Hey Helen,
Have you ever found a preacher with whom you are in total agreement!  Hey,
I'm Greg's worst critic!  Poor guy!  He knows that if I"m quiet when we get
home, there's something I didn't agree with!  GRIN!  What amazes me, though
is how J Vernon's social commentary is still so right on even 35 years later!
Kathy


At 07:15 PM 7/21/2005, you wrote:
>Hi, Kathy,
>
>I used to listen to old J. Vernon McGee, too!  But I stopped
>listening when I heard him say that the new Jerusalem would be a
>literal place, a sphere within a cube, (or maybe it was a cube within
>a sphere)  with those streets of gold and all the rest, with the
>measurements set forth in the book of the Revelation of Jesus
>Christ.  He said, if my memory is serving me correctly, that the
>people on earth would be traveling back and forth from earth to the
>city by way of some sort of space travel vehicles.  Before he taught
>all that stuff, I was blessed by his teaching.  He did love his Lord,
>and was faithful in his ministry.
>
>Helen
>
>Earlier, Kathy Du Bois wrote:
>Hey Helen,
>Greg and I try to listen to this old preacher, J Vernon McGee in the
>morning.  He had this thing about going through the bible in five years as
>a radio program in the early 70s.  This man passed away in 1988, but what
>amazes us is how, even though his comments about Christian living, the
>church,  and sin were made over 35 years ago, they are still relevant for
>today.  Situations may change, but I guess that sin does not.  Fortunately,
>our God doesn't change either.
>God bless,
>Kathy
>
>At 08:37 AM 7/21/2005, you wrote:
>Earlier, Vicki and The Rors wrote:
>   Good comments here, Helen.  We need fresh new stuff.  Not rut conservation.
>
>Hi, Vicki,
>The thing that amazes and saddens me at the same time, is that the
>institutional churches have not changed their rote and rut for
>generations.  Mr. Tozer wrote so many insightful articles concerning
>the church.  I know he wrote in the 1950s and how much before that, I
>don't know.  But what he writes, for example the article I posted
>here, applies to the institutional churches even today.  It almost
>seems as though the rotes and ruts have been inherited from one
>generation to the next, with no real understanding of how to change
>it.  I know that some godly and sincere men have attempted it.  They
>have seen the problems, but have not come up with the solutions.  God
>bless them for at least trying.
>
>There are thousands of sincere and devout Christians who have left
>the institutional churches because of the ruts which have kept them
>from growing in the Grace and Knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.  I
>was talking with a young man yesterday whose father has been a pastor
>for many years, ten years in this area, and the congregation consists
>of about 23 people.  He assured me that numbers of members was not
>the priority for his father, but guiding the folks to a maturity in
>knowing Christ in an intimate relationship.  That was so good to
>hear!  And so rare!
>
>Love to y'all,
>Helen