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Including me it's easy to predict they probably drunks and crackheads to be homeless.
2 things I option to do :
(1) I tell them where a homeless shelter is close by
(2) I give a homeless shelter a hotel gift card worth $50.00 so if the shelter is filled up
with people somebody can use that hotel gift card at a local hotel for a day and be sheltered that way too.
I know the book of Isaiah 58 or so says to take in the homeless turned down but welcoming your home to a total stranger that might be a regular drunk or drug addict is not the wisest thing to do. Especially if you got children at a young age living with you.
Our Samaritian bible example is the gentile that took in somebody beaten and robbed and have half dead on the ground. They paid the hotel bill for them to be lodged for the day with peace from harm and the weather elements.
That's the wisest and most Godly way to care for the homeless if we don't have a homeless shelter for them at the moment.
Thank you, Mystic. I've been to so many of the Protestant denominations in my life. When I was a little girl my mother took us to a Presbyterian church. When I was a kid and my mom remarried and quit attending church, I used to go by myself to a little bible chapel up the road from where I lived - it was non-denominational. I attended a number of different baptist churches when I was a young girl with neighbors. I remember this one where they required us to wear a little head covering so my friend let me borrow one of her lace head coverings. I just thought it was pretty so I didn't mind. My next door neighbors were 'Church of Christ'. I visited their church once and recall the singing with no musical instruments which seemed odd to me since all the churches I'd ever visited before that had a piano and organ in them. My mother was raised in a Church of God which my grandmother was a member of until she died. I never visited that church but knew a lot about their practices from my grandmother -- (no pants, jewelry or make-up allowed). I was married in a Methodist church because my husband was raised Methodist. His mother still attends the same church which she has been going to for probably 50 years or more. My husband doesn't like church so he never wanted to go after we married. So I used to visit churches by myself in early marriage. This is when I learned about the Assembly of God - I've been to many of them and was first baptized in an Assembly of God. But I never really felt like I belonged in any church. For a time when our children were young my husband did attend church with me because I badgered him for the children's sake. We used to attend a Southern Baptist church which is where 3 of my 4 children were baptized. I did attend a Seventh Day Adventist Seminar with my kids around 1998. I was still searching for the truth at that time. The 4th child was baptized in an Independent Fundamentalist Baptist church which was the last church I ever attended. I stopped going there in the year 2000 because at the time that God was revealing his love to me in a very personal way and I felt I could not continue to attend a church where I did not believe what they were teaching. After that I did travel on several occasions by plane across the country to fellowship with Christian Universalist congregations I had met on-line. Those were the best times I ever experienced inside a 4-Walled-Church. The Spirit was flowing unhindered by fear and condemnation in those meetings. I wish I did have a group of Christians to meet with regularly. However, I think it would cause a struggle for me in my marriage because my husband would likely resist. I am not sure why -- I just leave that in God's hands.
I have listened to him for several years. I believe his credentials are impeccable, as a scholar that is. He does not claim to be an expert in theology. His emphasis is upon the historical and cultural context of the original writings.
He may be heard on KGO radio on Sunday mornings from 5 am to 8 am California time. A podcast is available HERE
His August 3rd program contains the discussion to which I referred.
Thank you, Mystic. I've been to so many of the Protestant denominations in my life. When I was a little girl my mother took us to a Presbyterian church. When I was a kid and my mom remarried and quit attending church, I used to go by myself to a little bible chapel up the road from where I lived - it was non-denominational. I attended a number of different baptist churches when I was a young girl with neighbors. I remember this one where they required us to wear a little head covering so my friend let me borrow one of her lace head coverings. I just thought it was pretty so I didn't mind. My next door neighbors were 'Church of Christ'. I visited their church once and recall the singing with no musical instruments which seemed odd to me since all the churches I'd ever visited before that had a piano and organ in them. My mother was raised in a Church of God which my grandmother was a member of until she died. I never visited that church but knew a lot about their practices from my grandmother -- (no pants, jewelry or make-up allowed). I was married in a Methodist church because my husband was raised Methodist. His mother still attends the same church which she has been going to for probably 50 years or more. My husband doesn't like church so he never wanted to go after we married. So I used to visit churches by myself in early marriage. This is when I learned about the Assembly of God - I've been to many of them and was first baptized in an Assembly of God. But I never really felt like I belonged in any church. For a time when our children were young my husband did attend church with me because I badgered him for the children's sake. We used to attend a Southern Baptist church which is where 3 of my 4 children were baptized. I did attend a Seventh Day Adventist Seminar with my kids around 1998. I was still searching for the truth at that time. The 4th child was baptized in an Independent Fundamentalist Baptist church which was the last church I ever attended. I stopped going there in the year 2000 because at the time that God was revealing his love to me in a very personal way and I felt I could not continue to attend a church where I did not believe what they were teaching. After that I did travel on several occasions by plane across the country to fellowship with Christian Universalist congregations I had met on-line. Those were the best times I ever experienced inside a 4-Walled-Church. The Spirit was flowing unhindered by fear and condemnation in those meetings. I wish I did have a group of Christians to meet with regularly. However, I think it would cause a struggle for me in my marriage because my husband would likely resist. I am not sure why -- I just leave that in God's hands.
A beautiful story and and thanks much for sharing it with us.
My own path began in 1971 when I was flirting with the nascent Born Again movement in Los Angeles, shortly after I graduated from college. I was at a weekend retreat led by a charismatic Congregationalist. Loved the people. Loved the leader. But something was not sitting right with me.
That was when I had my first revelation.
I cant say what God said to me. I understood that the message was personal. What I can say is that it set me on a path that I still travel today.
God reveals Himself to each of us, and God grants us leave to explore for ourselves. No matter what the party line may be. That is how His message spreads. That is how He inspires us to evolve spiritually.
I have listened to him for several years. I believe his credentials are impeccable, as a scholar that is. He does not claim to be an expert in theology. His emphasis is upon the historical and cultural context of the original writings.
He may be heard on KGO radio on Sunday mornings from 5 am to 8 am California time. A podcast is available HERE
His August 3rd program contains the discussion to which I referred.
Thanks. I don't think I have heard of him before. I watched TBN a little back in the 90's but gave up on it. I will try and listen to some of his programs. Thanks again for the links.
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