Comments on: Really?

By: signs of the times | almost an M

signs of the times | almost an M — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:07:46 +0000

[...] This is the third in this Say what? series. Previous quotes may be found here. [...]

By: almost

almost — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:38:18 +0000

Kris, thanks for sharing. I like it.

AJ, thanks for your comment. Sorry you do not feel that anyone is offering alternatives. I disagree, however. Offering alternatives has been a significant part of the objective of my posts here for the last year. In addition, I have pointed to several that are facilitating a healthy conversation (Hirsch, Frost, Dukes, etc.) about this as well as a blog roll of others that are involved in the conversation.

By: AJ

AJ — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 12:29:47 +0000

There is always something to be criticized about any church. I find it to be rare that someone offers an alternative. Sadly I don’t find re-thinking or real-thinking (that was the invitation above) in these comments either. I long for people who offer alternatives, fresh ideas…

By: Kris

Kris — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:23:08 +0000

Two different churches on the same street on the same day:

The tagline right under the name of the church simply said: “Preaching – Music – Events”.

The other church had a banner that said, “Fishing Like Jesus” and had a rod and reel background.

Yes, I live in the South.

By: almost

almost — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:24:31 +0000

C. Holland,
Sorry for late response. Wanted to share that I visited a church (this has actually happened to me twice) where the preacher spoke at length about needing to be a friendly church… We walked out without anyone saying a word to us.

By: C. Holland

C. Holland — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:22:20 +0000

I’ve seen a LOT of churches use this in their sign or phone book ad: “the FRIENDLY church”. It tells me one of two things, either they’re insinuating that being a friendly church is rare/all others are unfriendly, or that they used to have the reputation as the UNFRIENDLY church. Either way, it’s always made me suspicious as several I’ve attended that used this phrase have actually been the most rude!

And the missionary quote is just awful, but perhaps they thought mission work was confined to building schools and handing out bowls of food?

By: almost

almost — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:55:53 +0000

Thanks for stopping by Scott. Always good to see you.

By: Scott Wood

Scott Wood — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:45:38 +0000

Wow, seems like too frequently the intent to be catchy gets in the way of being true. Or are churches really that far off base? Scary to consider the true answer to this question.

By: almost

almost — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:36:36 +0000

Sounds like they must be huge Lebron fans. (smile)

By: Michael Carpenter

Michael Carpenter — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:20:55 +0000

Here is a local church sign you will LOVE:

Fundamental, King James only, Family church.

Don’t think I belong to or in that family