It takes me about 90 seconds of scrolling my feed these days to realize humanity absolutely deserves Hell and the harshest extent of God's fury. I am no exception.
By His Grace, we will not all suffer such a fate.
Go to church this Sunday, guys. Take your family.
Here, maybe give this a try:
https://t.co/sLnksDonpI
Trying to be charitable to both side here, from a Protestant perspective...
Generally, it's because there is serious concern lines are being crossed in regards to idolatry, which is why no saints are venerated in Protestantism the way they are in Roman Catholicism.
Individually, I find it distasteful to parade around and handle pieces of corpses. It's one thing to make an ornate memorial to honor someone of particular importance or saintly example, but it's another to take their body parts and use them in processions, pour 'holy water' over them, kiss them, etc.
You don't have to agree with me, but maybe chalk this one up to it conflicting with my moral conscience as a Christian. Maybe I and those like me are just "weaker brothers", or maybe we're correct. Just be careful, is all I'll say.
My toddler son's smile makes every single day feel brighter. It's incredible to look into his face and see his mother and I's features both there. When he rushes to the door when I get home from work, it nearly brings me to tears. Every. Single. Time.
People are so selfish, today. It's... just sad.
This is the courage and boldness we need from Christian leaders. Islam is no friend. They never will be.
Put them in their place and send them back. If not, one day we will look at many Western nations the way we look at the Middle East and North Africa today, once-great, formerly Christian nations that have thoroughly been Islamized.
Christianity teaches that Jesus Christ is God come to Earth in physical, human form.
In addition to teaching His followers and fulfilling Old Testament prophecies, this was necessary for Him to ultimately carry out His plan to offer Himself as a sacrifice for our sins (sin separates us from God) which He did when He allowed Himself to be crucified. Three days later, He rose from death to prove everything He said about who He really was, was true. He remained with His followers for another 40 days, preparing them to go out into the world to establish His Church, and then ascended into Heaven before witnesses where He currently sits, with a promise to physically return one day to take dominion of all Creation.
That was a lot, I know, but it's as good of a summary as I could type out on short notice lol
The Bible is what we ultimately trust and base all our beliefs and doctrine upon, but much of the most important stuff can be communicated in what we call the "Ecumenical Creeds".
Try looking up:
the Apostles' Creed, gives a summary similar to what I've shared here and is pretty brief...
the Nicene Creed, which is similar but gives a little more detail and is, quite frankly, absolutely beautiful...
and if you're brave:
the Athanasian Creed, which explains the Holy Trinity
All three of these together embody some of the most fundamental, most historic Christianity in short form.