Posted on 09/16/2005 7:49:26 AM PDT by Tolik
Yes, and the tiger isn't particular to any class.
It was a great book IMHO.
OK, but why does Christianity weaken?
Godless leftists.
Perhaps it's time to start shooting back.
It is absolutely time to start shooting back. In all civil disturbances that lead to looting and rioting.
It's called, in 'Christianeze" a spirit of Lawlessness and it is spreading across America like wildfire. One woman said the looting and crime in New Orleans was an every Tuesday night occasion. Didn't need a flood! Christians need to pray against this spirit or it WILL overtake all of us eventually.
Amen, Jaysun. You are absolutely correct. The Holy Spirit in Christianity holds back the darkness but one day, when Christians are no longer here, lawlessness will be the law of the land. It's getting there now.
Christianity weakens because Christians weaken. Some on the front lines are burned out. Many churches, who call themselves Christian, are teaching a watered down gospel (I call it the Gospel of the NY Times!). I do believe in these end times that the Church will ARISE and you will see a new anointing on those who are the Bride of Christ (Christians who choose intimacy with God). There will be healings and deliverances and those we consider to be the bottom of the heap will be saved and serving God in the final revival before His appearing. Don't count the church out yet, my FRiend.
bookmk ping for later , and thanks
>>Many, if not most, in this country would remain civilized even under the most extreme circumstances, because those are the values they live by.
As a great example of that, in the last few days I saw some footage from the wake of the 1989 San Francisco earthquake. I noted a group of 6-8 civilian volunteers in street clothes deploying a large firehose to a large building that had caught fire in the wake of the quake.
Contrasted with the looters we'd seen from NOLA, it was a striking image.
bttt
Sounds a lot like what's been going on too long in Iraq and other Middle Eastern locales.
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