Comments on: The Church and Basketball http://panesofglass.org/christianity/the-church-and-basketball/ Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:45:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3-aortic-dissection By: Houstonmom http://panesofglass.org/christianity/the-church-and-basketball/comment-page-1/#comment-4825 Houstonmom Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:32:51 +0000 http://panesofglass.org/christianity/the-church-and-basketball/#comment-4825 I read this a few days ago and have been thinking about why we don't call fouls. First of our, the church is not much different than the culture. The culture is very tolerant. Secondly, to call a foul you have to have your life together. Many Christians have so much perpetual sin in their lives we cannot call someone else to theirs. And if we did call foul, in this day and age the person would just leave and go to another church. Most people are not closely enough tied to their church for them to really care if others wanted to bring church discipline. I think the most powerful churches in America will be the remnants that form seeking true community and accountability with each other. I believe the good news about our times is that true believers will gather and get back to basics. When this happens, we will see church discipline again. I read this a few days ago and have been thinking about why we don’t call fouls. First of our, the church is not much different than the culture. The culture is very tolerant. Secondly, to call a foul you have to have your life together. Many Christians have so much perpetual sin in their lives we cannot call someone else to theirs.

And if we did call foul, in this day and age the person would just leave and go to another church. Most people are not closely enough tied to their church for them to really care if others wanted to bring church discipline.

I think the most powerful churches in America will be the remnants that form seeking true community and accountability with each other. I believe the good news about our times is that true believers will gather and get back to basics. When this happens, we will see church discipline again.

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