Chief-Ironhorse74's Blog

I posted this blog sometime back,but since I didn't get any response to it,either Christians ignored it,or were too embarrassed to admit,"That's me!" Whatever their reason,here it is again........

I usually try to avoid this category. This section is usually fiiled with a bunch of,"Preaching to the choir",stuff. I thought I'd touch base on a little bit of everything here.
"The single greatest cause of athiesm in the world today,is Christians! Who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, and then walk out the door, only armed by their lifestyles. That is what an un-believale world simply finds.....un-believable!" Anyone know what that is from? It is a very true statement,indeed! It's from DC Talk's Free At Last Movie. The movie that had the song,"I wished we'd all been ready!"
Now, why would this person say such a thing? The person was a mentor to the guys in DC Talk. He said the statement,because it's true!
I have read a lot of your blogs, heard a lot of you at church preaching to each other! Building each other up. When was the last time that you really witnessed to a person that was lost? When was the last time you actually invited a lost soul to church?
So many of you preach the John 3:16, but forget about the John 3:17! Jesus came not to save the rightious, but call sinners to repentence! When there is a new person at your church,do you welcome the newcomer,or do you pass the guest on by,to go and talk to your clique of friends? John 3:17!!!
When witnessing to a lost person,do you talk their ear off,spitting out Bible verses, and not letting them,get a word in edge-wise? DO YOU LISTEN TO THEM???!!!
How about those lovely concept Christian t-shirts? Do you wear them in other places,other than church?John3:17!!!
What about the youth of today? Do you do nothing, but lecture them? Or do you actually listen, and get to know them?
The biggest thing that the outside world sees, is us attacking each other! You heard me! They see it everyday! Remember when Michael English cheated on his wife? The Bible book stores pulled his music off their shelves! And when Sandy Patty commited infidelity, nothing was done to her!
And whenever a Christian artist goes on mainstream radio,the church attacks those artists! And these artists really didn't change the premise of how they wrote their songs! Did Christ not say to bring the Gospel to the world? Not just to a chosen few! And for those of you who argue that they are selling out to the world,save your breath!
What about ministries that you don't agree with? Who made you the Siskel and Ebert of Christianity?
These are only a few examples of thing that the world,finds hypocritical....and unbelievable! What have you really done for the Kingdom of God? How well do you really represent the Body of Christ? If you say that you don't care how the world percieves you, you truly aren't a representitive of Christ! Because it does matter! That is a worldly viewpoint,if you think that!
If you do nothing more, than congregate on Sundays, preach a little, pray a little, and fellowship,then you have missed the whole reason why Jesus died on the cross, in the first place!!!
Church is not supposed to be a country-club. It's supposed to be a hospital,for sick and dying people(souls,too!!!)
Do a self-diagnostic of your spirit! How do you fit into any of this? And what can you do to change the perception of the world on Christians?
Pray about it!!!
And That's The Bottom line!!!
~~~Chief Ironhorse~~~

I usually try to avoid this category. This section is usually fiiled with a bunch of,"Preaching to the choir",stuff. I thought I'd touch base on a little bit of everything here.
"The single greatest cause of athiesm in the world today,is Christians! Who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, and then walk out the door, only armed by their lifestyles. That is what an un-believale world simply finds.....un-believable!" Anyone know what that is from? It is a very true statement,indeed! It's from DC Talk's Free At Last Movie. The movie that had the song,"I wished we'd all been ready!"
Now, why would this person say such a thing? The person was a mentor to the guys in DC Talk. He said the statement,because it's true!
I have read a lot of your blogs, heard a lot of you at church preaching to each other! Building each other up. When was the last time that you really witnessed to a person that was lost? When was the last time you actually invited a lost soul to church?
So many of you preach the John 3:16, but forget about the John 3:17! Jesus came not to save the rightious, but call sinners to repentence! When there is a new person at your church,do you welcome the newcomer,or do you pass the guest on by,to go and talk to your clique of friends? John 3:17!!!
When witnessing to a lost person,do you talk their ear off,spitting out Bible verses, and not letting them,get a word in edge-wise? DO YOU LISTEN TO THEM???!!!
How about those lovely concept Christian t-shirts? Do you wear them in other places,other than church?John3:17!!!
What about the youth of today? Do you do nothing, but lecture them? Or do you actually listen, and get to know them?
The biggest thing that the outside world sees, is us attacking each other! You heard me! They see it everyday! Remember when Michael English cheated on his wife? The Bible book stores pulled his music off their shelves! And when Sandy Patty commited infidelity, nothing was done to her!
And whenever a Christian artist goes on mainstream radio,the church attacks those artists! And these artists really didn't change the premise of how they wrote their songs! Did Christ not say to bring the Gospel to the world? Not just to a chosen few! And for those of you who argue that they are selling out to the world,save your breath!
What about ministries that you don't agree with? Who made you the Siskel and Ebert of Christianity?
These are only a few examples of thing that the world,finds hypocritical....and unbelievable! What have you really done for the Kingdom of God? How well do you really represent the Body of Christ? If you say that you don't care how the world percieves you, you truly aren't a representitive of Christ! Because it does matter! That is a worldly viewpoint,if you think that!
If you do nothing more, than congregate on Sundays, preach a little, pray a little, and fellowship,then you have missed the whole reason why Jesus died on the cross, in the first place!!!
Church is not supposed to be a country-club. It's supposed to be a hospital,for sick and dying people(souls,too!!!)
Do a self-diagnostic of your spirit! How do you fit into any of this? And what can you do to change the perception of the world on Christians?
Pray about it!!!
And That's The Bottom line!!!
~~~Chief Ironhorse~~~