Blogging Ottinger (tim)Reasons not to leave
Reasons insufficient for leaving a church:
- Anger with or dislike for other members: we are to reconcile. What will you do in heaven?
- Don’t like what the bible has to say: we can’t argue with God. That would be a problem with us.
- Personal failure: if anything, it would mean you need the church more!
- Not getting one’s way: we are to submit
- Upset: you will feel better later
- Giving more than receiving: the churchman’s job is to pour himself out
- Unhappy with either lack or abundance of growth: we don’t tell God how to move
- Style, color, and volume
