Restricting God's House

While on Twitter this week this post came across my feed.

Read it here:

https://twitter.com/ourc3/status/568900568737034240

http://byronbledsoeblog.com/why-we-dont-allow-this/

Basically as a church they have decided that children under 5th grade can't be in the main service.

We have all been there where a kid distracts by crying. But we have all also been there when that one kid refuses to leave momma's side. So what then. The whole family must pack up and go back home?

The church admits this policy doesn't work for all the people. The church goes on to state that not ever church is for every person. WOW. If the church is the bride of Christ, and Christ died for all, then every church is for every person. We are one church.

I know me personally by 3rd grade I took better notes than most adults in church. One of my coworkers kids maintain a journal of sermons series preached and he is 4th grade. Personally my son will not stay in a nursery, will not leave my wife's side. However he will sit with her and nap. Should we not go to church? Should church for us stop until my son gets thru this phase?

The church here uses secular logic in saying we don't teach kids college level courses..... but there are exceptions to that. There are kids that travel to the high schools for advanced maths and there are kids who have graduated college at 12. So what of these children?

In our church we have an autistic kid who sits and plays on an iPad or claps and sings during wrong parts of the service. He wants to be in church. I believe even more importantly God wants him there. I believe that kid excites heaven.

We run a risk when we exclude anyone. And we run a risk in thinking we know what God wants us to allow or disallow in his presence.

Jesus corrected his disciples for just this kind of thing. Let the children come.

Mathew 19:14
Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these"




- MZG

My 2 cents on Muslims

So lately I cannot look at social media without seeing 2 view points. One side hates the Muslim community. "Kill them all", they shout. The other side says we must accommodate the Muslim community. "Let's give money to their charities and say we are sorry", I have read.

So here it is guys. If we are to emulate Jesus. We should be kind to all we meet. Let our actions be gateways to opportunities to witness. However we do not have to accept any religion other than Christianity. The only way to heaven guys is thru Jesus, and it was Jesus who said that. So give to an outreach for helping the Muslim community if you want but make it one that will share Jesus with them. Be kind, but also witness to them.

Acceptance is not the answer, but neither is hate. What should always be the answer is more Jesus and less of us. So witness to all.

And for goodness sakes. Stop clogging up my Twitter feed with all your posts. :-)






- MZG

Atheists and bowling

I bet you are wondering what bowling and atheist have in common.

Well let me tell you about that. I was having a conversation with a friend and he was telling me he thought they should make bowling an Olympic sport. I reviewed his argument and dismissed it. I decided that my personal experience with bowling let me know that it was not an Olympic sport.

Atheist attempt to use a targeted argument to disprove God. Much like bowling I have been there and done that. I have reviewed the argument and based on my own experience can dismiss it as of no value.

So I tell everyone. Let your experience be the thing that drives your belief.

An experience with Jesus is unlike any other.




- MZG