Earthly Life and Material Things

• Neither money nor the lack of it is the underlying problem.
• Human history makes it quite clear that human beings are not able to handle power without falling into the trap of using it for evil purposes.
• If the church had no money it would not collapse.
• Concentrate on your relationship with the Lord first, and let Him tell you what to do about tithing.
• Jesus ... did not guarantee that following his teachings would make us rich.
• ... highly publicized "Christian ministries" ... insincerely ... getting rich.
• "LORD, make me to know mine end, ..."

The End Times

• The Scripture tells us that Jesus will return, but it doesn't tell us exactly when.
• I certainly agree with you that Jesus will return to earth and reign, but I believe there is also Scriptural evidence that the final eternal home of all Christians will not be on earth.
• Keep in mind that our present situation on earth, in which good and evil exist together, is very temporary.
• If Jesus were alive on earth in fleshly form now, we all would have seen him return ...
• We should not be trying to predict exactly when Jesus will return.
• When Jesus returns to earth it will be so obvious to everyone that he is the Lord that it will no longer be possible to doubt it.
• It is the fallen, corrupted world that we live in that is unjust. When Jesus returns to earth, the injustices that are bothering you so much will end.
• If you read Mark 9:1 by itself, it is possible to get the mistaken idea that Jesus was saying that his return to earth after his death would occur during the lifetimes of some of the people to whom he was speaking ...
• When Jesus returns, no one will have any trouble recognizing him.
• To avoid being deceived, Christians must keep praying.
• God's plan for the earth is proceeding according to His timetable.
• ... I agree that human society as we know it would be greatly shaken up if all falsehood were removed.
• You've got to be joking, but the mark of the beast is not a joke.
• Regardless of what you believe about the mark of the beast, I think it is common sense that it is extremely dangerous to accept permanent implants in our bodies that could be manipulated from outside.
• No historical event that has already occurred matches Jesus' description, in Matthew's Gospel, of what it will be like when he returns: ...
• The point of specifically stating that humans will continue to live on earth until he returns could be ...
• There's no way to "upgrade" the teaching that Jesus will return soon, that is, there's no way to change or water down that belief, without destroying Christianity itself.
• ... something wrong with these predictions that name a specific date on which Jesus will return. The problem with such predictions is ...
• With regard to when Jesus will return ...
• I looked the word "generation" up in the dictionary before I said that the use of it in Matthew 24:34 could mean ...
• If we read Mark 9:1 and then stop there, it could sound as if Jesus meant ...
• You raised a question as to whether or not Jesus said he would return during the lifetimes of his first disciples.
• ... eagerness for the establishment of God's kingdom ...
• ... Christ will return ... but ... un-Scriptural to ... calculate the date.
• ... how can we humans say that Jesus did not return quickly?...

Evangelism

• The only people whose religious talk I've ever been very willing to listen to are those in whose lives I can find a positive difference that comes about because of what they believe.
• I haven't been following this thread very closely, so I hope I won't put my foot in my mouth here ...
• Every time a soul is saved that is progress.
• ... Those of us who do know Jesus still have an urgent responsibility to reach out to those who do not know him.
• Your problems are going to be tough to answer in a newsgroup, because what you need is to meet some real people who aren't greedy and mean and who don't laugh at you for being nice.
• So how should Christians witness to atheists?
• I take the position that Christianity and atheism are equally logical.
• Jesus went out of his way to avoid letting anyone set him up as an earthly king.
• I didn't mean to imply that non-Christians were all of low character.
• Yes, I do know about someone who was led to Christ through continuing prayer after he had resisted other efforts.
• If you don't see any difference between how Christians live and how non-believers do ...
• To reach those who are not Christian, I think we need to show them what the kingdom of God is like, first.
• ... It's refreshing to find a post like yours, that reminds us that the world pays a lot more attention to the actions of Christians than it does to our words.
• If we could make it our goal to understand each other's positions ...
• ... people sometimes don't hear the Christian message because Christian(s) don't make a sufficient amount of effort to communicate it to them.
• The only people whose ... talk I've ever been ... willing to listen to ...
• ... a place where Christians and non-Christians can communicate. ...

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