Oops, sorry... I thought it said "Santa"...
Posted on 09/06/2010 3:34:08 PM PDT by Gamecock
I’m confused.
If Satan ran the city, people’s hearts would not be full of lust, treachery, envy, sloth, greed, and all the fallen human desires that makes the world not filled of such decency? And what portions of the bible would people read, that they would not know of God’s love from the Living Word?
Oops, sorry... I thought it said "Santa"...
GARY, INDIANA! Maybe that pool hall was a bad idea, after all.
Once upon a time murder capital in America.
Don’t know what’s improved in 30 years?
A San Francisco where 2% of the population believed in the saving power of Christ would be holier than a Polyannaville where nobody did.
Moral behavior itself is vain without Christ. You could life a sin-free life by never getting out of bed, but I don’t imagine God would be impressed. That’s what the article is saying.
Ya got trouble...with a capital T, and that rhymes with P, and that stands for POOL!
Can’t argue with anything he says. Interesting approach.
Barnhouse was such a good illustrator.
That was a great article. Good website as well.
This was wonderful reading and very inspirational. Thanks so much for posting it!
They would revert to reading Scripture as a moral guide, which happens in a lot of churches. How many people have you heard say that the Bible is a guide for living?
Living according to the Bible will cause many to clean up their acts, but as you know one sin is enough to condemn us.
Satan is not worried about Scripture, but of a proper understanding of Christ. As long as churches preach morals, Satan is happy, because he knows we can’t keep the law.
One more point: Satan is a master manipulator of Scripture. He can take Christ out of it sooo easily. We have to be careful to remember that Christ teaches that all of Scripture is about Him.
It’s a rhetorical answer to a rhetorical question, not what the author actually believes Satansburg would look like.
The point is, without Christ, what’s the point of leading a squeaky-clean, G-rated lifestyle? To prolong everybody’s march to the grave? People who don’t appreciate the true heart of the Gospel—Jesus’ saving power, the prospect of eternal life with God—and mistake all the “dos” and “don’ts” for its central message avoid sin not out of their faith in Jesus, not in an effort to make their lives a tribute to God’s goodness, but just so they can feel good about themselves. Works without faith are dead, too.
Detroit.
Thanks Julia.
It would look a lot like Islam
Matt Chandler preaches this message nonstop: http://fm.thevillagechurch.net/sermons
He, among others, has a term for this non-Christ christianity - therapeutic moralistic deism. Most of our churches preach and teach it.
God help us.
I could say the same about the last church I attempted to stick with for about a year. When I asked why there wasn't a cross of Jesus within the church I was told it was merely a symbol and that the church did not worship symbols..............Pastor Bob creeped me out too........I left
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