My Exodus

So I know I told you that my family and I quit going to church earlier this year, but the truth of the matter is that I more or less got bounced out.  You see, like Ani, I became self-aware.  Something happenned in my soul that made me suddenly aware that there was messy, smelly stuff everywhere!  ("But Mother...the Emperor has NO CLOTHES ON!?")  Our beautiful little country church...proudly Evangelical, a true seeker church, was openly practicing and preaching another gospel.  I was unable any longer to ignore the smell.  When I began to question my pastors teaching privately on his own personal blog that was not associated with the church whatsoever, my comments were deleted, and I found myself trying to stave off a visit to my home from the pastor and the Chairman of the Board.  They just wanted to have a "chat", a "good-old-fashioned-pastoral-visit" they called it.  I was picturing brass knuckles and a cheesy line about sleeping with the fishes.....
All kidding aside, I was actually a little scared.  Having two men threatening to pay me a little visit if I didn't lay off the challenging comments did in fact intimidate me quite severely.  They really hoped I would just fade away, but then again, they don't really know me very well (*grin*).  It didn't entirely end there, but it was the beginning of our exodus.
But what was it that was being preached that was so wrong? 
  
*They were practicing Idolatry

*They were speaking against the Commandments, breaking the Commandments and teaching others to break the Commandments.

So before I go into a description of what idolotry looked like in my church, I would like to ask you...what do you think idolatry would look like in a modern evangelical church?  Think about your own chuch...is there any idolatry being practiced there right now?

As for the Commandments....if the "Law" is written on our hearts as according to Jeremiah 31:33, what does it say?  What is the Law, or Commandments(s) that is written on our hearts?

And I leave you with this as "borrowed" from another blog because I thought it so beautifully clever and thought provoking: 

Two Questions:

1)Which of these statements is correct? (They are mutually exclusive, so you can only choose one.)
a.    Gentile believers are accountable for Jesus’ TWO Commandments: to love God and love your neighbor
b.    Gentile believers are accountable for FOUR laws (Acts 15 – fornication, idols, blood, things strangled) and Jews must obey all the Law (Acts 21 – believing Jews were zealous for the Law)
c.    Gentile believers are accountable for NINE of the 10 Commandments (not the Sabbath)
d.    Gentile believers are accountable for the TEN Commandments
e.    Gentile believers are accountable for all of Paul’s commands in his letters
f.    Gentile believers are accountable for all of Paul’s commands in his letters PLUS tithing
g.    Gentile believers are initially accountable for the 4 laws given en Acts 15, and gradually (as they mature in the faith and learn the Torah every Sabbath, per Acts 15:21) become accountable for ALL of God’s Law as revealed in the Old and New Testaments combined, which is summed up in Jesus’ two commandments, and includes the 10 Commandments, all of Paul’s commands, and many other instructions.

2) Define Sin

Stay tuned...