For every action there is an opposite and equal reaction

Amen to both. If we don’t get back to the first we will surely reap the second.

 

We don't escape the trampling by the horseman before the bugler heralds His return. Just pray that we are right in our belief we ARE the righteous.

 

I do believe people are, more now than ever before, looking for something in their lives that has been lost, especially young people. They can't get it from the internet or Nike shoes or iPhone or drugs/alcohol or tattoos or metal piercings - they tried. Their lives are missing something, they're empty inside and no matter how much they eat or drink they cannot be sated. In truth, their emptiness is not all their fault. Religion itself has deserted them in many ways by not staying true to its own teachings or going against its own teachings when its politically advantageous or, sadly, protecting evil within its own religion to retain power by deserting the good.

So, I do not find this strange whatsoever. People are finding God on their own, not through some institutionalize version. Me, I love God but dislike all religions. I think they are all corrupt, much like governments, and certainly cannot be trusted.

 

I agree. I was a high school teacher for a few years and it was sad to see how much of a dramatic shift has happened in mainstream values. I think all of this nonsense is a distraction from much bigger issues. Everyone has become so distracted and divided and accountability has dissolved at an alarming rate.

 

@Brokor "It is therefore not only logical, but essential to stand by the Christians of the United States and repel any and all attacks."

Please don't misunderstand, I would most definitely stand with and support any Christian and Christian values. I am a Christian. I just have a difficult time supporting religions. Every time I think I find one worthy of my belief they turn out to be hypocrites or worse.

I was baptized Russian Orthodox because it made my wife and mother-in-law extremely happy and I thought they no one could be more serious about their faith but...but now, we see their Pope advocating war in the Ukraine, in lock step with Putin... No thanks, I'm done.

I am not knocking anyone that gets enjoyment and/or spiritual strength from their religion because I do too but institutionalize religions seem more about money and power than anything else to me so...I don't need them.

 

Yes! Thank you as I have always tried to put this into words and failed.

 

not sure but read somewhere that Christianity is not a religion per se...

religions it seems require a buncha rules and regulations...

Christianity IIRC actually only has one?

and I have to say I'm not so much religious but I do try to follow Jesus...

and ya got real tired of those in you face types ya often find in church's

IMHO they tend to chase more people away then to welcome them with their nose in the air crap...

 

Hey who had satanic cults sacrificing kids for April or satanic cults doing anything for April?

 

WOKE = hedonism = Satan = Doom. Pretty straight up math.

 

Where one gets their knowledge matters, right or wrong, accurate or vague.
When God made Adam and put him in the garden, God was his sole source of information, however God designed that choices must be made, hence the tree of the knowledge off good and evil.
God warned him not to even touch it but Adam chose this alternative source.
This sin is what divided man from God, and still does.
Over time God set aside a people of promise to Abraham because "he" respected God, and God gave him religion and the use of academics to culture men that might respect God as well. "Old testament law"
Due to man's rebellious nature this did not bring about a relationship except in a few.
The nature of God's redeemer for man was revealed through out the old testament, then Jesus was revealed.
Jesus provided the example and demonstrated the relationship God has in mind for man. and to give him the power to live in such a way provided the Holy Spirit for those choosing to live under Jesus Lordship.
Man's salvation is not in academics, but in a relationship taking direction from God, not alternatives men choose in lace of God.
Old Testament priests failed to make this clear to the people enjoying the power they had over the people, and to this day many men choose this path thinking judgment will differ to their teachers exonerating themselves, when both will bear judgment for sin. Lacking God's own influence.
As I said from the beginning, "Where one gets their knowledge matters."
After I had asked Jesus into my life I recognized God's presents everywhere in everything, no where to hide. And from that time on God has been teaching me both privately and using other means as well.
I respect the writers of the New Testament, but my chief concern are those things Jesus said. Having studied the whole bible, I can see the relevance Jesus demonstrated Himself to be God and His effort to reach man.
Years ago (1970s) when things look similar as they do today and a great many thought it were end times, people were handing me books on the issue, but attempting to read them, I couldn't absorb the information, and I asked God Why? God said, "I will tell you what you need to know when the time comes." And with that I am satisfied not to worry about it.