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Comment on The Lonely Crowd: churches dying due to friendlessness by Kathryn

Kathryn — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:36:03 +0000

In reply to Steve D..

I’ve been going to church for ten years. I was an atheist before and I’ve never been lonelier in my entire life. I was hoping to make some friends, not just acquaintances. I went to small groups, did all the things, volunteered, but I have no authentic relationships. The church leaders keep saying we need more campuses, we need to reach more people, more numbers, but I think that’s the last thing they need. I wish they just took care of the people they had and the people they’re supposed to be shepherding. We’re just a number to them in their mlm scam of a church. I hopped so many churches because I was looking for some authentic friends. People just blamed me for not being involved enough. I went to one church for years and not once in four years have any of the people who I’ve gone to these small groups with ever texted me to genuinely see how I was doing. I was living in my car and they knew. I feel like I’m in a country club every time I go to church. I’ve never met more fake or insincere people in my life.

Comment on The Lonely Crowd: churches dying due to friendlessness by Williams

Williams — Sun, 18 May 2025 11:14:01 +0000

Church wants to talk about God all day but rarely does the fellowship lead to deep friendships of fellowships that you can count on in life. People are so busy and once your in a group it’s a closed system.

Comment on 7 Things To Do When Escaping Church Abuse by Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 08 May 2025 20:23:35 +0000

In reply to Yuri. Psychological and emotional abuse are real and extremely damaging. Narcissistic abuse is very real and you are not to blame for this. It takes a long time to make sense of what's happening. Dr. Ramani and Dr. Jordan Peterson have a lot to say about healing. They are on YouTube and have their own websites as well. The abuser leaves a lie that we need them and over time our self esteem is obliterated, a long with our dignity and self respect. You were caught in a web of manipulation and you did not deserve that. I had to separate from my abuser and my church, to preserve myself and to build myself back up. It's going to take time to heal, but you have to learn to trust your instincts again, take back your God given dignity and self respect, and move forward. The abuser will not change, will not listen to reason, will not comfort you, will not take responsibility, will not apologize. Radical acceptance of those facts helps to separate. No one deserves abuse of any type. Don't blame yourself. That's what they want you to do. Take good care of yourself.

Comment on Is this the least biblical, most sexist hymn ever written? by Charles

Charles — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 20:39:12 +0000

Yet another so called Theologian revising history against today’s “enlightened” minds and acceptable behaviors. You are nothing more than a malcontent. I’ll make a note to never read your articles again.

Comment on A Tale of Two Mars Hills (well, their pastors) by dg club login

dg club login — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 07:49:57 +0000

This post really highlights the contrasting approaches to leadership and community engagement at Mars Hill. It’s fascinating to see how different pastoral styles can shape a church’s impact and culture. Thanks for sharing these insights!

Comment on Can We Talk About the Korean Pastor in Squid Game? by john

john — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 06:17:44 +0000

stop overthinking it the people behind the show are antichristian liberals. The Korean creator even studied in a Liberal LA university. Netflix itself is very antichristian and liberal company. Why not portray all the good christians instead of the few hypocrites? Cause the show had an hateful agenda.

Comment on The Lonely Crowd: churches dying due to friendlessness by Steve D.

Steve D. — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:30:49 +0000

This is good. Thanks for your response. It makes a different when the people / pastor in the congregation is intentional.

Comment on The Lonely Crowd: churches dying due to friendlessness by Steve D.

Steve D. — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 00:05:37 +0000

In reply to Steve D.. Kimberly, I agree with you 100%. I do not think Jesus had that in mind for us either. Things are not supposed to be legalistic even though I agree we should not forsake the assembly as Hebrews says. However, what are you to do when the assembly forsakes you? e.g. does not talk to you, does not care when you are there or not, does not acknowledge you, etc.?

Comment on The Lonely Crowd: churches dying due to friendlessness by Joy

Joy — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 03:09:17 +0000

I wrote a reply to this post a few years ago, and wanted to update. My experience at church included no real shepherd in the pulpit. No encouragement in soul-searching, taking scripture seriously, really looking at who we are, both individually and as a congregation. And the natural outgrowth of this was the cliques and no outreach for visitors beyond “Hi, glad you’re here.” Can’t tell the church from the world at this point.
Last summer God led me to a Messianic Congregation – Jews and Christians together. It didn’t take long to see that this was a different kind of gathering with different objectives. Totally sold-out for God, they welcomed me and my disabled son. Even the pastor has made a point of getting together with my son every couple of months. Many of the Christians asked what brought me there, and I said that I’d gone to all the other churches and they were cold and shallow. They all nodded in agreement. Here was fellowship as only the chosen people (means servants, not privileged) can offer. A few stick together, but overall, this is nothing like the Christian churches. The pastor is ordained in a Christian denomination but is Jewish and grew up in a fairly strict Jewish home. He does not mince words when preaching, and has a humility I’ve rarely seen in Christians.
I’m writing to encourage readers to consider this alternative. Theologically there is no problem – for me anyway. I have also found an online Rabbi who teaches scripture word for word, from his extensive education in Hebrew and in Greek with the underlying Hebrew, and ancient Hebrew culture. This has opened the Bible to me like a firehose, and caused many positive changes in my life – I’m a different person. The website is Loveisrael.org.
My life is very different since making these changes. These alternatives aren’t for everyone, but if you hunger and thirst for God, they may satisfy you.

Comment on The Lonely Crowd: churches dying due to friendlessness by Kimberly

Kimberly — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 23:26:29 +0000

In reply to Shannon Claussen. You must've missed the comments from several people stating that they invited people to breakfast, etc. only to never have it reciprocated. You can do "all the things" but ultimately, you cannot make other people care. You cannot make other people make time for you.