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Comment on Holiness Not An Option by Darryl Rowley

Darryl Rowley — Mon, 28 May 2012 05:09:54 +0000

I was just thinking about what I last posted. May be the person who suggested that a church is a messy place where unsaved people are is a person who doesn’t yet understand the real role of GOD THE HOLY SPIRIT. What do you think?

Comment on Holiness Not An Option by Darryl Rowley

Darryl Rowley — Mon, 28 May 2012 05:05:42 +0000

For those who understand the central doctrines of the church, as best we mere humans can, we will all agree that to be completely accountable to God, David, we must first acknowledge Him as supremely and undeniably Holy and all that is Right in this world. The above issue arises out of the mindset by some that, “well here I am God. You can take me as I am because you know what I am like anyway.” That mindset may not be completely doctrinally accurate but by those who WANT to continue in the ways they feel comfortable, this is the stuff that they put up as their right. That being the case, how do we show them that that stance is not right and in fact flawed, except by trotting our Rom 3:23 which they wont listen to anyway. And whats more, how do we right the problem when leaders will say that they have the right to be what they are because the church is a place that sometimes is MESSY. What! Has Jesus no capacity to convict the sinner of his sin anymore.

Comment on Holiness Not An Option by David Parker

David Parker — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:58:10 +0000

That’s a very relevant question Darryl. For me it raises two more imperatives for God’s church:- (1) How we value ‘corporate holiness’ – i.e. our governance and strucures, are they glorifying to God?; and more pertinently, (2) our desire to be accountable to God as the ‘bride of Christ’ in our collective journey of holiness – i.e. how do we love, admonish, expect change from individuals in the body who may persistently undermine their own experience of holiness, and therefore the ‘holiness’ of the whole church?

Comment on Holiness Not An Option by Darryl Rowley

Darryl Rowley — Fri, 18 May 2012 06:40:05 +0000

Couldn’t agree with you more but I’d love to hear your comments about those who might say ” I’m not going to change for anyone. God knows what I’m like and that’s it”.

Comment on The Sound of Silence by David Parker

David Parker — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:18:24 +0000

Thanks Ray – thought-provoking stuff! I must have performed this song a hundred times with various singers in the late sixties! Great memories . . .

Paul Simon’s poetry captured the mood of a generation. Even though he categorically stated that his songwriting was not intended to be political or social comment, ‘The Sound of Silence’ certainly reflects the brooding discontent and youthful frustration of the time.

The Woodstock generation seemed desperate to re-define and re-shape society from the tired consumer-driven conformity of their parents into some kind of new utopia of peace and happiness. Like you, I’m not sure that we achieved the goal. There is still rampant isolation and quiet despair in the faces of so many people as you walk around any shopping centre or public space.

As Phil Laeger sings it (on the new ‘Hope.Glory’ CD): “Jesus – you’re the only hope of the world!” But the challenge still remains . . . . how can we get this life-changing, life-saving message to people who do not have the hope of glory through a personal revelation of God through Christ. Guess that’s what TSA has been trying to do for nearly 150 years. We have no choice but to keep filling the empty space of silence with the joyful sounds of God’s love and grace.