I am a grandmother and I have a Substack writing about ways that grandparents can have an impact on their children’s faith. I need to do more for my own grandkids.
Evangelical passivity is a problem in general, especially as it relates to Christians impacting culture and politics. In this sense, the Christian nationalist label seems to be deployed in order to tarnish any collective action on the part of evangelicals. People don’t realize how openly supportive of the patriot cause pastors were during the American Revolution.
It's mostly on the shoulders of the Christians. Don't blame the lost. Most don't even know they are lost.
I remember up to around 20 years ago that, after church, someone went home with someone for Sunday dinner. And always, if there were visitors, they were invited to someone's home for dinner. And during the week we went to each other's homes. A lot of the members were setting up the Jewel Miller Filmstrips. Jesus went about seeking and saving the lost. HomeMission and SoJourners are out there seeking and saving.
The last three congregations I was a member of, no one knew where the others even lived. Maybe if we trashed all the TVs, cell phones, and computers, we would get bored and get out more. I teach Afghans who fear for their lives to become Christians, but within one month we are having four baptisms. That's unusual, but our average is one baptism every other month. I have hundreds of WEI students at a time and teach an average of 10 a day, spending an average of 1/2 hour with each. It takes work! But it can be done. Maybe by more seeking and more saving?
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Thank you, I greatly appreciate it!
You’re so welcome! 😊
We are not getting the whole gospel or we don't see ourselves being judged for who we live before the world.
I am a grandmother and I have a Substack writing about ways that grandparents can have an impact on their children’s faith. I need to do more for my own grandkids.
Evangelical passivity is a problem in general, especially as it relates to Christians impacting culture and politics. In this sense, the Christian nationalist label seems to be deployed in order to tarnish any collective action on the part of evangelicals. People don’t realize how openly supportive of the patriot cause pastors were during the American Revolution.
It's mostly on the shoulders of the Christians. Don't blame the lost. Most don't even know they are lost.
I remember up to around 20 years ago that, after church, someone went home with someone for Sunday dinner. And always, if there were visitors, they were invited to someone's home for dinner. And during the week we went to each other's homes. A lot of the members were setting up the Jewel Miller Filmstrips. Jesus went about seeking and saving the lost. HomeMission and SoJourners are out there seeking and saving.
The last three congregations I was a member of, no one knew where the others even lived. Maybe if we trashed all the TVs, cell phones, and computers, we would get bored and get out more. I teach Afghans who fear for their lives to become Christians, but within one month we are having four baptisms. That's unusual, but our average is one baptism every other month. I have hundreds of WEI students at a time and teach an average of 10 a day, spending an average of 1/2 hour with each. It takes work! But it can be done. Maybe by more seeking and more saving?
I presume that your circumstances lead you to speak on retaining youth but that is a 2-3 generation plan. Islam is recruiting and breeding.
Great and needed article!