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God’s House is Filled with Atheists

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by Jeremy A. Brown

What if I told you that the church is full of atheists?! Atheists do attend church, but they profess and believe that they are Christians. According to the Lutheran historian Martin Marty, in the book The Marketing of Evil by David Kupelian, too many pews are filled on the Sabbath and Sunday with practical atheists—disguised nonbelievers who live their lives during the week as if God does not exist, meaning they never touch their Bible, pray, have Bible studies, fast, and/or actively participate in other Bible-related studies outside of church services. God does say many are called—I mean, more than 75 percent of Americans claim to be Christians—but few will be chosen (Matthew 22:14). Many Christians choose to worship God how they desire, built on passed-down traditions and not based on the instructions given to us by God our Father in His Bible.

Many church-goers have no clue what to say regarding today’s moral chaos and only regurgitate what they hear from their preachers, who only preach “happy” feeling messages. Many Christians claim that God is cold, and they do not know or understand Him. We often ask how America and the West got into our current moral debacle. We need not look any further than those who claim to be Christians but live like atheists.

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Honor Thy Father and Mother

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By: Lanora – Woman to Woman Blog

What does it mean to honor our Father and Mother so that our days may be long? In Exodus 20:12 the scripture says “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the LORD your God is giving you. The same scripture but worded a little different can be found in Deuteronomy 5:16 “Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may be well with you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.

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Mother’s Day

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by Mike James

One of the many criticisms “the world” has about Christianity is that it keeps women down or does not allow women to reach their full potential. Some of the reasons for this may be due to the fact some Christians and Christian groups emphasize male leadership. The Bible mentions the lead role of a man in marriage. God is referred to as “the Father,” and I could go on with other examples.

Despite all this, the Bible makes it clear that God’s image is made up of both male and female (Genesis 1:27). Let’s not forget this physical life is not what it is all about. God has primary roles for both men and women in this world. But that does not diminish women or make them less than men. Galatians 3:28 makes it clear that in the coming Kingdom, there is neither male nor female. In other words, the physical limitations we live in will be overcome in the spiritual kingdom we are preparing for.

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Empty the Pews

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by Mike James

I recently read a book titled Empty the Pews, which contains twenty-one essays by people who left hardline, authoritarian Christian groups. As the numbers for Church of God and other Christian groups continue to decline, I think it is important to see if we can find anything in these stories that may help us keep our young people. According to one estimate, 40 percent of people under 30 in the United States are religiously unaffiliated.

The editors of the book, Chrissy Stroop and Lauren O’Neal, cite a number of reasons as to why many young people are leaving right-wing Christianity: shame, repression, hypocrisy, and that many of the church’s teachings didn’t make sense. Let’s take a closer look at some details in the essays of this book and see what we can learn about not turning away our young people.

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