There once was an atheist that lived next to a church. One night the church caught on fire and the parishioners rushed to the church to try to save their beloved place of worship. Part way through the fight one of the church members noticed that the atheistic neighbor was helping to haul water. The church member smugly told the atheist, "Wow, I've never seen you this close to the church before." The atheist quickly replied, "Well I've never seen the church on fire before."



Sunday, February 27, 2011

A Call to Anguish - David Wilkerson


THE FOLLOWING IS A TRIBUTE TO THE SOUL INSPIRING MESSAGE BY CLAUDIA BARKMAN AT THE HBYC CABIN RETREAT-2011
I think I'm coming to see more and more that the details of how we "do" church are not nearly as important as the spiritual condition of the the people in the church.  Sure I believe that certain church movements have done well in emphasizing different aspects of Christianity: holiness, ministry, Christ identifying with people, ministry to the poor, etc....  All of this pales in comparison to the most important component of a church--the people who make up the church.  The ANGUISH of Christians for the things that cause God ANGUISH and the repenting and confession of sin that grieves the heart of God are the components that really determine whether a church will merely put in time or actually engage in the Battle for the Souls of Men.
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