Comments on: Adults Aren’t Children–and None of Us is God http://johnshore.com/2007/05/30/adults-arent-children-and-none-of-us-is-god/ Trying God's patience since 1958 Mon, 21 May 2012 07:24:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: snowhite197 http://johnshore.com/2007/05/30/adults-arent-children-and-none-of-us-is-god/comment-page-1/#comment-112 snowhite197 Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:55:34 +0000 http://johnshore.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/adults-arent-children-and-none-of-us-is-god/#comment-112 I agree and would like to add a bit. Hypocrisy is really lame. It's a shame that the body of Christ in America is so riddled with it. If you are in a group of people and need advice, you are probably going to look for the person that seems to have all of their 'stuff together' at least in the area you want advice in, right? We need to be really careful when we give advice as Christians. I think a good rule of thumb is to wait until you are asked for it. And if nobody is asking, maybe you need to examine your life a bit? As a whole, i think the Body of Christ needs to examine itself and start getting serious about making disciples of one another, and lovingly making sure that our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ have their 'stuff together', before we go out trying to make disciples of a world that, in some areas, look more like Jesus than we do... (these stats were taken from Barna) Example: the divorce rate within the church is greater than the divorce rate outside of the church. Example: within the current generation, only 27% of Christian American CHURCHGOERS claim to be 'absolutely committed' to the Christian faith. Among 'born-again' Christians, this commitment rises only to 2/3. :( Example: 33% of born-again Christians believe that a person can earn their way into heaven by doing good works. Almost as many believe that Jesus sinned while He was on earth, like a normal person. Example: Sadly, 80% of young people who are raised in the church will leave it after graduating from high school. Most will not return. I wonder how that compares with, say, children of atheists or Muslims.... I agree and would like to add a bit. Hypocrisy is really lame. It’s a shame that the body of Christ in America is so riddled with it.

If you are in a group of people and need advice, you are probably going to look for the person that seems to have all of their ‘stuff together’ at least in the area you want advice in, right? We need to be really careful when we give advice as Christians. I think a good rule of thumb is to wait until you are asked for it.

And if nobody is asking, maybe you need to examine your life a bit? As a whole, i think the Body of Christ needs to examine itself and start getting serious about making disciples of one another, and lovingly making sure that our fellow brothers and sisters in Christ have their ‘stuff together’, before we go out trying to make disciples of a world that, in some areas, look more like Jesus than we do… (these stats were taken from Barna)

Example: the divorce rate within the church is greater than the divorce rate outside of the church.

Example: within the current generation, only 27% of Christian American CHURCHGOERS claim to be ‘absolutely committed’ to the Christian faith. Among ‘born-again’ Christians, this commitment rises only to 2/3. :(

Example: 33% of born-again Christians believe that a person can earn their way into heaven by doing good works. Almost as many believe that Jesus sinned while He was on earth, like a normal person.

Example: Sadly, 80% of young people who are raised in the church will leave it after graduating from high school. Most will not return. I wonder how that compares with, say, children of atheists or Muslims….

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