Jumping Over Pews, Running The Aisles, Rolling, and Barking.

[ScottBot]

Some Christians consider running aisles, and barking like a dog to be a form of worship.

Do you believe people barking like dogs, rolling, running, and jumping are forms of worship?

Only if the church is being held during a Ringling Brothers performance.

 

[RichardE]

I'm not sure how that is edifying or pleasing to God.

Making him laugh very very loudly, belive me, I was

 

[~RENEE~]

Who are we to say that it is not worship. Who are we to tell God what and can and can not do. Satan only imitates what God does. So if ther is and imitation from satan then there is an original from God.

 

[catlover]

Who are we to say that it is not worship. Who are we to tell God what and can and can not do. Satan only imitates what God does. So if ther is and imitation from satan then there is an original from God.

What is the purpose of people barking, rolling, and running?

How does it glorify God?

 

[wmc1982]

Worship is not individual. Worship is corporate. The early Church worshipped in corporate liturgy, not everyone sitting together in the same room and doing what felt comfortable to them.

I see what your saying, but we can also worship God by ourselves.

 

[wmc1982]

I'm not sure how that is edifying or pleasing to God.

Devil worship (in my opinion). We need to pray for discernment in the believers who don't understand that.

 

[~RENEE~]

What is the purpose of people barking, rolling, and running?

How does it glorify God?

When the immortal touches the mortal the immortal is so powerful that the mortal will somehow react. To me this would fit under a wonder as in signs miracles and wonders.

 

[Leah]

Some Christians consider running aisles, and barking like a dog to be a form of worship.

Do you believe people barking like dogs, rolling, running, and jumping are forms of worship?

You mean like "Woof, woof!" barking? Yes, I would definatly find that weird.

As for running, jumping and rolling; well, if the Spirit takes hold of you, there's no telling how one may worship God.

 

[~RENEE~]

You mean like "Woof, woof!" barking? Yes, I would definatly find that weird.

As for running, jumping and rolling; well, if the Spirit takes hold of you, there's no telling how one may worship God.

I have heard the so called barking during a prayer meeting. It is not woof woof. It is more like a deep throatal grunting. The sound is very much like a bark from a very large dog.

 

[catlover]

When the immortal touches the mortal the immortal is so powerful that the mortal will somehow react. To me this would fit under a wonder as in signs miracles and wonders.

To each his or her own. I had been in The Pentecostal movement for 3 years on and off and some of the manifestations were distracting, I did not see the point.

Fortunately, or unfortunately the churches one is exposed to as a child often stick more than something experienced as an adult.

I could never grow used to the manifestations and am looking for something quieter.

 

[~RENEE~]

To each his or her own. I had been in The Pentecostal movement for 3 years on and off and some of the manifestations were distracting, I did not see the point.

Fortunately, or unfortunately the churches one is exposed to as a child often stick more than something experienced as an adult.

I could never grow used to the manifestations and am looking for something quieter.

And there is nothing wrong with quiet. A perfect church service is the proper mixture of it all. But go were you are comfortable just do not sacrifice truth for comfort. Yes there is truth in queit churches. But whereever one attends they need a church where the truth is taught. My church is actually a quiet AOG church.

 

[Splayd]

opps - wrong thread.

 

[greeker57married]

The "strange," "free move" associated with the "Toronto Blessing" has stirred controversy within the Christian faith... However, many Pentecostals argue that the "Toronto Blessing" is a genuine manifestation of God's Holy Spirit, in which people are receiving healing, joy, peace, and faith. How can one determine the validity of the "interesting" manifestations? Is it a move of God for people to walk around a church and cluck like chickens or suddenly fall to the floor (better know as "slain in the spirit" by Pentecostals)? Many people feel that the actions are not from God


http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/tbless.html



Some report uncontrollable weeping, falling to the floor in ecstatic trances, and animal noises such as barking like dogs and roaring like lions

http://www.rapidnet.com/~jbeard/bdm/exposes/wimber/john.htm

Whenever the Holy Spirit is at work, there will be manifestations of God and counterfiets of Satan to lead people astray. This happened during the Great Awakening in New England in the 1700's, in the revivals of John Wesley and George Whitefield.

God Bless
Greeker