I have to say some things many will find controversial. But personal worldview does reflect in current opinion.
Billy Graham had the ear of Presidents and other notables. The whole time I was growing up, I heard about his marvelous huge revivals where so many got saved. I didn;t know until recently that he had started the magazine Christianity Today. But i did do some research into the Billy Graham phenomenon many years ago. Brought in by other preachers.. also famous many are studied for what they write about the Word of God. He is notable for who he prayed with. So, I indeed looked at some of the taped revivals. And saw what I was told to watch for. Shills would run down to the altar.... planted employees, who started the wave of people moving If the Spirit was doing that, why would they need shills? No different from the fake healings of some preachers...planted wheelchair cases or blind people, who, you know "get healed. " and do it all the next day. Christ and his disciples never charged for healing but the coffers flow after such drama in fake healer's meetings.That is harsh I know. But It also led me to investigate music as a prop to emotional reactions and claims of salvation.Music can lead to a hypnogogic state. that is, slightly open, Perfect for receiving the Word presented by the preacher. Today's music goes much further, of course, inducing a numbed, zombie like state. harsh once again. but you have to wonder why they use music like a drug. How many of these over emotional statements of faith have held up over time? how many actually opened a Bible and began the process, with the Holy Spirit as guide..how many read a few tracts and sailed into life, assured they would go to Heaven when they died? By their fruit ye shall know them......Billy Graham certainly had some good fruit, but much of it was media hype. I am not called to preach so I cannot know what God had in mind for Mr. Graham. But you need to know my beliefs to follow through with my argument. If you stop reading, turned off, that's OK. I do not hold his children responsible for what he preached. They have their own paths. May they continue in all righteousness. That magazine says it all in it's title. Christianity ..Today. modern application. what basis does it have in ancient and unassailable truth? "Christ never condemned this" "Keep up with the times" just get em through the church door... Did the apostles ever back off from truth? even as they died for it? Oh we can get along with the world, you say Look how much influence he had, you say. Yet against his own beliefs, according to his son, the magazine he started to reach people came out and condemned President Trump. Said.. Remove him! Apparently even the rabid left is more acceptable that President Trump. Our lives would be hell.. Hillary promised us that...our courts would be even further left. no guns, no protection from criminals, non citizens in places of power. Mike Pence is an unknown quantity when it comes to wielding power. He plays by the rules ( I adore him, and his wife, and their animals, and their kids) A Josiah is not possible for us, now, We need someone who knows how the other side thinks.How to fight them. We don;t deserve a Josiah.I wish we did. And if they manage to oust Trump, Pence will not be far behind. Just because he sits in a seat of power they want. The lawless, demonically controlled House is more indicative of where we are are, spiritually,than any small church, simple honest businessman, or simple voter. They hold half the country spellbound, a few on the right have done the same. and those spiritual beings who hold sway. principalities and powers...laugh and laugh... We cannot ask for morality when we choose to ignore it on our own lives, We cannot be salt and light when the center is corrupt.. and I mean the churches. Nothing is more persuasive than the simple call to grace, and salvation that is our Lord and Savior.Jesus Christ. But so few hear it, now. So, I am not surprised the Christianity Today, to boost sales, or prove their lefty bonafides, had such an op ed. I am saddened. Even chik filet chose to side with the left to boost sales.More money! rah rah rah! (Americans have always mistaken Mammon for the God of the Bible.) we cannot see beyond our quick bite tweets or current newspaper headings to anything but.. I've got mine. Selfishness is the rule of the day. and that is what is missing right now. Spiritual growth is not following economic growth, And didn;t follow the egregious recession under Bush and slow recovery under Obama . We have been on a wrong path for a very long time.There was an uptick in church attendance following 9/11.Mourning was appropriate. But it trickled off... God may be holding up the inevitable to continue to grow His people, Israel, and prepare them for what is coming It maybe just to hinder the future one world government( and there are cracks in the EU., We aren;t the only people waking up to the dangers.)He gave a us a window where we can spread the truth far and wide to people we never met. What a blessing. Yet one supposedly christian post has everyone cowering and blubbering. I mean, Christians, not the world... they are doing a victory lap. How sad. There is one document which transmits the Word of God, The Bible .There is one Spirit who guides and comforts us The Holy Spirit.There is only one door, one way to salvation, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.And there is one God, found in three persons. I have no idea when God will bring this mess crashing down on us, But be prepared, folks, Fight the good fight. Stop looking to outside agencies to have your back.. whether it be religious faith, ownership of guns, or taking a stance on moral issues..Start reading and praying. be ready. Maranatha |
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