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Arrogance of unbelief

When You Aren't At Church

The place was quiet without your voice

We missed your gleaming face

We were so sad to look and see your

vacant, empty place.

We hope you are not sick

Nor mortally depressed

We hope your car is working well 

No wounds needing dressed

With anxious eyes we'll watch the door

Your car wheels sound the fife

We hope next Sunday you will join

Your friends at Bread of Life.

A Parable

There once was a King who called His faithful servants to Him and handed each one a paint brush. He instructed them to go into the neighboring country and paint each heart white.

The servants joyfully went about their assignment, painting every heart they came across.

But after a time, they began to notice that in this country fences were covered in graffiti, houses were old and worn down, curbs were dirty. 

“We have these brushes full of white paint. Why don’t we paint these run down, dirty things and make everyone’s life better?”  Suggested one of them.

So the servants set in to improve this country. And they did make a difference. Everything looked much prettier.

But after a time, they ran out of paint. So they went back to their King and asked Him for more.

With tears in His eyes, the king sadly shook His head.

“There is no more paint. You see, there was just enough in your brushes to paint every heart in that country white. Had you done what I told you to, not only would all the hearts be white, but the result would have been that everything else you wanted done would have happened, too. But now it’s too late.”

At the turn of the century the Christian church teamed up with those who thought the government knew better how to make decisions in people’s lives to fight “demon alcohol.” Massive amounts of energy went into this campaign, and alcohol was eventually outlawed. 

That was a disaster.

Those laws were repealed, but the truth is that alcohol consumption did drop and didn’t return to pre-prohibition levels until the 70’s.

And the difference in our society? All the evils that were supposed to be cured by getting rid of alcohol continued. They just continued sober instead of drunk. People were still going to hell. They were just doing it sober.

How different would our country have been if the Christians had simply stuck to the message of salvation? If all that energy had been put into bringing people to Christ instead of getting rid of alcohol?

The goals of a better country would have been achieved, plus people would be going to Heaven.

What issues are the church focusing on today instead of salvation? What fences are we painting now instead of hearts?

We do not bring people to Church to Get Saved.

We bring people to church because they ARE saved.

Less than 3% of Christians came to the Lord inside of a church building.

So many of our churches are going about it all wrong; we are ordering our services to appeal to and save the lost. But this is not the audience for a typical church service. The lost have no reason to come into the church doors.

The church is for the equipping of the members, the training of the people to go out and bring people to God OUTSIDE the church and then bring them to church to be taught and trained.

And the church is for worshiping God.

That is what we should be ordering our services for; worshiping God and training.

Thoughts on abortion rights

"It's my body and I have the right to do with it as I want."

1) No one has the right to do with their body as the want.

Its Time for the Christian Right to Oppose the Draft

Its Time for the Christian Right to Oppose the Draft - Chalcedon

If the 13th amendment to the Constitution prohibits slavery, wouldn't that include the draft?  Or are we going to say the amendments don't apply to thee government?