Posted on 07/29/2005 5:11:57 AM PDT by rhema
I disagree...
God bless you...
the subject is a testimony and witness of the "gospel" -- and it is a witness to a culture to which it is completely foreign. something most "americanized christians" are unfamiliar with as they spend most of there time preaching to each other or trying to shove their morals (hypocritically usually) down the throats of non believers (which is pointless because having good morals gets one no closer to heaven than the most hardened criminal... at least according to the gospel i'm familiar with)
"something most "americanized christians" are unfamiliar with as they spend most of there time preaching to each other or trying to shove their morals (hypocritically usually) down the throats of non believers "
Ohhhhhh, You mean the way celebs and celeb worshippers preach by shoving their politics, immorals and depravity down Americans throats. Got it. ;)
Oh Brother; Where Art Thou?
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Ya think?
;^)
God bless Bono. May he continue to share his faith.
May ALL areas of his life become consistent with that faith.
May other people have good seed planted and watered in them by hearing his testimony, may their eyes be opened, may they turn from darkness to light, from the enemy's power to God's power, may they find forgiveness of sins, and may they by faith share with those who are sanctified and have an inheritance in God's eternal kingdom. Acts 26:18
This is a great article. I'm really surprised.
Bono had a Roman Catholic father and a Protestant mother, and he was raised in his mother's Protestant faith.
Saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ.
Square up homosexuality and abortion with Christianity,Those are the sacriments of the religion of political liberalism
This is so very true. I rejoice that my brother Bono and I will sahre Heaven together. However, I respectfully disagree with him on which entity is best able to lift up the people of Africa - I hold that it is explicitly Christian ministries, not the church.
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Really??? I didn't know that. Thank you for the info.
Lewis was an ateist before Tolkien took him to the pub, served him a couple of beers, and set him straight.
Cheers.
"Where's the remote con-****in'-trol, I want to see what's on the tele-****in'-vision, Oh 5h1t, it's David ****in' Norris, the oul'.......!" < /profanity >
WOW! I have often wondered about Bono because of the "mixed signals" he sometimes sends. But it's GREAT to hear him lay forth the Gospel message so boldly and clearly like that!
Hold yer tongue, young man!
(Whacks Irish_thatcherite with a ruler.)
:7)
Well you know as well as I do that there are Christians who would dispute your positions and your claim that Jesus has "all" of you.
I would probably agree with you that some of Bono's positions are not Biblical, but I would be reluctant to say that you are more of a Christian than he is.
Feeding the poor and clothing the naked is that enough? I would say thats a lot more than most do and its a good thing to do but according to scripture " there is none good no not one" and "all of our righteousness's are as filthy rags."
Bono wasn't talking about his acts making him "good" or "righteous". Quite the opposite.
He was proclaiming the Gospel of being saved by grace alone.
Personally I have met Christians who I believe are much better in many ways than I am, yet they still are pro-choice.
I'm not ready to judge their hearts or whether they are really a genuine Christian based on a single issue.
I think most people know about the Gospel of being "saved by grace, through faith" but still tend to revert to a gospel of legalism in their thinking.
This is evident to me in how many times we hear Christians challenge the salvation of others on the basis of their position on this or that issue.
I think there is a tendency in all of us to want to see ourselves as "good" and deserving to go to heaven.
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