Comments on: A Church for Weak Christians http://www.matthewmorine.com/church-news/a-church-for-weak-christians/1217/ by Matthew Morine Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:16:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://www.matthewmorine.com/church-news/a-church-for-weak-christians/1217/comment-page-1/#comment-35816 John Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:00:37 +0000 http://www.matthewmorine.com/?p=1217#comment-35816 Numbers can be illusory. From God's perspective, the congregation of 10 may be accomplishing much more good than a congregation of 500. Look at Jesus in John 6 -- the multitudes went away and He was left with just a few, but He changed the world through those few (and in the process the few were forced to consider whether they themselves were following Jesus or merely following the crowds). I think that this principle is at the heart of the oft-repeated and occasionally misguided sentiment that, "I'd rather have a small group of faithful / strong / committed / whatever than a larger group of weak / lukewarm / whatever." John Numbers can be illusory. From God’s perspective, the congregation of 10 may be accomplishing much more good than a congregation of 500. Look at Jesus in John 6 — the multitudes went away and He was left with just a few, but He changed the world through those few (and in the process the few were forced to consider whether they themselves were following Jesus or merely following the crowds). I think that this principle is at the heart of the oft-repeated and occasionally misguided sentiment that, “I’d rather have a small group of faithful / strong / committed / whatever than a larger group of weak / lukewarm / whatever.”

John

]]> By: Eddy http://www.matthewmorine.com/church-news/a-church-for-weak-christians/1217/comment-page-1/#comment-35788 Eddy Tue, 27 Jul 2010 20:53:50 +0000 http://www.matthewmorine.com/?p=1217#comment-35788 The "one mite" widow may be a lot stronger than she appears. The “one mite” widow may be a lot stronger than she appears.

]]> By: Matthew http://www.matthewmorine.com/church-news/a-church-for-weak-christians/1217/comment-page-1/#comment-35784 Matthew Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:30:08 +0000 http://www.matthewmorine.com/?p=1217#comment-35784 What do you think? What do you think?

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