I found an interesting and equally disturbing article yesterday from the CHURCH LEADERS website titled, 'The Rise Of Cultural Christianity.' Here is a quote from the article written by James Emery White on September 13, 2024:
In an earlier blog, I noted with surprise the growing number of people who grieved the loss of what Christianity has historically brought to bear on culture who, themselves, are not Christians. SOURCE
Mr. White follows this statement by giving an example of infamous avowed atheist Richard Dawkins, who has publicly mourned the steady deterioration of Christianity over the past century. That is quite amazing! I am aware of several good examples myself of what is today called 'Cultural Christianity.'
In June of 2024, singer Justin Timberlake was arrested for a DUI. The media approached singer Billy Joel, who just happened to be eating lunch at the same upscale hotel where Mr. Timberlake had eaten dinner the night before. The reporter asked Billy Joel what he thought about the arrest of Justin Timberlake. Billy simply replied in classic fashion by quoting Matthew 7:1, “Judge not, that ye be not judged.” Bravo Billy Joel! But the very strange thing is that Billy Joel as an avowed atheist! I found it interesting and equally frustrating that a famous atheist would quote the inspired Holy Bible which God Himself authored. Go figure!
Another example is my 83-year-old atheist neighbour, Maggie. When I first met her in early 2022 after I moved in, I gladly told her that I am a Christian. She instantly replied, “I am an atheist!” We became friends right away. I told her that our common brotherhood as humans trumped our religious beliefs. She was glad to hear that. We are both hermits...lol. We don't talk often, but I have shared the Gospel with her briefly on a couple occasions, which she strongly rejected.
I kindly tried to give her a hard copy of Michael P, Bowen's helpful book, 'I NEVER KNEW YOU,' but she refused to take it. She said her decision that there is no God was no light decision, she had taken a long time to come to her final conclusion. I am so sad for he, because the Lake of Fire will be her eternal damnation according to Revelation 20:11-15. Anyway, I mentioned Maggie because whenever I see her she asks me to pray for her. That is very interesting for an atheist to ask for my prayers to God for her. I think it is because as James Emery White wrote about in his intriguing article, praying for others is a part of our American culture. So that even atheists still want someone to pray for them. People just want to be loved.
I kindly wrote this article to emphasize the biblical truth that without being born again, no one can go to Heaven. John 3:3, “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Increasingly we are hearing unsaved people, Christ rejecters, quote the Holy Bible, as for prayers and express their grief over the deterioration of Christendom in the United States. Only 3 in 10 Americans regularly attend church today. Sadly, today's churches are pathetic. With the sexualization of our American culture because of perverse Hollywood, the Satanic music industry and inappropriate sex education in public schools for children, our whole rotten society is collapsing in on itself. Foolish parents are ignoring the giant white elephant in the living room. I mean, look at this actual screenshot from Taylor Swift's YouTube video, "Wildest Dreams"...
Only Satanists create and promote this kind of perverse content to minors. Why doesn't YouTube filter this? I mean, they keep filtering Bible preachers who preach hard against the sin of homosexuality, but then they allow this kind of wickedness. My friend Pastor Max D. Younce (1935-2023) in 2021 received his second threatening notice from YouTube, over his Bible preaching against homosexuality. Only one viewpoint is allowed today, which insists that you must be in favor of the demonic LGBTQ agenda, keep silent or be censored. Job 20:5, “That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?”
Satan's greatest weapon is to con people into living the Christian life without ever being born again. We're seeing it everywhere today. Celebrities by the droves are speaking highly of the Holy Bible, but they are hellbound themselves. I heard inventor Elon Musk recently praising the teachings of Jesus in the Bible, but Elon himself as an avowed atheist. This is 'Cultural Christianity.'
Christianity began in the New Testament with Jesus Christ and the new birth. When it went to Greece, Christianity became a philosophy. When Christianity went to Rome, it became an organization (the Roman Catholic Church). When Christianity spread throughout Europe, it became a culture. And when it came to America, Christianity became a dirty business. God never intended for Christianity to deteriorate into a career for the clergy. John 3:3, “Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” When is the last time you heard any pastor, missionary or evangelist preach the truth that you cannot go to Heaven unless you get BORN AGAIN? I haven't heard any preacher in years say it! So sad. So tragic!
Every Bible preacher in the world should be warning lost sinners about God's coming fiery judgment upon unsaved sinners in Hell. Dear reader, you don't go to Hell because of your sins, you go to Hell because you failed to receive Christ's sacrifice on the cross as full payment for your sins. You can live the Christian life all you want, and still go straight to Hell when you breathe your last breath.\
In Matthew 7:21-23 we read a startling true story about a group of people who spent their lives on earth following Jesus. They boasted of their “many wonderful works.” They boasted that they had even cast our devils. They called Jesus “Lord, Lord” (there's the heresy of Lordship Salvation exposed in the Bible). They followed Jesus devoutly as the supreme “Lord” (Master) of their miserable lives, but Jesus denied knowing them as His redeemed sheep. Jesus tells us exactly why in verse 21, because they failed to do THE WILL OF THE FATHER. John 6:40 tells us what the Father's will is to get to Heaven. John 6:40, “And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.” Paul and Silas reiterated this truth in Acts 16:30b, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved...”
We are now living in the “perilous times” foretold in 2nd Timothy 3:1-7. I've never seen so much evil and hatred against Christians as I do today in the United States. My dear ministry friend (whom I just communicated with earlier this week), Pastor David Baker, took his own life on Wednesday, September 11, 2024. I am still in emotional shock that my friend is gone. But to make matters much worse, at least 50 evil haters on Facebook targeted my Facebook page, posting laughing emojis to let me know they think it is funny that Pastor Baker committed suicide. They have no decency, love or shame!
To sink to that level of hatred, you have to be possessed by your father the Devil (John 8:44). Can you imagine someone so filled with hatred against a Christian pastor, that they think it is funny he killed himself? Woe unto those fools on Judgment Day! 1st Peter 4:17, “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?”
Hebrews 10:31, “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”
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