[Maximilian]

This is really excellent. I am a traditional Catholic, but I found nearly all of his points very well taken. Many of them can be applied to the Catholic Church as much as to any Protestant denomination.

Based on your quick description of his life, however, it sounds like Green was good at criticizing the problems with Christianity, but never found a church himself.

[streetpreacher]

No, that's not correct. I'm sorry if I gave that impression. As I understand, Keith attended a church in the Dallas area. Regardless, Last Days Ministries was a missionary training center as well as Discipleship School affiliated with the national missions agency, Youth With A Mission. As such, you might say, they were having "church" services daily. In other words, Keith wasn't just talking the talk; he was walking the walk, taking the gospel to the poorest and most unreached nations for Christ.

[streetpreacher]

Here is a song by Keith (written by his wife Melody) that really demonstrates his burden for the salvation of the lost and the maturity of the church:

JESUS COMMANDS US TO GO LYRICS

CHORUS

Jesus commands us to go,

but we go the other way.

So He carries the burden alone,

While His children are busy at play,

Feeling so called to stay.

END CHORUS

Oh, how God grieves and believes that the world can`t be saved,

Unless the ones He`s appointed obeys,

His command and His stand for the world,

That He loved more than life.

Oh He died, and He cries out tonight.

CHORUS

Jesus commands us to go,

It should be the exception if we stay.

It`s no wonder we`re moving so slow,

When His church refuses to obey,

Feeling so called to stay.

END CHORUS

Oh how God calls, as He stalls the great judgment of fire,

So He can gain, His Greatest desire.

Cause He knows that the souls of the lost,

They can only be reached, through us,

We`re His hands and His feet.

CHORUS

Jesus commands us to go,

It should be the exception if we stay.

It`s no wonder we`re moving so slow,

When God`s children refuse to obey,

Feeling so called to stay.

END CHORUS

Unfortunately, I didn't know how to post this in order to separate each stanza (correct term?) without leaving a blank line between each line using the paragraph command, so I typed in CHORUS and END CHORUS to try to separate each verse of the song.

[streetpreacher]

BTW, my last reply was not meant to denounce those who have left the "church" (so-called). I was just pointing out that this was not so in Keith's case. I myself, have been out for a number of years. This is not by choice. Sometimes the surrounding environment of spiritual deception leaves little choice for true followers of Christ. This may not be the case for some, but it is increasingly becoming the norm.

Many true, genuine believers who love God with all of their heart choose to stay in places of deception or death, as did my wife and I for a number of years, because they falsely believe that it is a sin to be "out of church" or because they think they can be a positive influence. I don't seek to judge the condition of anyone based on church attendance, or lack thereof.

After all, the church is who we are, not where or how we meet.