Interesting you say that. I've been a believer all my life but not a church-goer. I was recently told about a church where the pastor talks freely about our political status, prays for Trump and calls the fraud for what it is. I tried it out and like it a lot. I live in a locked down state but he's keeping the doors open and made friends with the local sheriff who parks there. Masks are optional (I've only seen one person wearing one). People hug and shake hands and the message from the podium is relevant to what we are facing. Adding this community of like minded individuals is doing a lot for my peace of mind. The pastor is a great message bearer. Not charismatic. Looks more like a plumber than a priestly type, lol. The current study subject is the Book of Revelation, big surprise!
That’s awesome. I’d probably trust a preacher who looks like a plumber, rather than a choir boy. But as long as they’re preaching the truth I’m good with that. I became a believer about 1.5 years ago and haven’t gone to a church once. I do watch it on tv though. The Bible says the church is the believers, not a building somewhere. I’m not saying anything bad about churches. I just haven’t found the right one for me here. Especially since so many of them have sold themselves out.
I do like watching old videos of Billy graham preach. That guy was a warrior. I like to listen to John Hagee too.
I had been thinking about it more and more since the election... that I need to join up with a good community of people. I'm kind of a loner. One day I was working and saw a cool homemade Trump sign on a car parked near my job site and gave a thumbs up. We started chatting and the person implored me to come to their church. I thought, "Nah, I don't do that..." and as I left, I thought about how I'd been wanting to find one and that maybe this was a Holy Spirit intervention and I owed myself the chance to find out. Turns out it was. So just start with your intention/desire to find one and it when you least expect it, it will find you!
Thanks for the suggestions. One of my current favorites is a podcast called Desiring God. Down to earth and very listen-able. Charles Stanley is good, too. Calms my fears when I get too aware of the national goings-on.
Thanks, I’m going to give those a listen. I’m a bit of a loner too but it comes naturally to me. I guess because there are so many dumbasses in the world I don’t want to be around.
Interesting you say that. I've been a believer all my life but not a church-goer. I was recently told about a church where the pastor talks freely about our political status, prays for Trump and calls the fraud for what it is. I tried it out and like it a lot. I live in a locked down state but he's keeping the doors open and made friends with the local sheriff who parks there. Masks are optional (I've only seen one person wearing one). People hug and shake hands and the message from the podium is relevant to what we are facing. Adding this community of like minded individuals is doing a lot for my peace of mind. The pastor is a great message bearer. Not charismatic. Looks more like a plumber than a priestly type, lol. The current study subject is the Book of Revelation, big surprise!
That’s awesome. I’d probably trust a preacher who looks like a plumber, rather than a choir boy. But as long as they’re preaching the truth I’m good with that. I became a believer about 1.5 years ago and haven’t gone to a church once. I do watch it on tv though. The Bible says the church is the believers, not a building somewhere. I’m not saying anything bad about churches. I just haven’t found the right one for me here. Especially since so many of them have sold themselves out.
I do like watching old videos of Billy graham preach. That guy was a warrior. I like to listen to John Hagee too.
I had been thinking about it more and more since the election... that I need to join up with a good community of people. I'm kind of a loner. One day I was working and saw a cool homemade Trump sign on a car parked near my job site and gave a thumbs up. We started chatting and the person implored me to come to their church. I thought, "Nah, I don't do that..." and as I left, I thought about how I'd been wanting to find one and that maybe this was a Holy Spirit intervention and I owed myself the chance to find out. Turns out it was. So just start with your intention/desire to find one and it when you least expect it, it will find you!
Thanks for the suggestions. One of my current favorites is a podcast called Desiring God. Down to earth and very listen-able. Charles Stanley is good, too. Calms my fears when I get too aware of the national goings-on.
Thanks, I’m going to give those a listen. I’m a bit of a loner too but it comes naturally to me. I guess because there are so many dumbasses in the world I don’t want to be around.
I hear you, it's been rare for me, too, to come across people that I want to have more than a brief superficial conversation with.