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Originally Posted by ZNPaaneah
One thing I would hope for this forum is that we would make an effort to help those damaged by the LRC.
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This reminds me of the big brothers house we had in the C. in Detroit.
My wife and I and another couple headed it up. We were bringing people in off the street "to the Lord" and to the church.
Trouble was, they were really rough around the edges ... heroin junkies and alcoholics.
We tried and tried to make it work, and went thru hell after hell, and none of them stuck to the lord or the church.
The ideal of the brothers' house was a good one ... the reality of it was ugly ugly ugly, and unlivable.
I think we all want to help those damaged by the local church. But it's a lot of work, a lot of caring, and much love required, like exceptional tolerance and forbearance.
And it probably wouldn't fit on any forum, even a free-for-all.
It really takes personal care. The kind of care that requires a real sacrificial love for the person. And it can take decades ...
Who among us are willing to make such a sacrifice?
Let's take the easy way. Let us be like the Pharisees. Let's argue doctrine ...