Kopp Disclosure
(John 3:19-21)
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Scratching the Surface
of
Troubled Churches
(Helping
Hints for Healing Troubled Churches and People)
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Some
things aren’t that complicated.
Many
churches in America are troubled.
10+
churches close their doors for good/bad/ugly every day.
The diagnosis
and prescription aren’t that complicated.
Troubled
churches have not been loving Jesus by loving like Jesus.
Churches
get better when they start loving Jesus by loving like Jesus.
Some
things aren’t that complicated.
Many
people are flushed, rushed, and razzle-dazzled.
Stressed
out.
Transferring
that stress to others; or as a shrink said, “Troubled people tend to be
constipated. That’s why they dump on
you.”
Stressed
out.
Internalizing
in self-destructive ways; or as Mark Hopkins wrote, “Last year, across the
nation, 38,364 people committed suicide…Research tells us that one in seven of
our youth report having thoughts of suicide…The question perplexing the experts
is ‘Why?’…What is creating the stress that makes suicide a better alternative for
the afflicted than living?”
Stressed
out.
I heard a
talking radio head say 75% of Americans take prescribed or
non-prescribed/and/illegal meds because they are sooooooo stressed out.
The
diagnosis and prescription aren’t that complicated.
Troubled
people are not that intimate with Jesus.
People
get better when they get closer to Jesus.
Jesus promised, “Come to Me, everyone who is weary and
burdened, and I will take care of you.”
Are
you still looking for a different way
to
do church?
Are
you tired of the SOSO religion?
Are
you put off by posers in pews,
politics,
and pulpits?
Are
you searching for something/Someone
real,
honest, timely, and true to…?
Try
our family of faith
on
the
corner
of Lincoln and Main!
(Belvidere,
Illinois)
Sundays
at 7:20 and 10:00 a.m.
And
so much…
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Blessings and Love!
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