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



>Vicki
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>Subject: [ECHURCH-USA] The Dry Rot Of Nonexpectation
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> > The Church: The Dry Rot of Nonexpectation
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