tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719139866984861669.post247823385020257319..comments2023-08-15T08:50:00.391-07:00Comments on Adventist Perspective: Reviewing Five Years of ProgressUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-719139866984861669.post-11670783440083324832010-07-23T22:15:33.995-07:002010-07-23T22:15:33.995-07:00I appreciate the candor of your article. While I d...I appreciate the candor of your article. While I don't agree with every statement I do with the majority. I have literally been thrown out of a Adventist church simply because I took the risk of standing up & asking for prayer,compassion, & help from the church to work out a situation. But it seems the "church" is so regimented in their programmed Sabbaths that anyone trying to address concerns is dismissed as a disruption. <br />I am totally over the sit in the pews & be entertained Sabbaths. I for one believe in a participatory worship where God blesses by bestowing his gifts for the edifying & building up of the church that is the body of believers. All people,women, men, younger people, are in that body & God may choose to give any person a heartfelt message. I have long be tired of the "big men" running the institutional church & not having a system that resembles the Acts 2 community. One that I see as revealing the love of God & others by the way they lived & shared their lives,hearts & resources. God is love & we are to be His love revealedRenee Hernandeznoreply@blogger.com