Men may be seeking religion, a way to sooth a guilty conscience, or some way to resolve their problems and to feel good about themselves, but men do not seek God on their own. When the church's regular worship services are redesigned as seeker services to emphasize evangelism, (contrary to God's pattern found in Ephesians 4), the result is that the saints are hearing the gospel fifty two Sundays a year, and are not being built up in the faith. Redesigning the main church service in order to appeal to the lost is a departure from God's plan. It may be appealing to men, it may add to the "numbers," but is it not a better idea to design the church and worship services after the pattern set by the One truly responsible for the increase (I Cor.3:6)?... The Biblical pattern is that the regular meetings of the church were primarily for the believers, not for the lost. When the gathering of the saints was over, THEN evangelism was to begin in earnest!
J. Delany

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DOC'S DAILY CHUCKLE 6/25/14

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#1 · June 25, 2014, 8:55 am

Posted by: pkaine <pkaine@...>

                DOC'S  DAILY  CHUCKLE

                   Always  Clean  Chuckles

                Laughter is the Best Medicine!

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The 'rainy season' seems to have descended in Ohio. 

I tell people 'you'll like Ohio weather. If you don't, 

wait 10 minutes, it'll change'.

Doc 

Today's Chuckles

1. Free Will

2. Driver

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Free Will

A young couple came into the church office to fill out a 

pre-marriage questionnaire form. The young man, who had 

never talked to a pastor before, was quite nervous and 

the pastor tried to put him at ease.

When they came to the question, "Are you entering this 

marriage of your own free will?" there was a long pause. 

Finally, the girl looked over at the apprehensive young 

man and said, "Put down yes!"

- from Thomas E. (via GCFL)

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Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows 

nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement -- and 

we will make the goal. - Robert Collier

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Driver

My son Ward owns a shiny green four-wheel-drive truck. He

also owns a 110-pound black labrador named Tony. 

On trips, the dog generally sits on a platform behind the

driver's seat, resting his huge head on Ward's shoulder as

they travel cheek-to-cheek. Ward did not give this cozy

arrangement a second thought until the day he took Tony with

him on a trip to Montana. 

While listening to his CB radio, Ward overheard one trucker

remark to another, "See the little green four-wheeler you're

about to pass? When you go by him, take a good look -- see

if that's really a dog driving." 

- from Da Mouse Tracks

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