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I write this from the perspective of someone who was once told she had a demon of contention, a "shrike" demon, which is different from the demon that someone else said was attacking my back, resulting in considerable pain -- that was a "vampiric spirit" that sought to punish me. Another elder here in town told me that God never blessed my work in Western Washington and wouldn't bless it here, either, because I was woman operating apart from the authority of my husband. (He added that if it were up to him, he'd see that I never tried THAT again). And I still remember when Rev. Jed called me "a slut of Satan" on the University of Arizona campus back in 1980. <br><br>Truly, the gates of Hell shall never prevail against the Church, but the Church itself may well foment its own destruction with crap like this. <br><br>Mercy.<br><br>Keely<br><br><br><br><br>> From: thansen@moscow.com<br>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 09:48:19 -0800<br>> Subject: [Vision2020] Banned From Church<br>> <br>> Cops arrest and handcuff little old lady banned from church because she<br>> didn't like the pastor.<br>> <br>> >From the Wall Street Journal at:<br>> <br>> http://tinyurl.com/2kjjh6<br>> <br>> -------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Banned From Church<br>> By Alexandra Alter<br>> <br>> --------<br>> <br>> Listen to 911 call<br>> http://tinyurl.com/34wx2a<br>> <br>> --------<br>> <br>> On a quiet Sunday morning in June, as worshippers settled into the pews at<br>> Allen Baptist Church in southwestern Michigan, Pastor Jason Burrick grabbed<br>> his cellphone and dialed 911. When a dispatcher answered, the preacher said<br>> a former congregant was in the sanctuary. "And we need to, um, have her out<br>> A.S.A.P."<br>> <br>> Half an hour later, 71-year-old Karolyn Caskey, a church member for nearly<br>> 50 years who had taught Sunday school and regularly donated 10% of her<br>> pension, was led out by a state trooper and a county sheriff's officer. One<br>> held her purse and Bible. The other put her in handcuffs. (Listen to the 911<br>> call)<br>> <br>> The charge was trespassing, but Mrs. Caskey's real offense, in her pastor's<br>> view, was spiritual. Several months earlier, when she had questioned his<br>> authority, he'd charged her with spreading "a spirit of cancer and discord"<br>> and expelled her from the congregation. "I've been shunned," she says.<br>> <br>> Her story reflects a growing movement among some conservative Protestant<br>> pastors to bring back church discipline, an ancient practice in which<br>> suspected sinners are privately confronted and then publicly castigated and<br>> excommunicated if they refuse to repent. While many Christians find such<br>> practices outdated, pastors in large and small churches across the country<br>> are expelling members for offenses ranging from adultery and theft to<br>> gossiping, skipping service and criticizing church leaders.<br>> <br>> -------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>> <br>> Tom Hansen<br>> Moscow, Idaho<br>> <br>> "If I wanted to overhear every tedious scrap of brain static rattling around<br>> in your head, I'd read your blog."<br>> <br>> - Bill Maher<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br><br /><hr />Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your HotmailŪ-get your "fix". <a href='http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx' target='_new'>Check it out.</a></body>
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