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Originally Posted by onslowe
History has had its ups and downs, but it has had its 'ups.' The dark is temporary if it's real at all.
God will decide when the 'end time' is and still hasn't included me in the memo distribution. 
I will continue to try to be a Christian, and yes, go to my church, and pray and keep in mind Psalm 46……"Be still, and know that I am God."
Thanks for letting me go on and on, but I needed to say these things. |
Thanks for saying them. But I have to say the dark is not temporary nor is it new. Satan is called the Prince of Darkness in Scripture. Christ spoke about working while the light was still with them because soon the light would be taken out of the world. He is that light. He told us to be lights in a dark world. There's no question this world is spiritually dark and is increasingly getting darker with less willing to be light carriers.
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Originally Posted by rubicon
I believe it is a mistake in many cases to go back in time and judge people based on what we know now.
I also believe that one does not need statistics to recognize that fewer and fewer people remain within a church especially as their wealth grows and unless their is a life altering event they may never return.
I believe around the world and in this country Christians are being physically and/or psychologically /legally/administratively attack .
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I agree with all of this...actually Fox News just put this out tonight:
"Deaths of Christians at the hands of persecutors is up worldwide. Some 2,123 Christians were killed last year due to their faith, compared to 1,201 in 2012, according to research. More than half of those reported killings occurred in Syria, followed by Nigeria and Pakistan."
http://tinyurl.com/mo2hsl2