Father, Son conversation

[gdemoss]

So I am talking with my son on the phone about going to church and denominations, he helped me solve the dilemma of finding a new church , it went sorta like this:

Son: Have you found a new church yet?
Dad: No.
Son: Wow, you haven't been going to church?
Dad: No, it's been about 4 months now.
Son: Why can't you find a new church?
Dad: Doctrine. It seems nobody believes what the bible actually says.
Son: Oh.
Dad: I googled the question 'How many Christian denominations are there?' and the answer came back 'about 38,000'.
Son: Wow, that is a lot!
Dad: Yeah, How long do you think it would take me to visit them all?
Son: A long time!
Dad: Yeah, if I went to one per week then its about 760 years to finish and I don't think the Lord is going to give me that long.
Son: What if you did seven a week?
Dad: Well that would be 360 a year. So we're still looking at roughly 10 years. And I couldn't do it alone, I would need 6 other people to help.
Son: That could be done. How about if we used 70 people?
Dad: By the math, it would take a year to find the right denomination. But if we could find 70 other people who really believed the bible to help us, we may as well just start our own church body.
Son: What denomination would we be then?
Dad: the 38,001 on Google. Mans solution to the problem....maybe we should pray that God provide a solution instead.

 

[agua]

Funny stuff.

 

[farout]

Looking for a new church is a very hard thing to do. We always call a head and ask the Pastor some questions, this can prevent needless trips to churches we really are not inclined to consider for membership. This just might cut the 38,000 down to maybe 38.

Merry Christmas!

 

[gdemoss]

This just might cut the 38,000 down to maybe 38.

good for a belly laugh, thanks

Gary

 

[Peace Seeker]

LOL @ 38,001. Although maybe it's not so much funny, as it is an indictment on our propensity to do things our own way, rather than follow God's way.

Anyway, I have never been hung up on denominations - as long as a church holds to the fundamentals of the faith as laid down explicitly in the bible, then that's pretty much all that matters to me.

I go to church to worship God. Not saying I can't (or don't try to) worship God every day, through my deeds, attitude, etc. Just saying it is good to sing praises to the Lord and not forsake assembling with one another.
Personally I would prefer to attend a home church, where we can grow in the Lord together, without all the trappings of the modern church. If the Lord wills that, it will be so.