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Post by Summergirl on Mar 26, 2014 11:49:20 GMT -5
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Post by OnThe3dge on Mar 26, 2014 14:50:01 GMT -5
Personally, I really don't care who winds up being the AC, since we won't be here to see him. But there has to be some connection with "the prince that shall come", referencing Titus the Roman who sacked Jerusalem and desecrated the temple in 70 AD. There are many evil world rulers, but I think the AC will be hailed as a "light bearer" and peacemaker, rather than Obama who is despised by most of the world.
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Post by popcorn on Mar 26, 2014 14:54:45 GMT -5
 Luk 21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. I think they are just comparing Obama to the anti-Christ, in this news story. Christian Leaders Shocked, Grieved by World Vision’s Decision to Hire Employees in Same-Sex Marriages Christian leaders such as evangelist Franklin Graham and Russell D. Moore, who is president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, expressed outrage that Christian relief organization World Vision announced it would hire employees in same-sex marriages on Monday. ”I was shocked today to hear of World Vision’s decision to hire employees in same-sex marriages,” Graham, the son of renowned evangelist Billy Graham, said in his statement. “The Bible is clear that marriage is between a man and a woman. ”My dear friend, Bob Pierce, the founder of World Vision and Samaritan’s Purse, would be heartbroken. He was an evangelist who believed in the inspired Word of God. World Vision maintains that their decision is based on unifying the church – which I find offensive – as if supporting sin and sinful behavior can unite the church. From the Old Testament to the New Testament, the Scriptures consistently teach that marriage is between a man and woman and any other marriage relationship is sin,” Graham, who is the president and CEO of Samaritan’s Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Moore also released a statement on Monday in which he pointed out that World Vision, one of the largest Christian relief organizations in the world, said its move was no capitulation, just a recognition that some groups supporting World Vision have differing views on sex and marriage. ”This is no surprise, on one level,” Moore explained. “The constellation of parachurch evangelical ministries founded after World War II have been running headlong, with some notable exceptions, toward the very mainline liberalism to which they were founded as alternatives. Some think if we can just barter away Christian orthodoxy fast enough we can catch the wave of that Presbyterian Church (USA) church growth boom. ”But here’s what’s at stake. This isn’t, as the World Vision statement (incredibly!) puts it, the equivalent of a big tent on baptism, church polity, and so forth,” he writes. “At stake is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. If sexual activity outside of a biblical definition of marriage is morally neutral, then, yes, we should avoid making an issue of it. If, though, what the Bible clearly teaches and what the church has held for 2000 years is true, then refusing to call for repentance is unspeakably cruel and, in fact, devilish.” World Vision announced that its “American branch will no longer require its more than 1,100 employees to restrict their sexual activity to marriage between one man and one woman,” as reported by Christianity Today. The organization states that abstinence outside of marriage remains a rule. Christians in legal same-sex marriages are permitted be employed, according to the policy change. Moore’s statement includes his belief that the world has entered an era “where we will see who the Evangelicals really are, and by that I mean those who believe in the Gospel itself, in all of its truth and all of its grace.” He continues, “And many will shrink back.” He writes that there’s “an entire corps of people out there who make their living off of evangelicals but who are wanting to ‘evolve’ on the sexuality issue without alienating their base.” ”I don’t mind people switching sides and standing up for things that they believe in,” Moore states. “But just be honest about what you want to do. Don’t say, ‘Hath God said?’ and then tell us you’re doing it to advance the gospel and the unity of the church.” He concludes, “Donor bases come and go. But the Gospel of Jesus Christ stands forever. World Vision is a good thing to have, unless the world is all you can see.” Trevin Wax, managing editor of The Gospel Project at LifeWay Christian Resources, said the decision by World Vision brings on a time to grieve for children everywhere. ”No matter what you think about this decision, I hope you feel a sense of grief…for the children,” Wax wrote on The Gospel Coalition’s blog. “This is a story of deep and lasting significance, because there are children’s lives at stake in how we respond. ”Children will suffer as Evangelicals lose trust in and withdraw support from World Vision in the future. It will take time for evangelicals to start new organizations that maintain historic Christian concepts of sin, faith and repentance.” After listing reasons children suffer in so many ways, not just in decisions such as the one that World Vision made, and how Evangelicals will respond with grief, he writes. “But we also grieve for children here at home who are growing up in a culture in which sexual idolatry distorts the meaning of marriage and the beauty of God’s original design.” source: www.christianpost.com/news/christian-leaders-shocked-grieved-by-world-visions-decision-to-hire-employees-in-same-sex-marriages-116730/
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Post by popcorn on Mar 27, 2014 5:02:31 GMT -5
Update: World Vision reverses decision on hiring Christians in same-sex marriages International poverty ministry World Vision is reversing its decision just two days after announcing it would allow people in same-sex marriages to become missionaries. “The board acknowledged it made a mistake and chose to revert to our longstanding policy requiring sexual abstinence for all single employees and faithfulness within the Biblical covenant of marriage between one man and one woman,” the group said in a statement. “We are brokenhearted over the pain and confusion we have caused many of our friends, who saw this decision as a reversal of our strong commitment to Biblical authority.” read more: www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/26/world-vision-reverses-decision-hiring-christians-s/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS |
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Post by baydoll on Mar 28, 2014 6:19:14 GMT -5
Update: World Vision reverses decision on hiring Christians in same-sex marriages International poverty ministry World Vision is reversing its decision just two days after announcing it would allow people in same-sex marriages to become missionaries. “The board acknowledged it made a mistake and chose to revert to our longstanding policy requiring sexual abstinence for all single employees and faithfulness within the Biblical covenant of marriage between one man and one woman,” the group said in a statement. “We are brokenhearted over the pain and confusion we have caused many of our friends, who saw this decision as a reversal of our strong commitment to Biblical authority.” read more: www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/mar/26/world-vision-reverses-decision-hiring-christians-s/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSGood for them!  |
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Post by PrisonerOfHope on Mar 29, 2014 14:18:19 GMT -5
I still wouldn't support World Vision - they're into Social Justice, rather than evangelism. Sure, we should help the poor, but at the same time the gospel should be shared with them, and World Vision doesn't do that. What good is giving someone a bottle of water on their way to hell going to do?  |
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