tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881653.post115497964332414911..comments2023-10-05T05:55:11.723-05:00Comments on Travelers: Worship AssembliesGreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15807657586563500686noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881653.post-1155305214257936602006-08-11T09:06:00.000-05:002006-08-11T09:06:00.000-05:00Ah - Vince! You weren't the lurker, I was respondi...Ah - Vince! You weren't the lurker, I was responding to your comment that we didn't seem to have too much going on. In other words, our community has more readers than those willing to comment.<BR/><BR/>Although . . . Ralph commented for the FIRST time on my post after this!<BR/><BR/>Yeah - John 4. Worship in spirit because God is spirit. Worship as entering into "Godness". Joining, participating, finding our place in the Trinity that opens theirselves to us. Definitely a way to worship.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15807657586563500686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881653.post-1155264727377397962006-08-10T21:52:00.000-05:002006-08-10T21:52:00.000-05:00If you'll allow a new lurker to .... uh .... un-lu...If you'll allow a new lurker to .... uh .... un-lurk:<BR/><BR/>The first thought that comes to my mind is the episode of Jesus talking with the Samaritan woman at the well. He effectively dismisses as irrelevant the question of where one is to worship, and, imho, what form that worship is to take by saying that under the new covenant we are to worship in spirit ....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881653.post-1155242184335432612006-08-10T15:36:00.000-05:002006-08-10T15:36:00.000-05:00Some part of it was the functional reading of scri...Some part of it was the functional reading of scripture when scripture wasn't as widely available ( expensive when it was )and the level of literacy was not what we assume today in the western world. With web-based distributed education ( wikis, podcasts, powerpoints, e-sword.net, etc. ) on the rise globally, it is interesting we resist the use of our limited time in the application of scripture at the point of serving someone -- the message of scripture -- eg, Sunday morning "habitat builds", soup kitchens, visits to nursing homes -- for wasting time in cars commuting to ( statistically speaking ) ethnically homogenous groups to read scripture which explains that the mystery of Christ is that Jew and Gentile ( black, white, brown ) are now one.Ed Doddshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179931927922304099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881653.post-1155063417169336702006-08-08T13:56:00.000-05:002006-08-08T13:56:00.000-05:00Good thoughts, Greg. I've touched all four of tho...Good thoughts, Greg. I've touched all four of those, I guess. Glad to have made it to 4.Frank Bellizzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07949066335378651585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5881653.post-1155017544511533452006-08-08T01:12:00.000-05:002006-08-08T01:12:00.000-05:00I was sharing with our interns this year in Hondur...I was sharing with our interns this year in Honduras this very idea. That Sunday assemblies are no more or less important than what we do every day. This conversation came up in response to the question, "Why are we not 'going to church' somewhere every Sunday?" My response was that we are 'going to church' pretty much every day as we go about being together in our work here in Honduras. We serve, encourage, and share daily our walks with God. For me, that is 'going to church'. Being with others and sharing our faith and encouraging one another as our paths cross in this world.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14376121665844797011noreply@blogger.com