A Christianity that always seems to NET out toโฆ
โYouโre not allowed to do anything at the political / cultural level to save your country from secularization, paganization, and being overrun by evil.
The church must stand generally aloof and watch the societal inheritance you hand your children, grandchildren, and the future Church in America become much, much worseโฆ but you get to feel more holy because you stayed above the fray and never took any clear sidesโ
โฆ ends up not being worth much other than to be thrown out and trampled under peopleโs feet. (Matt 5:13)
โContend for the faith once and for all delivered to the saints.โ
โ Jude 3
Share the gospel
Make disciples
Build Christian families
Plant churches
Oppose people getting in power who will advance NET โwhen wickedness rules, the people groanโ policies
^all of the above
I was reading Numbers and, for some reason, I decided to go down a rabbit hole about a seemingly innocuous detail. What I discovered blew my mind.
This was a great reminder for me: not a single word is wasted in the literal word of God.
Did this little boy really see Jesus? My real answer: I don't know. But this video emotionally wrecked me as a dad.
This what I'd say to him if I were his pastor ๐
You can say, "what's mine is mine," that's called selfishness. You can say, "what's mine is God's," that's called stewardship.
Or you can say, "what's yours is mine," and that's called stealing... unless the government's doing it and then we tend to call it "socialism."
How do you heal a nation? โGo to church.โ
There is significant *actual data* that he is right.
Is it perfect? Nope, not as long as youโre there :)
Is it โthe dearest place on earthโ? Yes.
These conversations rarely go well for pastors... but we never apologize for the word of God.
Here is a "watch out" for godly women on the Lindsay Clancy case that has captivated the nation ๐
Every single time there is a spirit-filled prophetic pastor, the entire world begins to align against that man.
This is not new. There are plenty of examples of this in the Bible.
Let's talk about the Phillip Anthony Mitchell "scandal."
I urge every Christian read the words John MacArthur wrote shortly before he died. We focus a lot on how we "start" our race, and not enough about how we FINISH.
There is a big difference between feeling "scared" and a SPIRIT OF FEAR.
If what I'm about to describe sounds like you in any area of your life, I urge you to ask the Lord to reveal it to you.