Comments for Re4ming Ministry http://cuatronelson.com Thoughts on God, church, life, family, from a Biblical perspective... Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:21:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Family Worship by How to Read through the Bible in 2011 (and why you should) « Re4ming Ministry http://cuatronelson.com/2010/04/27/family-worship/#comment-150 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:21:21 +0000 http://cuatronelson.com/?p=344#comment-150 [...] OWNit365 Bible Reading Plan (This one’s pretty neat!  Gives you one day off each week. The other 6 days you’ll have 2 separate readings on your own, and one chapter to read with your family! Great way to begin Family Worship!) [...]

]]> Comment on Do I have to go to church to be a Christian? by allennelson4 http://cuatronelson.com/2010/12/08/do-i-have-to-go-to-church-to-be-a-christian/#comment-149 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:01:19 +0000 http://cuatronelson.com/?p=475#comment-149 Thanks! Good to hear from you Shelby. And I guess I did not clarify that, NO, going/not going to church does not mean that you are or are not a Christian. Look at the theif on the cross! I guess my main point is that in the NT we don’t see a separation between being a Christian and going to church… God’s people love God’s people.

You are right on about Church discipline my brother. We have been going through “9 Marks of a Healthy Church” on Sunday Nights. We just got to the part about church discipline and are spending several weeks camped out right there…

]]> Comment on Do I have to go to church to be a Christian? by Shelby Hazzard http://cuatronelson.com/2010/12/08/do-i-have-to-go-to-church-to-be-a-christian/#comment-148 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:07:46 +0000 http://cuatronelson.com/?p=475#comment-148 Hey Pastor Nelson, great topic and sound answers. I have also had many complaints and grumblings about this issue. Most justify their reasons for not participating by saying something like, “I don’t want to go to the church, it is full of hypocrites…or so and so goes there and I know what kind of person he really is” Well, true, the church is full of all types of people there for the wrong reason which is why we have restorative discipline outlined specifically in scripture.

It is the humble opinion of this sinner saved by grace that if we practiced restorative church discipline we would see a drastic change in the way people viewed the necessity of church involvement. Do we have to attend church to be Christian…of course not, salvation is by faith alone, not works (including church membership)…but if we are truly a born again believers in Christ, then the Spirit of God indwelling our souls will propel us to desire to belong and serve in a local body of Christ.

It is possible for churches to be apostate (completely abandoning the apostolic teaching) and in those cases, we would need to do our best to contend for the truth in those circumstances, until it becomes abundantly clear that those involved are not going to accept the truth…then it is time to ‘shake the dust’ and move on to those that God has prepared to hear and accept the truth.

Christians must be involved in a local church, there is absolutely no scriptural evidence to the contrary.

Great Word, Bro. Cuatro, God bless you and your new calling!!

Shelby Hazzard
AMD Washington County Baptist Association
Greenville, MS

]]> Comment on Where are the men? by Shelby Hazzard http://cuatronelson.com/2010/09/01/where-are-the-men/#comment-122 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:48:07 +0000 http://cuatronelson.com/?p=456#comment-122 You’re the man C! Blog it…blog it…blog it…maybe someone will read it!! I’ve been preaching that thread for years.

Keep it up my brother, know there is a man in Mississippi that agrees and loves the way you think.

Shelby

]]> Comment on Count the Cost by mark http://cuatronelson.com/2010/07/13/count-the-cost/#comment-106 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 10:50:03 +0000 https://allennelson4.wordpress.com/?p=413#comment-106 Being obedient is the formost important thing to God . If we are not obedient we just might get eat by a large fish. But there are Blessing in Brokeness

]]> Comment on When to Seek Revenge by Shelby Hazzard http://cuatronelson.com/2010/05/05/when-to-seek-revenge/#comment-43 Wed, 05 May 2010 16:46:08 +0000 http://cuatronelson.com/?p=374#comment-43 Yes…Romans 12:20 – 20On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.”

Good one C!

]]> Comment on Parenting and Pornography by Brandon http://cuatronelson.com/2010/04/27/parenting-and-pornography/#comment-42 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:22:25 +0000 http://cuatronelson.com/?p=308#comment-42 Thanks for the link!

]]> Comment on How we do family worship by Family Worship « Re4ming Youth Ministry http://cuatronelson.com/2010/02/09/how-we-do-family-worship/#comment-41 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:41:45 +0000 http://allennelson4.wordpress.com/?p=177#comment-41 [...] already wrote one blog about this subject (How we do family worship) but I wanted to share some more insight on this subject… Below is some information you can [...]

]]> Comment on Partnering with Parents in Youth Ministry… Ideas for Fall 2010 by Shelby Hazzard http://cuatronelson.com/2010/04/06/involving-parents-ideas-for-fall-2010/#comment-37 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:44:33 +0000 http://allennelson4.wordpress.com/?p=246#comment-37 Cuatro,

Something that we did when we were youth leaders was a parent/student retreat/lock in at an indoor gym in Dallas, Texas. We had the majority of our student participate and it was really wonderful.

Another thing that would be great would be to have a mother/daughter…father/son…father/daughter…mother/son evening at the church or retreat.

Your blogs are great – keep up the good work…the future of the church depends on it.

YBIC,
Shelby <

]]> Comment on How we do family worship by What makes a youth pastor stick out his chest? « re-forming http://cuatronelson.com/2010/02/09/how-we-do-family-worship/#comment-35 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:57:35 +0000 http://allennelson4.wordpress.com/?p=177#comment-35 [...] makes a youth pastor stick out his chest? March 19, 2010 by clifjohnson This [...]

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