And the more the word of God is preached, the more Christ's light shines which enables men to know the truth.
Christ said not to hide that light under a bushel. Why did He tell us this, if the world is in a "downward trend?"
It's kind of funny that a Presbyterian is preaching revival to a Baptist. 8~) I must be reading too much Spurgeon.
You know, for a moment pretend Calvin was among us today. Do you think he would apprehend a "downward trend" from those days of papal persecution or would he be happily amazed at the number of Christians and the spread of God's word to all parts of the earth?
“You know, for a moment pretend Calvin was among us today. Do you think he would apprehend a “downward trend” from those days of papal persecution or would he be happily amazed at the number of Christians and the spread of God’s word to all parts of the earth?”
Actually, I think he would look at the Muslim nations surrounding Israel and becomming more beligerant and say, “well, it looks like the 70 A.D. speculation was wrong and we mhad better get our house in order.”
I still don’t understand why you think just because of the downward trend, we stop working. The harder the times the more the work. we aren’t going to usher in the kingdom, He is. “They kingdom come” we pray, not help us bring it in.