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Let's pray that it is not the end; Christ's Church ought to be in all the world for a witness before the end ...
If anyone needs the light of Christ right now its the people of Iraq.
I try not to jump on what looks like a bandwagon.From Christian Today:
What do you think of this? Have you changed your signature, avatar, or social media personal avatar, etc.?
Why or why not?
I'm curious about trends and the reason(s) for them ...
I think it's biggest effect is slaving a conscience back into the sleep of ignorance.
It focuses on what is sensational without revealing any of the true causes of the conflict.
I try not to jump on what looks like a bandwagon.
I don't think it makes a real difference because it is like words - cheap and easy.
I think it's biggest effect is salving a conscience back into the sleep of ignorance.
It focuses on what is sensational without revealing any of the true causes of the conflict.
It would seem that Western meddling in the affairs of sovereign states is what is actually leading to the wiping out of Christianity in those places. The same thing is occuring in Syria today.Whats interesting about the article is that their persecution ramped up exponentially after we overthrew Saddam. IS was just the final nail on the coffin after 11 years worth of severe persecution.
It would seem that Western meddling in the affairs of sovereign states is what is actually leading to the wiping out of Christianity in those places. The same thing is occuring in Syria today.
Can you explain these points of contention more?
It all looks very much like political leaders, even if we assume good faith on their part, are not up to the tasks they set for themselves and their armies. That's what's worrying about it all; the overthrow of the Teliban, invasion of Iraq, and the Arab spring have all gone very pear-shaped haven't they. Now we have governments pledging to degrade and destroy this "Islamic state". Can we be confident that they got this more right than what they did in Afghanistan and in Iraq? Can we expect better to come from the unrest in Yemen and in Oman? And all these kids born in Western Democracies who are going over to Syria and Iraq to fight with "Islamic state" cannot be a good sign for stability in our own countries. It makes one wonder if this is a case of living in "interesting times"? Perhaps we're seeing the "wars and rumours of wars" along with the other elements mentioned in Matthew's eschatological chapters .... It isn't as if I am a millennialist looking for signs of the times and hoping for trouble in Israel hoping that it will all be according to some dispensationalist timetable or something ... but there's a lot that really looks very unstable and unhappy about our times today.
Let's remember to pray for our brethren in these troubled places; Syria, Iraq, and the Yemen and Oman. Those in Egypt and other places where persecutions are rising. And let's not forget to pray for our political leaders in the hope that the troubled times in which we live will not become worse and worse (will wax worse as the KJV expresses it).
Lord have mercy on us all ... Lord have mercy.
It would seem that Western meddling in the affairs of sovereign states is what is actually leading to the wiping out of Christianity in those places. The same thing is occuring in Syria today.
Using the Arabic letter "nun" is cheap and it is easy for those of us in secular democracies where we are rather unlikely to be persecuted for using the letter as a sign of solidarity with our brethren in Syria and Iraq and in the refugee camps to which many have been forced to flee. If that is all that we do then it costs us very little. God willing we will do more. God is witness to what we have already done.
Is that even possible?
"The gates of hell shall not prevail against it (the Church) ... "
But seriously, great efforts have been made to stamp out the Gospel in other places and times. They might have appeared to be successful, even for decades or longer, but in the end it turns out that there is usually (always?) a remnant, and the Gospel always returns or resurfaces, despite terrible persecution and locked borders.
At least from all I can remember having read.
Lord have Mercy indeed...It all looks very much like political leaders, even if we assume good faith on their part, are not up to the tasks they set for themselves and their armies. That's what's worrying about it all; the overthrow of the Teliban, invasion of Iraq, and the Arab spring have all gone very pear-shaped haven't they. Now we have governments pledging to degrade and destroy this "Islamic state". Can we be confident that they got this more right than what they did in Afghanistan and in Iraq? Can we expect better to come from the unrest in Yemen and in Oman? And all these kids born in Western Democracies who are going over to Syria and Iraq to fight with "Islamic state" cannot be a good sign for stability in our own countries. It makes one wonder if this is a case of living in "interesting times"? Perhaps we're seeing the "wars and rumours of wars" along with the other elements mentioned in Matthew's eschatological chapters .... It isn't as if I am a millennialist looking for signs of the times and hoping for trouble in Israel hoping that it will all be according to some dispensationalist timetable or something ... but there's a lot that really looks very unstable and unhappy about our times today.
Let's remember to pray for our brethren in these troubled places; Syria, Iraq, and the Yemen and Oman. Those in Egypt and other places where persecutions are rising. And let's not forget to pray for our political leaders in the hope that the troubled times in which we live will not become worse and worse (will wax worse as the KJV expresses it).
Lord have mercy on us all ... Lord have mercy.