola-Moon Pie Festival, and the railroad ain’t what it used to be, but it still beats the pony express. Nashville is just a short hop, skip, and jump away. 😎

This was pretty much my take too. There’s room for legitimate criticism of Trump, but there’s still conservatives that aren’t anti intellectual. It just so happens that the MAGA variety is having its moment in the sun. Political cycles are a well known phenomenon, like the Socialist surge...

Congrats!🎉🎊🥳

That’s generally a good thing, but I’m not really talking about church attendance for the sake of attendance. People go to church all the time without worshipping. I’m not saying that’s you, I’m only offering a word of caution against allowing those old memories to cause you to do...

Ransom’s last post to you has relevance here. The OP seemed to be writing Christianity off based on anecdotal experience. Though you haven’t gone that route apparently, you should be cautious about your perspective and not allow bitterness to jade your views of church exposure to the radical IFB...

I wouldn’t suggest you move just to find an IFB church, particularly an abusive one. It’s hard for me to believe your area is saturated with only the tyrannical authoritarian type, but anything is possible.

Did you and/or your wife grow up in an IFB church? If so, was it a KJVonly, no pants on women, “separated” militant church of the Hyles sort?

Amen! Worthy of being placed as a Sticky note atop the forum!

If you were in a hardcore Hyles type church with a butthead insecure narcissist leading you then it’s extremely likely you were not shepherded, but rather cajoled, manipulated, and harassed. Of course none of that justifies what seems to be implied as the proper course of action in the OP (As...

Did you do those things in service to Christ, or to please the pastor? That’s always a good place to start when evaluating our own motives for whether issues of a subjective nature (most of what you raised as issues) are Spirit led, versus conformity to external pressures and manipulation.

Assuming the proper method of church discipline is followed, yes. Whether restoration and repentance occur (the intended outcome), or disfellowship (still in hopes of reconciliation, repentance, and restoration), obedience by Christ’s church always “works”, regardless of pragmatism.

Where have I suggested, in this thread or anywhere on this forum, that pastoral authority is unlimited?

Legalism If demanded (rather than offered), particularly as a badge of super righteousness, then legalism. If demanded rather than offered as an opportunity for serving Christ, then legalism. If demanded rather than … legalism. Probably legalism or at least very likely legalistic. Brutish...

Well, “don’t follow the Bible” would have to be defined and specified before we could have meaningful grounds for discussion. That’s where the OP failed to persuade me of any error on anyone’s fault. Then, assuming there was legitimate warrant for the grievance, I would say the person wounded...

That kind of water danger on the coast and tropics just means I’m staying up my holler in the hills 😁, and then there’s Sneaker Waves (similar to what you just described)…

That kind of heavy water is scary too! I saw some of that Hawaiian heavy water on the news just a couple days ago… 😳

Your answer above could explain why you’re struggling with church leadership. Here, read it again… “Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is...

Not from swimming in Cherenkov effect waters 😁…

From an actual nuclear worker….