Sunday, June 4, 2023

To Pull or not Pull the Weeds

 The late Dr. Frank Pollard pondered two questions many preachers are loathe to discuss: Why is the church full of lousy people and why do people not go to church?  The First Baptist Church (Jackson) pastor used the question to Segue into the Parable of the Weeds found in Matthew 13. No doubt many a reader has an answer for both questions.  Enjoy the lesson. 

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

No point going to church when pastors promote bad doctrine like water baptism (I Corinthians 12:13 explains the one baptism that applies today per Ephesians 4:5), fail to rightly divide the scripture (II Timothy 2:15), can't provide Bible verses telling how a soul is saved, and are just motivational speakers. Better to stay home and listen to sermons at graceambassadors.com.

Anonymous said...

Your, cherry-picking of the scriptures, speaks volumes as to your scriptural ignorance. Here's a hit, there are many more scriptures in the Christian Bible than the three you used.

I strongly suggest you use all scripture, and to seek the harmony of truth using all scriptures. I strongly emphasize the word harmony, for there is no contradiction in the truth.

Anonymous said...

Fake ass christian

Anonymous said...

June 4, 2023 at 4:26 PM, I love you too, boo, boo.

Anonymous said...

oh boy ! we are going to see who all knows their bible verses.
People get tired of dogmatic doctrine BS , the Baptist church runs this state as it is and it shows !
Pro tip: hit Kroger at 10:30 -11:30 when the bible thumpers/trumpers are all patting themselves on the back about how good they are ...

Anonymous said...

I hate wearing a jacket and tie in MS weather, sitting tight as sardines, being artificially friendly with strangers, all while unable to argue with the sermon on the spot.

Engaging a couple hours for creative activity or sportimg exercise gets me closer to God than church. Hope God accepts my absence among his other followers.

Anonymous said...

Pollard is an eloquent speaker. But over the decades I have heard these preachers sermonize on the good seed, which are Christians and soldiers in God’s army, and the bad seed. A preacher can nail it down for you who the good seed is. But never a word on just what or who the bad seed is. Ask one and he will look at you blankly before he finds something in his mental database with which to respond, unsatisfactorily and not specific.

So what is this Satan? Who is his army in the field against God and His Christian soldiers? Or is Satan an army of one?

Anonymous said...

Well said, June 4, 2023 at 2:55 PM.

I knew Dr. Pollard, lived a few doors down, and he was a friend. I have a lot of admiration for him. I saw how hard he worked and studied the bible. Was an honor to know him.

11:48 AM, and any others with questions, the absolute way to understand more is to pick up your bible and start reading. I'm not trying to be confrontational or trite. If you dont trust some people at the church, then pick up the 1 book that can answer your questions. Its humbling.

Anonymous said...

@1:50 pm, sure, I pick up The Book, pick it up and read all the time. Now, then, can you (or anyone) just answer a simple question? To wit, Who are the soldiers in Satan’s army (if he even has one)? Don’t they have names? Faces?

I do not understand all the playing coy, all the ’just pick up the book and start reading from anywhere it falls open’ when a simple answer to the question would do.

Anonymous said...

11:48/8:44 here checking back in. No word yet on who's in Satan's army. Oh, well, I wasn't expecting any answer anyway.

Anonymous said...

It is incredible that we have AI, the Webb telescope, the germ theory of disease, and so much more, and we still think these archaic, anonymous writings are somehow authoritative. People are so naive.



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