Posted on 10/19/2014 10:38:07 AM PDT by Kaslin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Olasky
Olansky stikes me as a tad mean spirited ... a tad vain. I suspect that might not sit well with a higher being:
from the link:
Olasky was born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, to a Russian-Jewish family and graduated from Yale University in 1971 with a B.A. in American Studies.[2] In 1976 he earned his Ph.D. in American Culture at the University of Michigan.[2] He became an atheist in adolescence and a Marxist in college, ultimately joining the Communist Party USA in 1972.[2] He married and divorced during this period and by his own admission broke every one of the ten commandments except the one against murder. He left the Communist Party late in 1973 and in 1976 became a Christian after reading the New Testament and a number of Christian authors.[2]
Thanks,
I don’t know how you come to that conclusion. That that you are entitled to your opinion
Tears By Me Out The Heart.
Some fiction can affect us profoundly if we’re still alive.
I’d also recommend the Bible even though Job is admittedly fiction to many authorities, Jewish and Christian.
“Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.”
Marvin Olasky’s pride and arrogance are thinly vailed ...
Ask Jesus to save him. He’s been known to intervene and give the hopeless a chance upon the prayers of loved ones. “Saul, why do you persecute me?”
To be Surprised by Joy was the vector that saved C.S. Lewis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surprised_by_Joy
Yes, it is as simple as the Sinners Prayer, and if they have never been baptized, just sprinkle water on them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit once that prayer is done....the sick cannot be taken to be immersed.
God is love ....we have opportunities to bring our family to God. Don’t let that opportunity pass. I had an Uncle who was made ready for death in this very way.
There is a ‘peace that passes all understanding’ once they have made that commitment and the fear leaves them, because then they aren’t going to hell.
Jesus was clear and simple....
It is that Simple,,,,,Yes !
Jesus said ;
This Day You shall be in Paradise,
to one on the cross beside Him.
Thanks
Give him the book “I Don’t Have Enough Faith to be an Atheist”
by Norman Geisler and Frank Turek.
I called myself agnostic for a long time. But I would never have referred to myself as an atheist. It cannot be claimed but as an alternative religion, regardless the huffing and puffing..
This is powerful. Prayers for this man and the many angry fearful ones like him.
Got a line on it through the local library. I’ll try & report.
Thank You.
“Many” authorities?
The entire Bible is fiction to “many” authorities,seeing as how it includes mystical beasts (see Job, for example), and mythical personages, and magical miracles.
In their view, the only saving grace is its moral message. But seeing as they keep drawing the wrong moral message ffrom it, I have no real use for their opinions.
They could be right; I could be wrong. But my money goes the other way.
Some Christian writers have understood what my childhood friend is going through.
Ecclesiastes
Ecc 1:1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
Ecc 1:2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity.
Ecc 1:3 What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? ....................................
There is a wise conclusion at the very end but if anyone wants to know what it is, you will have to go read it your self.
“Is it as simple as the Sinners Prayer,,?”
No because the person may not completely understand what is happening. Jesus said “You must be born again”. You have to put away the old man and embrace the new man.
Here’s a better of example in a simpler form. Not perfect but good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCSUKIhjevo&list=TLloeB_AWqVGrHWQ0aF8wOZS-GpdG4Gvbr
There is so much more to just being saved. There are rewards to be received in front of our God Almighty. If all we did our whole lives for God was believe in Jesus Christ and his resurrection you will be ashamed and disappointed that you did not do more for Him. There are rewards, awards to be secured in our eternal life. Do more works, not for salvation but for rewards, study, speak and take a stand.
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