Sinner's Anonymous

[treasurewords]

Having recently attended several AA meetings I am absolutely amazed at how successful the principle of anonymity is.
The love and warmth I felt by people who KNEW they were just as bad, if not worse off, than I was, was PRECISELY what I felt in my heart was missing from the churches I used to attend.

If there was some sort of AA-like movement (maybe it is the home church movement... I'm new to this whole way of thinking so forgive my ignorance) that was focused on everyone's "sin disease" instead of "alcohol disease" where the same commitment to humble anonyimity and the emphasis on brotherly love were to take off... it just seems like there would definitely be a revival in America.

[treasurewords]

I urge anyone to read the "12 Steps" that are at the foundation of AA and other Abuser's Anonymous groups, as well as related AA literature about anonymity.
VERY eye opening as to what happens when these principles are put into practice.

[MrsGnomeCrusher]

Ha! I read the title and find it funny that only the original poster had posted. No one is ready to admit they're a sinner, huh? ;) (I'm only joking so please do not take offensively.)

[julian the apostate]

you should know

the rate of people who attend aa meetings and remain alcohol free for one year

is exactly the same for people who quit drinking on their own

according to alcoholics anonymous own internal studies

[MrsGnomeCrusher]

I should know what?

[julian the apostate]

huh?
the you was a general you to the op

[rocklife]

I'm a sinner, thank God He loves me though, and has given me His Holy Spirit of Jesus Christ to repent and turn to Him for True Life and heaven and Eternal Life, with His help, guidance, wisdom, and love.

It wouldn't be right to be anonymous though, I must be associated with Jesus Christ! It is no good to admit to being a sinner, unless there is salvation and hope. Sin only brings death. Forgiveness and Jesus Christ brings hope and love. He is to be praised and exalted and proclaimed! Thank you Lord God Creator for loving us and giving us hope and helping us get away from evil sin!

[DanaM]

Hi I'm Dana and I'm a sinner. Sorry, could stop myself. :help: Fourtunately I have a carpenter for a friend.

[discernomatic]

Having recently attended several AA meetings I am absolutely amazed at how successful the principle of anonymity is.
The love and warmth I felt by people who KNEW they were just as bad, if not worse off, than I was, was PRECISELY what I felt in my heart was missing from the churches I used to attend.

If there was some sort of AA-like movement (maybe it is the home church movement... I'm new to this whole way of thinking so forgive my ignorance) that was focused on everyone's "sin disease" instead of "alcohol disease" where the same commitment to humble anonyimity and the emphasis on brotherly love were to take off... it just seems like there would definitely be a revival in America.

Hi treasurewords, :wave:

I know someone who attended AA meetings, but they didn't help him get off the alcohol. At AA they taught about a higher being, but this did not necessarily mean God, the God of Christianity the Father of Jesus Christ. Only when this person happened to meet a Christian there and get born again did he get off the alcohol and even then that took a while.

The Home Church Movement is not immune to the same problems that haunt larger churches. The rate of deception and infiltration by false doctrines can be just as high as in larger churches. I am not allowed to paste any links yet, so just go to my website and click on the Links page. I have not written anything about the Home Church Movement yet, but I have lots of links to discernment ministries, some of which write about certain branches of the Home Church Movement and systems of control that are already being implemented there. Please inform yourself before you go to one that follows a particular system. Don't just trust people blindly because they call themselves Christians.

discernomatic

[holo]

If we were to copy the AA model, it would go something like "I'm a sinner but I don't sin anymore". The way I see it, it's kinda opposite.

But anyway, thank God for AA and things like that. But I do feel like Jesus beats the AA in that instead of teaching people to live with the curse, he sets them free from it altogether.

Props to the OP for his good thoughts.

[rider2]

Thanks Treasure, for your post. I too have found this same fellowship in "unchurched" groups I have met with.
I have found this spirit missing in many Churches I have attended. I'm not saying all Churches are this way of course.
But followers of Christ that love to meet with one another as unchurched, do have a bond that's very much like the first century Christians had.