Posted on 11/29/2018 11:40:13 AM PST by Antioch
Spirituality is at the center of this all.
We need an understanding of Christ as a solid hope with a solid promise. Otherwise every time something happens that bums us out, we will be so “oh woe is us” that there won’t be room left for “let’s resolve to action.” Can we see PAST the satanic attack to the Christ centered counter thrust?
We will think the devil’s “roaring lion” act is loud till we hear the roar of the Lion of Judah.
There is a specific answer to spiritual accountability issues, and it is the Blood of the Lamb.
Using the Blood of the Lamb also entails forgiveness.
I don’t know what kind of but you are butting to me, but take care that it isn’t Satan’s but. The words “But God” are powerful and worthy of fear.
I whole heartedly agree with your assessment.
We are seeing numbers of Church goers declining,
and many parishes and congregations being vacated.
Satan is called "the great deceiver", rather than called "liar"
The deception is done with just a little bit of truth,
and then incremental dishonesty until it becomes blatant fraud.
That’s just sick.
Dat’s one ugly broad.
After listening to various videos explaining how most churches are actually 501c3 organizations these days, with the Federal government as their boss (fear of tax-exempt loss), who would want to belong to one of those entities? There is a lot more to this whole 501c3 and the churches setup. If interested, a search should yield informative results.
I’m old enough to remember attending church as a youngster. At that time, it was never about MONEY. ALL activities were FREE of charge for ALL. Expenses were paid by the church’s General Fund budget. Nowadays, I see churches charging for “events”, “conferences”, “materials expenses” for speakers, etc. IMO, this charging for most everything is unchristian.
Home churches, small groups, no full time paid pastors seems a freer way to worship. With no 501c3, it means Christ is the head of the church, not the Federal government. Not too much of a stretch to envision the Feds demanding churches hire transgenders, homosexuals, and pedoes next.
I realize most Christians probably don’t agree but it may partially explain dwindling numbers.
Radical feminists claim they only wear pink and play with My Little Pony because you have programmed them that way. On the other hand, radical feminists rarely are parents so they don't know what they're talking about, do they?
Must be a tax write off for her. Never seen uglier clothes.
All 3?
Recalling an early visit to Walt Disney World with her three sons, she said, “I thought they were going to go for the big superheroes. They were looking at princesses. And they all wanted to be Minnie Mouse.”
She continued, “I end up saying to myself, ‘You know what, it’s OK.’ You know why it’s OK? Because they’re talking, they’re finding themselves.”
Amen.
People need to see the commercial. It’s full of new world order satanic imagery but more than that you really come face to face with the fact that the devil so deranges some minds that they can’t see how hugely twisted and evil their actions are.
Her poor sons!
Even if it’s not satanic, it’s UGLY AS A PILE OF SH!T.
Just last night, I came across an address that Pastor Tony Evans made at the Dallas Theological Seminary on election day in 2016. It was titled “What On Earth Is Going On.” Pastor Evans, the first black graduate of DTS, made the point that we have to go through the church house before we can get to the White House. And this is proving true. Donald Trump, even though many of his policies are better spiritually than what Hillary was offering, was not well churched and needs coaching yet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO-jcNg-4m0
The deceiver may not be able to overturn our ideas of morality, especially when they have been learned over a lifetime, but he can get us trying to achieve it in our own energy. Then poof, the Holy Spirit goes out the window and we get a reputation as negative nags.
Evans exhorts the churches, put up or get out. Don’t be showing a powerless cross.
A vision larger than “generic charitable agency” is needed. It certainly needs to be free to talk to the governments. Whether it’s by bypassing that tax provision or amending it, it needs to happen.
Funny thing is that our daughter and her husband tried to raise their daughters Gender Neutral. My daughter hates pink. But the two grands want pink, Minnie Mouse, and My little pony EVERYTHING ! Seems to be Nature, not Nurture. Hee hee
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