This is a evil world........
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The truth is distorted.......church doctrines have been changed to accomodate the needs of man instead of focusing on God.........yes the modern "churches" are growing......but are people really saved??? Are people getting the correct message? By what fruits will we know pple has been saved??? Church membership? NOOOOOOOOOOOT
Relativism has set in and replaced orthodoxy.........criticize bad doctrines/heresies and u will be told "judge not"............everything has been compromised in the name of unity..........
Pple are only interested in themselves (egoism and self-fishness).....want bigger pay checks, better cars, little sense of trust and charity nowadays....and worse dabble in Occult and Spirits (e.g. Oudja Board, Kumantong etc) to get 4D numbers etc etc etc........
Look at the state of society....we may be getting wealthier.......but at what cost? Broken families, defeated spirits, mentally-disturbed pple.........
Sigh........now I understand why my pastor friend why he yearned for the Lord to come back. -
very soon you'd have brey coming back to tell you that he's taken the extra step..... and you should follow him.
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What would you give for a better world? Your blood, sweat, tears, life and soul?Originally posted by laoda99:The truth is distorted.......church doctrines have been changed to accomodate the needs of man instead of focusing on God.........yes the modern "churches" are growing......but are people really saved??? Are people getting the correct message? By what fruits will we know pple has been saved???
Relativism has set in and replaced orthodoxy.........criticize bad doctrines/heresies and u will be told "judge not"............everything has been compromised in the name of unity..........
Pple are only interested in themselves (egoism and self-fishness).....want bigger pay checks, better cars, little sense of trust and charity nowadays....and worse dabble in Occult and Spirits (e.g. Oudja Board, Kumantong etc) to get 4D numbers etc etc etc........
Look at the state of society....we may be getting wealthier.......but at what cost? Broken families, defeated spirits, mentally-disturbed pple.........
Sigh........now I understand why my pastor friend why he yearned for the Lord to come back. -
Sometimes we shouldnt just whine about all the prblems but start out with just a small step to solve the prblem. ( Not targeting at youOriginally posted by laoda99:The truth is distorted.......church doctrines have been changed to accomodate the needs of man instead of focusing on God.........yes the modern "churches" are growing......but are people really saved??? Are people getting the correct message? By what fruits will we know pple has been saved???
Relativism has set in and replaced orthodoxy.........criticize bad doctrines/heresies and u will be told "judge not"............everything has been compromised in the name of unity..........
Pple are only interested in themselves (egoism and self-fishness).....want bigger pay checks, better cars, little sense of trust and charity nowadays....and worse dabble in Occult and Spirits (e.g. Oudja Board, Kumantong etc) to get 4D numbers etc etc etc........
Look at the state of society....we may be getting wealthier.......but at what cost? Broken families, defeated spirits, mentally-disturbed pple.........
Sigh........now I understand why my pastor friend why he yearned for the Lord to come back.
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How to make the world a better place? How to change the world?
A.R.K ; start with an Act of Random Kindness, just a small random act will do. -
And not all the terrible things that you've outlined, happen to the majority of people.
Free will is a concept that needs understanding. -
http://www.vatican.va/gpII/documents/homily-pro-eligendo-pontifice_20050418_en.html
From a homily by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, 2005.How many winds of doctrine have we known in recent decades, how many ideological currents, how many ways of thinking. The small boat of the thought of many Christians has often been tossed about by these waves - flung from one extreme to another: from Marxism to liberalism, even to libertinism; from collectivism to radical individualism; from atheism to a vague religious mysticism; from agnosticism to syncretism and so forth. Every day new sects spring up, and what St Paul says about human deception and the trickery that strives to entice people into error (cf. Eph 4: 14) comes true.
Today, having a clear faith based on the Creed of the Church is often labeled as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, that is, letting oneself be "tossed here and there, carried about by every wind of doctrine", seems the only attitude that can cope with modern times. We are building a dictatorship of relativism that does not recognize anything as definitive and whose ultimate goal consists solely of one's own ego and desires.
We, however, have a different goal: the Son of God, the true man. He is the measure of true humanism. An "adult" faith is not a faith that follows the trends of fashion and the latest novelty; a mature adult faith is deeply rooted in friendship with Christ. It is this friendship that opens us up to all that is good and gives us a criterion by which to distinguish the true from the false, and deceipt from truth.
We must develop this adult faith; we must guide the flock of Christ to this faith. And it is this faith - only faith - that creates unity and is fulfilled in love. -
Is Cardinal part of his name?Originally posted by SingaporeMacross:From a homily by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, 2005.
Or an appointment such that he should be addressed as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger? -
No, it's not. Cardinal in front the first name or behind is fine.Originally posted by Icemoon:Is Cardinal part of his name?
Or an appointment such that he should be addressed as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger? -
u become fortune teller?Originally posted by Chin Eng:very soon you'd have brey coming back to tell you that he's taken the extra step..... and you should follow him.
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Good question....Originally posted by Herzog_Zwei:What would you give for a better world? Your blood, sweat, tears, life and soul?
what can i do to change the world (as a christian)? -
It is not just about acts of kindness........I think we really need God's grace to pass thru this difficult times........though scriptures are being fulfilled by the events in this world but I can't feel disappointed with society/church.......Originally posted by davidche:Sometimes we shouldnt just whine about all the prblems but start out with just a small step to solve the prblem. ( Not targeting at you )
How to make the world a better place? How to change the world?
A.R.K ; start with an Act of Random Kindness, just a small random act will do. -
u sure?Originally posted by LazerLordz:And not all the terrible things that you've outlined, happen to the majority of people.
Free will is a concept that needs understanding.
I dun understand ur final sentence though. -
Nothing...Originally posted by laoda99:Good question....
what can i do to change the world (as a christian)?
There is absolutely nothing you or I can do to change the world but we can each do something to change our own self.....
having say this... there is no rule that says you can't pray about it, but whether God want to change it, how He want to do it and when He decide to do it.... not up to us to decide lah...
Oh.... we are called to be Light to the world, Salt to the world... but never called to change the world -
devil & satan has set in.
everyone on ur mark.. -
We cannot do nothing.Originally posted by vince69:Nothing...
There is absolutely nothing you or I can do to change the world but we can each do something to change our own self.....
having say this... there is no rule that says you can't pray about it, but whether God want to change it, how He want to do it and when He decide to do it.... not up to us to decide lah...
Oh.... we are called to be Light to the world, Salt to the world... but never called to change the world
By God's grace, change yourself, and the world will be changed through you. -
Alas! Such is the abomination of the world today........
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Start by being a little less of a bigot.Originally posted by laoda99:Good question....
what can i do to change the world (as a christian)?
Take a walk with the elephants. Hear what the elephants have to say, don't just hear from humans only!