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Skipping Church for the Next Few Weeks
#1
The church I attend declared a 6 week series going over 2017 headlines and the proper Christian response to them, as though there is one proper response to such broad, looming issues. I've decided to save the time and gas money by sitting it out. The head pastor is a great guy and the content of his sermons are mostly agreeable, but with his commentary on social or political issues I maintain cynicism...even when I agree with him. I can already tell by the sermon titles that it would be wasted time.

Not surprisingly, he comes from a Western philosophical view on the role of politics and cultural issues. It's neither conservative nor liberal, nor libertarian nor green, but with key philosophical assumptions that present it as just another version of democratic republicanism that we've endured in America for so long. This is not particular of my church only most churches in America fall under this rubric to varying degrees. The social religion of the looming spectre of 21st Century Nice Guy Jesus: grumpy with religious folk, safely predictable, openly and emphatically not racist or sexist. Someone who would hold a "reasonable view" by today's standards; one that would fit well as a foil between two extreme viewpoints on a talk show.

Instead, I had a quick Bible study with the family in the morning. Nothing elaborate, since my kids are on the younger side. It was more to mark the occasion than anything else; to plant a quick flag in the ground for the month or so ahead. It was better than nothing, and it's certainly better than what I would hear for my normal Sunday routine this time.
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#2
Sounds like a good move. For the past decade-plus, our Sunday morning worship has been three hymns and a Bible lesson. We bought a dozen old Baptist hymnals and another dozen generic ones just for house church use. I'm sure any song books would do, but these were cheap in volume.
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#3
Ha ha ha. I'm laughing for a couple of reasons here. First of all, the INTJ sarcasm in those descriptions. Secondly, I think I would be so intrigued by the series!
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(01-11-2018, 08:39 PM)Grayhamandeggz Wrote: Ha ha ha. I'm laughing for a couple of reasons here. First of all, the INTJ sarcasm in those descriptions. Secondly, I think I would be so intrigued by the series!

If you truly have the wherewithal, you can listen/watch the sermon series right here. There are two of them up as of now, but all of them will be posted as the series progresses.

I may listen to one or two for due diligence purposes, but it's low priority since there's plenty of other things I'd rather indulge. I usually listen to podcasty things at work, and I don't need something that's going to grump me out more than necessary. It's not like I'm trying to avoid a different point of view, it's just that I can only take so much talking that presumes a fundamental philosophy that's different than mine. As I said above, I can just listen to any mainstream podcast about current events if I want that.
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#5
Quick update: we went to another church, much closer to home, last Sunday. It's the same type of non-denom church. There wasn't anything too disagreeable about it, which is as much as I can ask for. The lead pastor came up and talked to me and the wife personally. We may go there next Sunday.

I still plan on doing Bible studies with the family, just not on Sundays.
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