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 9/14/19 10:10 AM |
| Douglas Fir | | Zones Four to Six | |  |  | |  |
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I would bet there are a lot of churches in the US that would be very happy to preach these kind of sermons, and many probably already have, under the guise of 'all truth comes from God.'
And then there are the constant flow of similar programs from PBS. Just like their 'Frontline' special about abortion--were they going to give numbers about how many were done at Planned Parenthood clinics, the racial breakdown of how many Hispanic, black and white babies were aborted, and how this works within the PP founder Margaret Sanger's clearly stated intention to reduce the black and brown populations in the US. Or did they go into the selling of baby parts from those same clinics?
I doubt it, but if you watched it, let us know.
Then, in terms of the US educational system, I would bet you can find more elementary schools who could quote something from Confucius, more than the ones who could quote Jesus. |
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| 9/13/19 3:29 PM |
| Douglas Fir | | Zones Four to Six | | | | | |
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I don't like the term prosperity gospel.
The way it is used in this article is more of a transaction--you give $$ to a ministry, and God will bless you. That kind of teaching is not unusual in a lot of preaching. You hear it when you hear the preacher pleading, 'turn your life over to Jesus and he will change you, he will cleanse you, he will make you a New Man'
In other words, you do this and God will do that for you. A simple transaction, right?
And, how about this very common preaching, "God has a wonderful plan for your life"
but you have to 'turn your life over to Jesus' to make it happen. What is left out is the verses in Hebrews 11, the 'Hall of Fame of the Faith" that talk about many bad things that happen.
Obviously, no one told those people that 'God has a wonderful plan for your life" that included suffering, mistreatment, beatings, even death.
Thanks to Charles Finney and many others, in the US, Christianity has been changed from what we see in the Bible. We can't even imagine what it would be like to follow something like 1 Timothy 5, the Guidelines for the Older Christian Woman. We can't imagine a church having a ministry to widows, or widows doing good works in the church in order to be qualified to receive the church's aid. |
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| 9/11/19 11:37 AM |
| Douglas Fir | | Zones Four to Six | | | | | |
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Thanks, 'Adriel,' for the Bible's reminder on raising up children, even from the Old Testament it has been the standard.
It continues in the New Testament with verses like those in 1 Timothy 5, which could be subtitled, 'Guidelines for the Older Christian Woman.'
First, it assumes we are talking about widows. Even today, 96 percent of all people have been married.
Thus, Paul writes that it is important for families to take care of the widows in their own families, and for younger widows to marry, raise children. Only older widows who have met certain 'work requirements' (like doing good works, and.. 'washing the feet of the saints') should be included on "The List" that the local church has for people who will receive aid.
Even James repeats the same idea about widows when he says, "True religion is taking care of widows in their distress' |
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| 9/9/19 11:22 AM |
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That's a good question, "QC"
I bet there are many people attending Catholic churches, Episcopal churches, Lutheran churches, Methodist churches, black churches, etc who are praying for Trump to go away. They have tried since before he was elected to get rid of him, remember the 'impeach now' efforts?, and are working 24/7 for the Democrat candidates to replace him.
The only good thing about them having so many candidates at this point is that it dilutes their strength. But after their first primaries are done and they drop about 10 to 15 candidates, it will be more and more of a constant drumbeat, "Beat TRump" and you will hear it on every TV station, see it in every newspaper, etc. |
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