Thanks for illustrating yourself as no different than the rabid militant Secularists. I have scripture and the writings and speeches of the Founding Fathers who were beholden to scripture to back up every and all admonitions and exhortations I make, and they are the same ones Cahn made.
That you belittle, marginalize and show your disdain for those giving these warnings reveals either your own ignorance of the scriptures and the need for the watchmen to admonish this people, or your own aversion to the truth that is preached in those regards.
As to my own personal 'stand' of risk by doing Matthew 28:19-20 and engaging true pagans who never heard of Christ - I spent the first half of last year living in the slums of rural SouthEast India to serve brethren there. If that is 'soft' to you - then praytell what have you done to fulfill the Commission that you consider to be 'hard'?
It is God's people in this wayward nation that the warning message of the need for repentance is targeted, PRECISELY because scripture is consistent with that message. Judgment begins on God's House and His People first - long before the rest of the nation is judged. What I will say is that it will more tolerable in the Day of Judgment for India, than for this nation.
Discuss the issues but do not make it personal.
OR...because like the priests of Baal, they are being mocked for their adherence to doctrines that are so OBVIOUSLY ineffectual.
Do you think the Pharisees and Sadducees had no Scripture to point to for their every accusation?
As to my own personal 'stand' of risk by doing Matthew 28:19-20 and engaging true pagans who never heard of Christ - I spent the first half of last year living in the slums of rural SouthEast India to serve brethren there. If that is 'soft' to you - then praytell what have you done to fulfill the Commission that you consider to be 'hard'?
As I said before, the problem isn't "pagan's who never heard of Christ," and I do honor your commitment and service in that regard. I'm talking about those who HAVE heard of Christ, and are in active opposition to "The Way."
And in every case where those opponents have been effective in their opposition, it has been because they were able to seize the moral high ground AWAY from the people of faith! In response, those who speak for the "sheep" have only "bleated."
Oh, those shepherds can produce all manner of sound and fury when lording over the sheep, but when it comes to the wolves it seems the pat response is to redouble their "ministrations" to the SHEEP!
I submit to you there are more than enough faithful "sheep" in this land. What we lack is faithful shepherds.
They go about building their own comfortable little kingdoms, further dividing the flock, proudly proclaiming THEIR devotion to Scripture, and only rarely venturing past the borders of their little pasture.
Tell me, who among the people of faith are actually actively trying to JOIN these divided flocks?