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SpeakersCorner · 03-15-2024, 09:44 PM

Ohio,

About ten years ago my wife and I visited Oldtown Bethlehem, Pa. and sat in the church Zinzendorf planted there. We paid for the tour. The guide told us that Zinzendorf came on Christmas Eve to see the fine new meeting hall they had built. They sang and were filled with joy. Then the Count led them out of the building and down the cobblestone street to where they first had met at a humble barn, I believe (my memory’s a bit fuzzy here). As they gathered around in the dark December night at the spot where the saints had first met Zinzendorf said, “Christ did not come to high Jerusalem but to lowly Bethlehem. Let us never forget that.” And then he christened the town Bethlehem.

This story touched me deeply. I didn’t think of it at the time but here now, as I continue in this thread, it strikes me that I experienced something similar back in 1982. It has nothing to do with hero worship or exaltation of leaders. Brother TC came to my house on a gravel road, a dusty gravel road, where six people met once a week for the purpose of supporting us, lifting us to something higher than a mere Bible study. It’s amazing to me to realize that we still have a testimony that remains 42 years later.

You and others have pointed out what you believe are TC’s failings many times in these spaces. I am presenting a different view. If you think I’m guilty of exalting him or others such as WL, that’s fine. It matters not to me. It isn’t true, though. If you don’t believe me allow me to introduce you to many brothers who think I’m too critical of everybody and everything. Actually, I don’t need to do the introductions since you know many of them.

No, I don’t exalt anyone but Christ which I do every Domingo (Lord’s Day. The Spanish got it right). But I definitely do give credit to those who have labored to help build the church. And that’s why I told my story.

03-15-2024, 09:44 PM	#2
SpeakersCorner Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 273	Re: Titus Chu spin off-help? Ohio, About ten years ago my wife and I visited Oldtown Bethlehem, Pa. and sat in the church Zinzendorf planted there. We paid for the tour. The guide told us that Zinzendorf came on Christmas Eve to see the fine new meeting hall they had built. They sang and were filled with joy. Then the Count led them out of the building and down the cobblestone street to where they first had met at a humble barn, I believe (my memory’s a bit fuzzy here). As they gathered around in the dark December night at the spot where the saints had first met Zinzendorf said, “Christ did not come to high Jerusalem but to lowly Bethlehem. Let us never forget that.” And then he christened the town Bethlehem. This story touched me deeply. I didn’t think of it at the time but here now, as I continue in this thread, it strikes me that I experienced something similar back in 1982. It has nothing to do with hero worship or exaltation of leaders. Brother TC came to my house on a gravel road, a dusty gravel road, where six people met once a week for the purpose of supporting us, lifting us to something higher than a mere Bible study. It’s amazing to me to realize that we still have a testimony that remains 42 years later. You and others have pointed out what you believe are TC’s failings many times in these spaces. I am presenting a different view. If you think I’m guilty of exalting him or others such as WL, that’s fine. It matters not to me. It isn’t true, though. If you don’t believe me allow me to introduce you to many brothers who think I’m too critical of everybody and everything. Actually, I don’t need to do the introductions since you know many of them. No, I don’t exalt anyone but Christ which I do every Domingo (Lord’s Day. The Spanish got it right). But I definitely do give credit to those who have labored to help build the church. And that’s why I told my story.