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Originally Posted by Ohio
As I was leaving the Recovery system in 2005, reading the stories (e.g. Ingalls, So, Mallon, Anderson, etc.) of others..
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In essence Ohio, your post speaks of virtue I was going to touch on...love.
Before I get there to respond to several of you comments:
temper tantrums-that alone indicates a brother is ill-equipped to lead. Contrary "genuine honesty being expressed in the spirit" tends to land a brother or sister out of fellowship.
Shaming and humiliation-whether it's done publicly or privately, the practice and understanding is this is how you experience the cross.
How ironic it is you bring up Mallon, Anderson, So, Ingalls, etc. As it was New Years day weekend an elder from the Church in Vista could not shake John Ingalls hand at a coincidental meeting at a restuarant. After Ron Kangas speaks about forgiveness at a Puget Sound blending conference. Where is forgiveness to brothers who had left? I had sent an email encouraging Ron and Benson to visit John Ingalls. Actions or a lack of will speak volumes.
Getting into my post where is the virtue of love?
If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing.
1 Corinthians 13:1-2
In all fairness in the local churches that follow LSM, there is love, but it's love according to those who love the ministry. In other words, if you're a seeking one going to a local church and see "the vision" LSM publishes, you'll be loved and shepherded. But if you're a seeking one going to a local church and don't see "the vision", you'll be considered not worth the time to labor. As I know several whom that has happened to. What happened to the love I see in scriptures; a love without bias?