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Christians in America #francischan2018 #americanchurch #churchinamerica #watereddownchurch #notseriousaboutchurch #churchproblems

Built on a foundation of saints, scholars, and martyrs, held up by the work of missionaries, activists, and humanitarians but walled up by fear and prejudice. Draped in symbols of patriotism. A worship hall of privilege, a monument of hypocrisy, an oppressive force on those who need it. No more ringing bells to invite in the hurting and lost. A church who has traded Jesus for power and security. . . . I drew this while visiting a church recently. I realized just how disconnected we are from our original call. How can we preach of love and redemption for ourselves, while we ignore the suffering of others? While we let fear make us selfish and cruel. While people beg for mercy and we heap condemnation on their heads. The Church has nothing to celebrate. We should be mourning. Mourning people suffering, and mourning our own fall from God. We should be mobilizing and bringing hope and relief to all. We should once again be willing to sacrifice all our safety and blessing to give others what we have or risk losing our souls. "For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world but forfeit his soul?" Mark 8:36 . . . 41“Then he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. 42For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, 43I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ 44“They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ 45“He will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.’" Matthew 25: 41-45 . . Sorry for the long post, but I cant keep quite and I cant be idle. #sketch #penandink #church #americanchurch

My thought, after my church pastor contemplated pulling funding from the street evangelization ministry I'm apart of because only a handful of people got saved this summer..

Disclaimer: I am a devoted follower of Jesus Christ. I have lived and observed life in and around American church culture from coast-to-coast for over 35 years. I am a retired journalist, called and trained to observe, question, report, and analyze. I have worked professionally in both christian broadcast media (CBN in VaBch) and secular broadcast media (NBC in NYC) for more than 20 years. I may not always be correct in my views and commentary but I am always honest. And passionate. And willing to listen to and consider other views that are reasoned, have a basis in reality (personal experiences, news, first-hand testimony, etc.) and which are - for our purposes here - authentically biblical. Let’s find Truth together!