I agree Helen.  He wrote some wonderful things that are ooo sooo applicable
even today.  Organized or traditional and free form churches all can so
easily fall under this explanation.

Vicki

----- Original Message -----
From: "Helen" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 6:37 AM
Subject: Re: [ECHURCH-USA] The Dry Rot Of Nonexpectation


> 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
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Helen" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 6:58 AM
> >Subject: [ECHURCH-USA] The Dry Rot Of Nonexpectation
> >
> >
> > > The Church: The Dry Rot of Nonexpectation
> > >
>