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Church Hurt

Season
Season 2
Episode Number
91
Release Date
September 9, 2020
Tags
The ChurchDoctrineRepentanceRace
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Table of Contents
1 Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come! 2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. 3 Take heed to yourselves. If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. 4 And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day returns to you, saying, ‘I repent,’ you shall forgive him.”  Luke 17:1-4 NKJV

Notes from the Episode

What is the difference between corporate church hurt and personal church hurt?

In this episode I talk about "corporate" and "personal" church hurt. When I say corporate church hurt I'm referring to things that apply to the institution of organized religion. These offenses may not affect a person personally, but are issues with the religion as a whole. Personal church hurt occurs at a specific church between specific people.

Corporate Church Hurt Examples

  • Racism — Protestant "Christians" behaved outside of the word of God in their practices of enslaving black people and murdering the indigenous population in America.[1]
  • Sexism
  • Sexual Assault/Pedophila
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The issue is that people are claiming to be followers of God, but not living according to His Word and lying about His Word (re: all the images of Biblical figures as white people)

Admitting that you have angered someone is part of the process. Some times you have to pray to be compassionate and let God do the resolving of the situation.

Here are a few verses to meditate on:

"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ." 👤 Gandhi [2]

The I Feel Statement

I feel _____ when you _____ and I would like you to _______.

References and Footnotes

  1. In the episode, I called out Protestants because that's who shaped most of the US's history, but Catholicism has played a a role in spreading white supremacy as well.
  2. Soutik Biswas. "Was Mahatma Gandhi a racist?". BBC News. September 17, 2015
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