Posted on 09/06/2010 3:34:08 PM PDT by Gamecock
You’d have Ithica, New York.
All of the bars would be closed, pornography banished, and pristine streets would be filled with tidy pedestrians who smiled at each other. There would be no swearing. The children would say, "Yes, sir" and "No, ma'am," and churches would be full every Sunday...where Christ is not preached.
We seem to think there would be drunks in the gutter, protitutes on every street corner, smoking and sassy children dancing.
I think Barnhouse was right.
Perhaps it would look like Utah.
Detroit
Thanks. This is actually what our pastor preached this last Sunday, using Keller’s example. Great sermon.
A couple of weeks ago I heard a sermon on the Prodigal Son preached by Dr Sinclair Ferguson.
He really railed on the older son. Great stuff.
Or DC
The first challenge is for Christians to learn what The Gospel is so they can preach it! It's rather sad how many serious church attenders don't have a clue about preaching The Gospel.
Or Washington, DC.
I knew someone would have posted my thought already.
I’m trying to understand this in light of The Reverends Jackson and Sharpton.
http://biggovernment.com/publius/2010/09/04/chicago-gang-members-hold-press-conference-to-slam-police/
Cool. Got a link?
There is a story about a Sunday school teacher who was teaching about the Prodigal son. At the end she asked some questions about the story. At one point she asked “who was upset when the prodigal son returned.” One kid raised his hand and said, “The fattend calf.”
Good news... many people miss the part of the older son, overlooking a central part of Christ's message.
LOL
When I taught Sunday School to JR high kids, I had one young man ask who do you think ended up running the business after the Dad was gone. Before I could answer one boy shouted, "the one who knew how to handle money".
You’d have:
Chicago,
W.D.C.,
Miami,
New York City,
Los Angeles,
San Francisco,
Detroit,
Gary, IN, etc...
It woulf look like Babylon or San Francisco or Salt Lake City under Brigham Young...
Immorality and paganism anf humanism would reign...
Good piece. In no way do I advocate being unabashedly rotten to the core as long as you claim to accept Jesus, but there’s no getting around it: crotchety Christianity that has nothing better to do with its life than judge others puts people off. Jesus wasn’t advocating social liberalism, moral relativism or acceptance of sin when he said to be kind to sinners. He was teaching us how to market our faith to potential believers; righteous behavior will follow naturally from humbling oneself before God. If crotchety Christians marketed their products in the same way they tend to market their faith—by scaring potential buyers away with warnings, do-nots, strings and fees before they can even get through the door—they would have no customers.
Thanks for posting that. That website is great. I’m listening to Seth Kniep on defending your faith. This site will be on my favorites list.
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