http://majormike.net/archives/148 Don't take me too seriously. I don't. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:11:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://majormike.net/archives/148/comment-page-1#comment-7209 Mike Mon, 14 May 2007 13:37:01 +0000 http://majormike.net/archives/148#comment-7209 Karen, so true. I can't picture myself listing my sins before the congregation. It's not that I don't need to confess them: I do confess the ones I know about before God. But to tell everyone in the congregation what I've done or thought...I just don't trust everyone as much as I trust God. Karen, so true. I can’t picture myself listing my sins before the congregation. It’s not that I don’t need to confess them: I do confess the ones I know about before God. But to tell everyone in the congregation what I’ve done or thought…I just don’t trust everyone as much as I trust God.

]]> http://majormike.net/archives/148/comment-page-1#comment-7208 bb Mon, 14 May 2007 13:33:23 +0000 http://majormike.net/archives/148#comment-7208 I am more concerned about church's like mine that don't have safety in mind or in place. The stick your head in the sand mentality. I am more concerned about church’s like mine that don’t have safety in mind or in place. The stick your head in the sand mentality.

]]> http://majormike.net/archives/148/comment-page-1#comment-7202 Karen Mon, 14 May 2007 01:01:38 +0000 http://majormike.net/archives/148#comment-7202 I found myself at a crossroad reading these postings. I first saw in my mom hat, with thoughts of how could I protect my children. And then I thought, is it the sex offender who has come forward and asked for forgiveness who is willing to walk around with the mark, or the one who hides and watches that we should be afraid of? And then I put on my saint hat. (For is that not what we ALL are when we have accepted Christ?) Is one sin worse then another? I believe not but some are more noticeable to others, to our human eye! My prayer is that everyone involved in this situation remembers that we were all sinners, and with Christ saved by grace, saints. Not to be confused with doormats. I don't think that people should not protect their children but should remember the sin no more. "Their sin and lawless acts I will remember no more" (Heb 10:17) Any discipline we receive is aways to teach us and protect us in our present and our future, never to condemn our past. I have said too much all ready but I wonder what our churches would have done if we had been made to list all of our sins publicly before becoming members :?: I found myself at a crossroad reading these postings. I first saw in my mom hat, with thoughts of how could I protect my children. And then I thought, is it the sex offender who has come forward and asked for forgiveness who is willing to walk around with the mark, or the one who hides and watches that we should be afraid of? And then I put on my saint hat. (For is that not what we ALL are when we have accepted Christ?) Is one sin worse then another? I believe not but some are more noticeable to others, to our human eye! My prayer is that everyone involved in this situation remembers that we were all sinners, and with Christ saved by grace, saints. Not to be confused with doormats. I don’t think that people should not protect their children but should remember the sin no more. “Their sin and lawless acts I will remember no more” (Heb 10:17) Any discipline we receive is aways to teach us and protect us in our present and our future, never to condemn our past. I have said too much all ready but I wonder what our churches would have done if we had been made to list all of our sins publicly before becoming members

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