tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987271399653590272.post3428099487673593450..comments2023-10-29T19:03:11.547-04:00Comments on A Pilgrim's Progress: House Church - TeachingErichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07306854704766653209noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987271399653590272.post-39338005961742523012012-03-19T17:39:23.219-04:002012-03-19T17:39:23.219-04:00I have a friend who is part of a house church. The...I have a friend who is part of a house church. They do meet together for singing/ teaching 3 Sundays and serve together elsewhere one Sunday a month. It can be done. :-)sammyzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18351519706459333312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987271399653590272.post-3969053826458518802011-01-31T12:12:28.957-05:002011-01-31T12:12:28.957-05:00Jeremy,
I thought about doing something like that...Jeremy,<br /><br />I thought about doing something like that where I pastored, too. I never had the guts to do it. I knew,as you said, it would not go over well.<br /><br />I agree with you that action must follow teaching. That's where the proverbial rubber meets the road.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07306854704766653209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987271399653590272.post-31431526294388320852011-01-31T12:04:24.193-05:002011-01-31T12:04:24.193-05:00I would love to see action follow teaching, but it...I would love to see action follow teaching, but it is so rare. In one church I pastored, I proposed taking every other week off from our singing-sermon service tradition to put into practice in our community what we learned from the previous week. <br /><br />The idea did not go over well... <br /><br />As I work toward starting a community of people who will follow Jesus into the world, putting what we have learned into action will be one of our core practices.Jeremy Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01778420126998625079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987271399653590272.post-43518313611378360562011-01-30T15:55:59.134-05:002011-01-30T15:55:59.134-05:00John,
Amen to that.John,<br /><br />Amen to that.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07306854704766653209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987271399653590272.post-5873962038312556382011-01-30T15:50:57.291-05:002011-01-30T15:50:57.291-05:00Eric,
It took me a long time to brush away the co...Eric,<br /><br />It took me a long time to brush away the cobwebs of traditional compartmentalizing of how we handle this matter edification. <br /><br />Every part of the Body, is involved in edification on a daily basis, whether verbal or otherwise, whether in an organized setting or casual, we are edifying others, either for good or bad, as we live our daily life.<br /><br />We need to be very careful that we don't think of edification as being restricted to when the Body gathers.<br /><br />We need to be careful that making disciples and mutual edification are never understood as two different aspects of Christian living.Aussie Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16199918171163666399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987271399653590272.post-7631692802097157572011-01-30T14:47:12.416-05:002011-01-30T14:47:12.416-05:00Norma,
You make a good point.
As usual, the fart...Norma,<br /><br />You make a good point.<br /><br />As usual, the farther we move from the biblical model, the more problems we have. Fathers must take the role of spiritual head and disciple everyone else in the family. <br /><br />As the church gathers, all the fathers should disciple all the boys.<br /><br />If the fathers leave it all to the mothers, they are abdicating their God-given roles. As you said, this often leads to males simply leaving the church.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07306854704766653209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4987271399653590272.post-79172017945163257572011-01-30T11:39:21.938-05:002011-01-30T11:39:21.938-05:00Your post just reminded me of something I've w...Your post just reminded me of something I've wondered about often. <br /><br />It seems to be quite commonly accepted that men teach men (along with women and children in group settings), and women teach women and children. <br /><br />Of course children include boys, who eventually become men (at what age?). It also seems that boys tend to "leave the church" earlier and in greater numbers than girls. Makes me wonder if men should be doing a lot more teaching "little men" (in words and in action) from the very start, instead of waiting for them to become grown men? <br /><br />(I'd also suggest that this situation is as true - perhaps even more so - in a large majority of "Christian families" as in "churches." Moms being left pretty much in charge of the spiritual development of the sons and daughters both... and then we wonder why we have "problems" down the line...)Norma Hill - aka penandpapermamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02034679415355279691noreply@blogger.com