The Church creates the culture. We have let the culture to create our churches. God gave mercy on us!
Is Christianity dying!
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Very true. It's exactly what Jesus warned us would happen. Doctrines of men and doctrines of demons, instead of the doctrines of God.
But there are great movements of true Christianity, I believe, in all churches. I for one keep preaching true repentance and faith in Christ, and I will keep doing so.
I encourage everyone else to join me! Let's be the light of the world, not empty lamps.
But there are great movements of true Christianity, I believe, in all churches. I for one keep preaching true repentance and faith in Christ, and I will keep doing so.
I encourage everyone else to join me! Let's be the light of the world, not empty lamps.
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The church wont die, but it could be said to be shrinking in many ways. In my view, it got mugged by the scholar and theologian who came along after the first century.
A life of simple faith in Christ and total reliance on the Holy Spirit, gave way to a far more complicated life based on the theologies of the 'brightest and the best,' that had little, if any true bearing on the Christians walk to live an ever holier life
A life of simple faith in Christ and total reliance on the Holy Spirit, gave way to a far more complicated life based on the theologies of the 'brightest and the best,' that had little, if any true bearing on the Christians walk to live an ever holier life
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The love of money,immorality that was named amongst our church leaders, and man made philosophy, the twisting of scriptures and arrogant and self righteous church leaders helped to both ruin and give Christianity a bad name. Just as scripture prophesied it would.Imho.
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The Church is growing outside the West. In a couple of decades there will be more Christians in China than the population of the US, despite active government opposition.
The Church in North Korea has grown from 5 or 6,000 members in the mid 90s to almost 50,000 members today, even under the world's most extreme oppression. Kim Jong Un has been forced to abandon the failing policy of exterminating Christians and has created the "North Korean Orthodox Church" in an attempt to co-opt them.
The Church in North Korea has grown from 5 or 6,000 members in the mid 90s to almost 50,000 members today, even under the world's most extreme oppression. Kim Jong Un has been forced to abandon the failing policy of exterminating Christians and has created the "North Korean Orthodox Church" in an attempt to co-opt them.
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I don't think it should be surprising that outside influences lead the church astray throughout church history. The first century church was inundated with Judaism and a swarm of pagan influences, reflected in the admonitions of Paul and the other New Testament writers. When Jesus critiques the 7 churches of Asia Minor there are only two he does not find fault with, that should tell us something.
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Glad to here that you are standing for the Gospel! Brothers and Sisters from my church will be out on the streets handing out Gospel materials while sharing the uncompromising message in a loving and joyful manner.
It truly excites and inspires me when I hear that there are other Christians in the world that share the love of Jesus to a dying and lost world! Let us all keep the work going for I believe there is so much to do and so little time to do it. May God bless your faithfulness.
It truly excites and inspires me when I hear that there are other Christians in the world that share the love of Jesus to a dying and lost world! Let us all keep the work going for I believe there is so much to do and so little time to do it. May God bless your faithfulness.
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Agreed. We are definitely living in the end times, and as the prophets of old; with the help of the Holy Spirit, we must be bold and unafraid!
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The church is neither dying or shrinking but rather it is coming to form.
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What is 'the church'?
If you are talking about an organisation then yes it can and will cease. But if you are talking about the body of believers who make up 'the Bride of Christ', then that church will never cease to be.
If you are talking about an organisation then yes it can and will cease. But if you are talking about the body of believers who make up 'the Bride of Christ', then that church will never cease to be.
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Western humanism and unbridled faith in technology account for a lot of the decline in the Church in the west. A very rationalistic approach to life. Nietzsche was right in many ways, the problem with the modern world is that we've become slaves to our own science. It's become like Frankenstein. The Fukushima plant disaster is a good example of this. Rather than mastering ourselves, we are mastering nature. But we are still the same on the inside as we were 1,000 years ago, still fragile and fallible creatures struggling in a seemingly indifferent universe. There is a lack of appropriate fear and humility in the face of our plight that the ancients had. I think real scientists understand these issues, but the public is sort of isolated from that reality.
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Daniel 12:4
But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.
But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase.
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