AMEN…enjoyed your comment.

1. There is no NT doctrine of “revival.” It is a word the church made up to describe a movement of the Holy Spirit, but it has morphed into something that some misguided parts of the church believe they can create, expand, manipulate, and manage. It lays the burden of guilt on the body for not praying hard enough, or not having enough faith. It feels to me a lot like prosperity gospel and Joel Osteen wrapped in the US flag. That kind of “Revivalism” is not a good thing in my view.

2. Even if there was such a doctrine as “revival,” shouldn’t the focus be on the Gospel? There is very little Gospel message that I can see in this 40/40 document. It’s more about church changing culture to make it better for Christians, not about church changing lives to make it better for culture. Can we go back to the church renewal movement?

3. I lose all respect for any educated Christian who applies 2 Chronicles 7:13-14 as some kind of divine promise for America. It’s misusing Scripture to promote a denominational program. It makes me angry, but I suppose they would just say I’m in need of their revival. Sigh.

Don’t you know We Are Living In The End Times (TM)?

(Though that DOES beg the question: If Christ Is Coming to beam us up tomorrow (at the latest) and It’s All Gonna Burn, why bother to take over the country and Turn It Into A Christian Nation (TM)? I know Rayford LaHaye Steele does that when he’s handed the New Heavens and New Earth at the end of Left Behind: Volume 12, but do we have to do the same as LaHaye’s author self-insert?)

I’m not nearly goofy enough to think that Republicans walk on water or that everyone of them is Godly. — Joe Blackmon

No, The Obama’s the One Who Walks on Water. (Have you ever HEARD Obama Fanboys? After Dubya’s been cast as The Antichrist for the past seven years of Great Tribulation, now Obama’s cast as The Coming Christ to Save Us All. It’s Left Behind for Brights (TM).)

However, how any Christian can vote for a candidate that is pro-abortion and pro-gay marriage is beyond me. — Joe Blackmon

IMonk, was it you or some other blogger that claimed the Gospel being preached from today’s pulpits has been reduced to nothing more than “We Denounce Abortion, Homosexuality, and Evolution”? How did those become the Words of Eternal Life?

peace

I’m guessing that you might be new to the internet and to commenting at blogs.

There’s no reason to withdraw from commenting, I assure you.

I actively moderate my comments and no one should take my moderation as a personal request to do anything unless I personally request them to do it.

Long comments are rarely read. Many people who write long comments would have a better audience to start a blog and link to it from comments. I’ve been blogging for almost a decade and this is good advice.

Your opinions and comments are welcome here.

peace

MS

Sorry! I made a mistake. Opinions are a dime a dozen and everbody has one. One seldom is able to change the mind of another under any circumstance…no matter how well intended. You won’t hear from me again.

Oh, so it’s ok to vote for baby murderers. That makes it all beter. Thanks.

“But I don’t believe when God looks down….that He sees homosexuality any more “fleshly” than obesity, alcohol, drugs, gambling, or any other addiction which makes a person subservient to its practice.”

Wow, that’s an amazing analysis. I guess that’s why obesity, alcohol, blah, blah, blah, were punishible by death in the Old Testament. I mean, if one crime gets you a slap on the wrist and the other one is “Off with your head” they’re both just as bad in God’s eyes. I get it.

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I would not presume to answer for Michael, but isn’t it pretty obvious? He would like to keep his job.

Or, as he quoted former President George Herbert Walker Bush (Old 41), “Wouldn’t be prudent.”