#253568 - 2009-07-04 08:33:58
Re: White Flight
[Re: carolaa]
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When I was attending the local SDA church I saw mostly economic division - those who had lots of money and those who just got by....
What it really comes down to is we, by nature, love our own, but that's not love at all. That's human love, which is egocentric....Read Luke 6:20-36.
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#253572 - 2009-07-04 09:07:47
Re: White Flight
[Re: dgrimm60]
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HEY ROBERT
the only way we as people can get true love is to have
the HOLY SPIRIT in our life's Hey Dgrimm60 (You remind me of some character on SNL)....Anyway.... Here's the thing, I have the HS in my life, but that doesn't mean I love everyone....I still have a human nature and I am not totally free of it....So I struggle...we all struggle. Let's not kid ourselves, we all are by nature racists. Even if everyone were the same color the tall ones would flock to other tall ones...the rich to the rich....the very educated to the educated, etc, etc....So there's division everywhere even in the church....It's going to take the gospel...the true gospel to break down barriers.... Rob
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#253598 - 2009-07-04 12:33:05
Re: White Flight
[Re: Kountzer]
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Speaking of asians, and missionaries I had an unusual experience this week. As I've mentioned I work in a driver license ofc, dps, dmv, whatever you want to call it. Part of my job is administering driver exams. It has been unusually hot in Texas. June was the hottest month on record. Here lately it reaches 100+ degrees almost everyday.
So I was outside doing road exams. I had one more to do, and it was hot. I wanted to hurry up an finish so that I could go inside and work in the a/c. The person taking the test was an asian guy. After inspecting his car, I sat down in the passengers seat. I noticed he had this big book; it looked to be a bible, but I wasn't sure. He confirmed that it was a bible and that he was a missionary. I figured he was mormon or something. I asked where he was from and he said the Phillipines.
Here's the kicker: Just before we were to start the exam he asked if we could have a word of prayer. I said no. I have no problem with prayer, but I wanted to get out of the heat asap. About this time I asked him what church denominaton he belonged to, and he said adventist. Whoa, I thought to myself. I better change my mind and have prayer with this person, and I did.
After the exam, which he passed, I revealed to him that I am adventist also. He said that he is going to come visit my church. Maybe he will or maybe he won't. It was an interesting turn of events just the same.
DB This is interesting. I was not aware that the SDA Church in the Phillipines were sending Adventist missionaries to the United States. How cool.
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#253603 - 2009-07-04 12:48:30
Re: White Flight
[Re: Kountzer]
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That's cool Kountzer, as I was reading along, I figured that that was going to be the end result.
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#253607 - 2009-07-04 13:02:54
Re: White Flight
[Re: timewarp]
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Thanks for your thoughts. Very apropos.
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#253636 - 2009-07-04 15:18:49
Re: White Flight
[Re: Gerry Cabalo]
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#253641 - 2009-07-04 15:52:28
Re: White Flight
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*gp
So, could it be more of a worship style than a color issue?
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