Challenging Church Compassion – 19: Chased Away “E” This is another case where the lack of compassion and hardness of heart in the church chased away a believer and even cause this person to lose some of their faith. We must keep challenging church compassion, as the church sees it, until it becomes true and [...]
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Challenging Church Compassion – 18: Michelle’s View
Challenging Church Compassion – 18: Michelle’s View Our challenging church compassion is to present the true intent of our Father in heaven to live as loving, compassionate, and peacemaking children of God as a witness against the hardness of heart and the very limited compassion that sensitive people see in most churches. We received the [...]
Challenging Church Compassion – 17: Christian Cruelty
Challenging Church Compassion – 17: Christian Cruelty Christian cruelty is most often witnessed or perceived when it involves the way the Church and their parishioners relate to animals. Almost every day we hear from people who has been deeply troubled and often emotionally scarred by the hardness of heart they’ve encountered within the church. For [...]
Challenging Church Compassion – 16: Chased Away “Barb”
Challenging Church Compassion – 16: Chased Away “Barb” Barb is another one of the people who have been a part of our compassionate ministry. She points out how much real spiritual damage the hardness of heart and the lack of church compassion in the churches can do, and how far they can push people away. She [...]
Challenging Church Compassion – 15: Chasing Away “S”
Challenging Church Compassion – 15: Chasing Away “S” Today we received the following letter from “S”, which clearly shows how the insensitivity of church leaders is chasing away people who care about animals and don’t eat them. “S” wrote: “I have been reading the series of articles on your website about compassionate people being chased [...]
Christian Perfection – 05: Being a Whole Christian
Christian Perfection – 05: Being a Whole Christian By: Frank L. Hoffman Jesus said, “Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” (Matthew 5:48) (Wesley’s writings are in bold) John Wesley considered it to be an absolute impossibility to be half a Christian, and I agree. One person may not have [...]
Challenging Church Compassion – 14: Chased Away “A”
Challenging Church Compassion – 14: Chased Away “A” We recently received a very sad but interesting email from “A” that shows the harm that churches are doing because of their hardness of heart; thus, we believe that this is another reason for challenging church compassion. From “A’s” perspective, the church is too interested in killing [...]
Challenging Church Compassion – 13: Chased Away “JW”
Challenging Church Compassion – 13: Chased Away “JW” This Challenging Church Compassion post is about the second church in which JW was involved. If you haven’t read about the previous church JW told us about, please do so before reading this one: Challenging Church Compassion – 12: Chased Away “JW” JW wrote: “The other is [...]
Challenging Church Compassion – 12: Chased Away “JW”
Challenging Church Compassion – 12: Chased Away “JW” We had an email exchange with JW about his experiences in two churches. Because of the length of the letters, we will talk about the first church in this Challenging Church Compassion post, and we’ll discuss the second church in our next post. “Rev. Hoffman, I am [...]
Challenging Church Compassion – 11: St. Francis Church
Challenging Church Compassion – 11: St. Francis Church We received an email from Jenny Moxham (Australia), who gets just as upset as we do about the lack of true compassion in the churches. She attached an article she wrote about it and had published in the Hamilton Press (New Zealand). She wrote: “Why does St [...]
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