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Syncretism is what it's referred to by missions professors...or well someone.

When believers go in with the gospel and evangelize groups of people and do not disciple the new converts adequately and such all, do not tell them that they have to let go of all their pagan trappings and just hold on to only Christ. They error and let them hold on to both, their old means of salvation, works etc., ancestor worship, pagan rituals etc, blend it all together into a new hodgepodge, apostate mess - Usually out of fear and chasing new converts away. People are so stubborn, that old nature so sinful, stubborn, rebellious, and always the discussion of letting the Spirit of God who is now working in that new convert "doing the convicting" is discussed instead of just telling the new believers what the Word of God says in these regards....So many cultural trappings remain and hinder etc.

But soon this will all be behind us, very soon, the time may be close that we are all called up to meet HIM - finally!!!

This old song has been going through my mind lately

Come and dine, the Master calleth,
Come and dine:
There is plenty at God's table all the time.
He who fed the multitudes,
Turned the water into wine,
To the hungry calleth now, come and dine.

Rev 19:7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

Rev 19:8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

Rev 19:9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed [are] they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.

Rev 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him [was] called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

Rev 19:17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;

Our UTMOST for HIS HIGHEST!

I find it interesting that so far no one on this thread has commented that the non-Western evangelical Christains tend to be "conservative on abortion and gay marriage, but leftist on war and peace and economic matters". What's your take on this stance?