tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14237465.post8815561621158168523..comments2024-03-22T19:12:22.089+11:00Comments on One Salient Oversight: Mercy Ministries in troubleNeil Cameron (One Salient Oversight)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03143948543305522865noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14237465.post-85108290493508635132008-03-20T13:18:00.000+11:002008-03-20T13:18:00.000+11:00the eclectic warrior - I appreciate your comments ...the eclectic warrior - I appreciate your comments here and hold no brief for the "wealth gospel", but the Scriptures say the <I>love</I> of money is the root of all evil. That's because the love of money is idolatry.<BR/><BR/>Sorry, but I just have a peeve about that Scripture being mis-quoted.<BR/><BR/>I hope that doesn't detract from the spirit of your comments, though.BLBeamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00953399820620982720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14237465.post-68824394362818208552008-03-17T21:40:00.000+11:002008-03-17T21:40:00.000+11:00I was divinely led to a church. I had no idea what...I was divinely led to a church. I had no idea what type of church it was the night I was 'led' there. It was an AOG, Pentecostal church. I have been there now for more than two years. <BR/><BR/>Here's my retrospective on the church...<BR/><BR/>They truly try to 'keep it real'. I have little doubt about their hearts.<BR/><BR/>Their 'leadership team' is extremely autocratic, which comes from the senior, MALE Pastor.<BR/><BR/>They have increasingly become more 'fundamental', and use Bible doctrine to support their increasinly autocratic demands for greater 'servitude' from the congregation.<BR/><BR/>They have stopped one inch shy of threatening people to 'tythe', and to volunteer to support church activity that does not reflect the heart of Jesus.<BR/><BR/>They take far too much time getting people to 'submit' to church leadership.<BR/><BR/>They are ostentatious about wealth. It is easier for a camel to enter the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the gates of Heaven.<BR/><BR/>They have expelled a man with a psychiatric disorder recently. He is very well behaved, but smells and looks ruffled. He doesn't 'fit' the image of our church.<BR/><BR/>They see themselves as experts in both 'leadership', and behavioural psychology. I have extensive and formal secular training in both, but after offering my services, have been very quietly channelled into another, non-related church activity. <BR/><BR/>All abberrant human activity is inspired, controlled and ultimately attributable to Satan. It can only be 'prayed' away. <BR/><BR/>So, the stories of Mercy Ministry is no surprise. I'm beginning to think that perhaps I have been led to that chuch to see that whilst power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. And money, regardless of the thousand biblical references apparently supporting the accumulation of delerious, obscene but justifiable personal wealth, IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.The Eclectic Warriorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03172337637214589020noreply@blogger.com