Posted on 03/29/2005 5:31:58 AM PST by Quix
"His next novel, The Ezekiel Option, comes out in August 2005"!!!!
Yippeee!! Cannot wait to read it! Last Jihad was SOOOO good!
TRUE.
At some point, it does require that we give up our all to gain Christ's all, however. Great trade!
As Jim Elliott said:
HE IS NO FOOL WHO GIVES UP WHAT HE CANNOT KEEP TO GAIN WHAT HE CANNOT LOSE.
And, many Moslem and other Believers may well become martyrs in the months and years ahead. But an entirely different sort than the Jihadi's.
Quite so.
Kind of weeds out the 'Rice Christians' and those doing it for business reasons, don't you think?
Ping!
FRANKLIN GRAHAM'S SAMARITAN'S PURSE
Is where I'd start.
I'd also include Pat Robertson's CBN OPERATION BLESSING. Operqation blessings' overhead is covered by CBN. 100% OF DONATIONS TO OPERATION BLESSING go to the needy.
Both are solid, alert, savy, effective organizations led of God and devoted to community development work as well as crisis help.
I think Jim would approve but I'll refrain from posting links to those orgs. They are easy to track down.
"I think the conversion to Christianity is an easy decision to make. Christianity doesn't REQUIRE extremism as a form of devotion, it doesn't require hatred, and it doesn't REQUIRE murder and suicide"
I was glad to see you used the term require in your post. Being that in reality, historically MANY Christians have used extremism as a form of devotion, have had hatred and murdered by the masses
Historically Christians have tried, tortured, hung and burned alive vast numbers of people because they were suspected of heresy, Judaism, Witchcraft…; slashed off people’s heads on public streets for not confessing that Jesus Christ was God; and condemned the works of some of histories greatest scientists, theologians, philosophers and artists.
You are most welcome. I know that feeling. Struggling to get over a heavy bout of flu and have to teach today.
THX for saying so.
i honestly dont believe this at all. there is no way to prove it.
Right on. Thanks.
To all the Ann Coulter bashers: she was right! And look!, it's all happening without guns to their heads! Who knew?!... :o)
Your assessments, I have observed, on such matters
warrants little to no credibility.
I think you need to check your assessor in for a tune-up with special adjustment on the bias weighting getting extra attention. The logic circuits in those modules could stand some extra inspection as well as the sensors.
It may be that you have missing optical cells for some categories of viewed data.
"Historically"
Christianity has moved beyond the brutality of the far distant past. Islam isn't showing any signs of giving up violence as a means of proving devotion.
THANKS.
QUITE RIGHT. And plenty true in China, still.
It was pretty clear that one of the great, unstated, objectives of the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan was to change the culture of terror, and while I don't think Bush had this specifically in mind, it was always obvious that the quickest way to do this was to change these populations from a death-based Islamic culture to a life based on Christ.
Well said.
We know where healing, wholeness, community development, hope etc. resides and originates from.
We have to know it in our bone marrow. And, to let HIM flow out sacrificially, servant-heartedly. That brings life and Eternal Life.
Guess I'll have to read his books!
Thanks.
And for your prayers.
Thanks for the ping!
I agree that Christianity has moved on from the BRUTALITY of the past. Perhaps one day Islam will do the same. My point is, the events taking place throughout the Middle East may do more than bring about democracy, it may change the way Muslims look at their religion. It worked for Christianity.
Thanks.
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