{"id":1011,"date":"2013-05-03T13:16:59","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T13:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.all-creatures.org\/blog\/?p=1011"},"modified":"2013-06-04T14:17:30","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T14:17:30","slug":"challenging-church-compassion-19-chased-away-e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.all-creatures.org\/blog\/challenging-church-compassion-19-chased-away-e\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenging Church Compassion \u2013 19: Chased Away \u201cE\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Challenging Church Compassion \u2013 19: Chased Away \u201cE\u201d<\/h2>\n
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Lamb of God<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

We must keep challenging church compassion, as the church sees it, until it becomes true and unconditional compassion as Jesus taught us.<\/p>\n

\u201cE\u201d wrote:<\/p>\n

\u201cI know what this disconnect can feel like. I was minded to swap churches this year. Only a year ago I was filled with the Holy Spirit, but now I have turned away, or perhaps I have been chased away. Much has to do with my feelings of hopelessness about the animals.\u201d<\/p>\n

This church did exactly what Jesus spoke against in Mark 9:42.<\/p>\n

42. “And whoever causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble, it would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea. (NASB)<\/p>\n

\u201cE\u201d continued:<\/p>\n

\u201cDid I mention that when there were many demos against cattle transportation in our village? The fruit and veg shop shut down, because of lack of business. I felt guilty for being so openly vegetarian in an animal farming community.\u201d<\/p>\n

There is absolutely no reason for \u201cE\u201d to feel guilty for being a vegetarian openly.<\/p>\n

We all should be living compassionately for the benefit of the whole of creation, and end its corruption, instead of adding more corruption, pain and suffering.<\/p>\n

We all must continue challenging church compassion, until it becomes real compassion.<\/p>\n

Go on to: Challenging Church Compassion \u2013 20: Kicked Out for Animal Beliefs<\/a><\/p>\n

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