Sasha Veljic Slams Bob Thiel From The Great Beyond

Karl Kolechek, reporting from Malawi 

 

Living Church of God: Always the Epitome Of Outgoing Love

 

For decades, we have had pounded into our heads that as the true church, we were the epitome of Philadelphian love. Anyone with even minimal contact with any of the Churches of God know this is not true.

Check out this comment on Exit and Support Network about a person's recent contact with an LCG minister:

As a Sabbatarian looking for an acceptable congregation, I contacted a pastor of the local Living Church of God.  He seemed protective of his congregation in a way that appeared unwelcoming. It was a very strange response. It did sound quite controlling.  What bothered me was that it is the opposite of a hospitable and loving God. –[name withheld]

LCG: Making Wise Decisions. Uh...

 

LCG's latest member update has two interesting and yet conflicting comments on it. First is a comment from Gerald Weston about Doug Winnail's travels to the Philippines, Australia, South Africa, and the UK and how exhausting it is to older people's health. Then Winnail posts his weekly Profitable Sabbath note about how important it is to make wise decisions. There seems to be a breakdown in communication here.

Church Administration Director Dr. Douglas Winnail leaves this week for business and conferences in the Philippines, Australia, South Africa, and the UK. International travel can be challenging, with frequent time zone changes, packing and unpacking as one moves from one hotel to another, climate changes, and long hours in airports and in the air. As I remind Dr. Winnail, he is not getting any younger, so your prayers for his health and for a profitable trip will be appreciated. —Gerald Weston

This is Winnail's posting: 

Seek God’s Guidance: How do you approach making big decisions? Worldly wisdom says, Don’t let anyone tell you what to do—just do your own thing! Yet the Bible strongly warns against this approach (see Judges 21:25; Jeremiah 9:12–16). Solomon wrote, “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death” (Proverbs 14:12). The Scriptures reveal that there is a much better way to make decisions. When Solomon became king, he asked God for wisdom to guide his decisions (1 Kings 3:7–9). He was following the example of his father, David, who wrote, “Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes…. Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path” (Psalm 119:33, 105). When we have important decisions to make, we can ask God to show us the path that He wants us to follow—by opening doors where He wants us to go and closing doors where we do not need to go. If we seek God’s guidance and are teachable, as David was, God will guide us.
Have a profitable Sabbath,
Douglas S. Winnail

If you know these trips are not the healthiest for an older person to do, then why have him do it? Oh, wait, being a martyr for the truth tops common sense.