tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14944058.post8007532523672658909..comments2023-07-27T07:13:45.865-07:00Comments on For His Glory: The Sacrifice of the Family for MinistryBluegrass Endurancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06370596191365528849noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14944058.post-21014507416219339152007-11-22T17:14:00.000-08:002007-11-22T17:14:00.000-08:00I could not agree more, thus the reason for my pos...I could not agree more, thus the reason for my post. I have seen this for quite some time but to be truthful did not see the error as I should have till the last few years as I tried to see what it is God desired from His church and those He calls to ministry.<BR/><BR/>It saddens me that not only do ministers not hold each other accountable to God’s standard congregation members also in reality expect this out of their shepherds by what they ask them to do. The correction for this is a re-looking at what God has always called the church to be. Not to be like any particular time in history but what scripture calls His church to be.<BR/><BR/>Thanks,<BR/><BR/>TonyBluegrass Endurancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370596191365528849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14944058.post-1598268481383698042007-11-22T13:16:00.000-08:002007-11-22T13:16:00.000-08:00I should probably elaborate on what I said about t...I should probably elaborate on what I said about the mis-quote. After all, who could possibly learn from mis-quoting the Bible?!<BR/><BR/>Years ago, after recently being saved, my mother-in-law wanted to "do something big for God". So she did what women usually do in these situations, she signed up to teach Sunday School and help with the church nursery. Having been a Christian a very short time she did not seek God on the matter she just plowed ahead with what she thought was her "duty". <BR/><BR/>The Sunday School director, glad for the help of my mother-in-law, placed this new Christian as co-teacher in the 1st grade. One Sunday she asked the students to memorize Mark 8:36 and the mis-quote came from one of these little children. It was very timely and something that never left her memory because at the time she had two small sons. <BR/><BR/>What does it profit us if we work to save the neighbors children but in the process find we failed our own family? How many times have we seen this, a mother or father willing to sacrifice for a church ministry while neglecting the ministry God clearly placed before them, their family.<BR/><BR/>AdonnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14944058.post-19109894230451652292007-11-21T19:45:00.000-08:002007-11-21T19:45:00.000-08:00Adonna, Thanks for the link to the Voddie Baucham ...Adonna,<BR/> Thanks for the link to the Voddie Baucham sermon as I always appreciate what he has to say.<BR/><BR/>TonyBluegrass Endurancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06370596191365528849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14944058.post-91212307394590132532007-11-21T09:27:00.000-08:002007-11-21T09:27:00.000-08:00Found this sermon by Voddie Baucham that relates t...Found this sermon by Voddie Baucham that relates to your post http://fccm.net/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=72<BR/><BR/>Years ago I heard this mis-quote of Mark 8:36 and it has served me well:<BR/>"For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his sons?<BR/><BR/>AdonnaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com