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Christianity is not appealing because it requires change, and that's hard work. I don't think you need to look much farther than that.Veritas vos Liberabit<>< Learn Greek <>< Look here for an Orthodox Church in America<><Ancient Faith Radio
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Originally posted by One Bad Pig View PostChristianity is not appealing because it requires change, and that's hard work. I don't think you need to look much farther than that.
Christianity is not appealing because it requires change, and we do love our sin. It tells us we are vile sinners and only Christ can bring us back into a right relationship with God. We want to deny that we are in need of a Saviour, so we seek those things that we think we can do to make us righteous, and none of them are sufficient.
It's all about Jesus. And if Jesus isn't appealing to the world, well, He said that would be the case, and nothing we can do to make Jesus and, by extension, Christianity, more appealing is going to work. Churches by the thousands are trying to compromise the gospel with worldly stuff and it's just filling those churches with unbelievers who have no idea of what Christianity really is.
Preach the gospel of sin, repentance and faith in Jesus Christ and that's it.Last edited by mossrose; 12-09-2019, 02:09 PM.
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Any philosophy that requires you to die to self will not be popular in an individualistic society."I am not angered that the Moral Majority boys campaign against abortion. I am angry when the same men who say, "Save OUR children" bellow "Build more and bigger bombers." That's right! Blast the children in other nations into eternity, or limbless misery as they lay crippled from "OUR" bombers! This does not jell." - Leonard Ravenhill
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The answer never seemed hard to me. Because Christianity asks us to do things that are hard for us. Though they're only hard for us because even though some small, but very real, part of us love God, older parts don't.
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Christianity isn't supposed to be appealing. We're pointing to the truth of Christ, not selling soap."He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose." - Jim Elliot
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Originally posted by mossrose View Post[ATTACH=CONFIG]41315[/ATTACH]
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by mossrose View PostYes.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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Originally posted by rogue06 View PostB-but why can't He say stuff that's more upbeat and cheerful? Why doesn't He tell us to not worry about anything and just be happy? I mean, who doesn't want to hear that?
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Originally posted by mossrose View PostBecause all the false teachers say that kind of stuff. So the things they say are, by definition, false.
I'm always still in trouble again
"You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
"Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
"Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman
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