{"id":3822,"date":"2014-05-16T22:05:13","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T19:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?p=3822"},"modified":"2014-07-28T06:31:35","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T03:31:35","slug":"29-a-few-great-reasons-to-leave-your-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/29-a-few-great-reasons-to-leave-your-church\/","title":{"rendered":"#29 A Few Great Reasons to Leave Your Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever left your church for another church? Over 30+ years I&#8217;ve seen a lot of people come and go and then I&#8217;ve seen some of them come back again!<\/p>\n<p>In this episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/29-a-few-great-reasons-to-leave-your-church\">Now is the Time<\/a>\u00a0I give you 7 great reasons to leave your church and 4 bad reasons to leave your church!<\/p>\n<p>I also answer a listener question on fasting.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_E_29.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2F29-a-few-great-reasons-to-leave-your-church%2F#mode-Light&border-000000&progress-000000\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"165\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"blubrryplayer-3\" class=\"blubrryplayer\" title=\"Blubrry Podcast Player\"><\/iframe><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_E_29.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/?powerpress_pinw=3822-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/content.blubrry.com\/nowisthetime\/NIST_E_29.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NIST_E_29.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 30:41 &#8212; 28.1MB) | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('3822-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_3822-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_3822-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe src=&quot;https:\/\/player.blubrry.com\/?media_url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2Fcontent.blubrry.com%2Fnowisthetime%2FNIST_E_29.mp3&amp;modern=1&amp;podcast_link=https%3A%2F%2Fsukofamily.org%2F29-a-few-great-reasons-to-leave-your-church%2F#mode-Light&amp;border-000000&amp;progress-000000&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;165&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; id=&quot;blubrryplayer-4&quot; class=&quot;blubrryplayer&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.blubrry.com\/feeds\/nowisthetime.xml\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3981\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/29-a-few-great-reasons-to-leave-your-church\/file000955225845\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/file000955225845.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Picasa&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D80&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1215274674&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"file000955225845\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/file000955225845.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3981 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/file000955225845.jpg\" alt=\"file000955225845\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/file000955225845.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/file000955225845-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/file000955225845-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/sukofamily.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/file000955225845-460x260.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Listener question<\/h4>\n<p>Don asked:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #222222;\">I don&#8217;t completely understand the purpose of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"il\" style=\"color: #222222;\">fasting<\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\">. When to fast, how to fast, for how long to fast given a particular situation, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Check out this post I wrote about fasting: <a href=\"sukofamily.org\/whats-the-deal-with-fasting\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;What&#8217;s the Deal with Fasting?&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>7 Great reasons to leave your church<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>If they don&#8217;t teach the truth. Rom 16:17-18<\/li>\n<li>If they don&#8217;t practice the truth. 2 Tim 3:5, 2 John 1:9-10<\/li>\n<li>If the church is marked by complacency and idleness. 2 Thes 3:6<\/li>\n<li>If they refuse to obey clear instructions from God&#8217;s Word. 2 Thes 3:14<\/li>\n<li>If the leadership is characterized by divisive behavior. 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