My purpose in beginning this blog was to show how Bible prophecy is being played out in our world today. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I have been meaning to post more about the 'religion' and less of the 'politics' on this blog. For whatever reason, I just can't seem to find the time to research and convey my thoughts in a concise enough manner to do the topic justice...
Today, I found this GREAT POST over at ..."In A Handbasket" It is completely in tune with what I intended to do with my blog. Here it is, with some other items that will hopefully give an unbeliever something to think about. Or maybe just strengthen someone else's faith. I pray that some light bulb would go off for even one person who might happen to read this.
THANK YOU, Miss T.C. Shore, for posting this and sounding the alarm!
Buying Into Chrislam
"Chrislam, as the name suggests, is a growing movement wherein some Christians are seeking to find common ground with Muslims. Indeed, it actually seeks to combine Christianity with Islam. It is a syncretistic movement that speaks about "spirituality without boundaries."
Whenever you hear that sort of talk, you should start heading for the hills.
That is exactly what we find in some leftist Christian circles, today. Tony Campolo, for example, has argued that "interfaith prayers and even mystical unions are critical for all true peacemakers." And given that a leftist version of "social justice" seems to be the most important agenda item for Campolo, it is not surprising that he can praise Islam in these terms: "When it comes to what is ultimately important, the Muslim community's sense of commitment to the poor is exactly in tune with where Jesus is in the 25th chapter of Matthew."
More recently, emerging church movement leader Brian McLaren has written a five part blog entry on why Christians should join with Muslims in celebrating Ramadan. In it he said, "We as Christians humbly seek to join Muslims in this observance of Ramadan as a God-honouring expression of peace, fellowship and neighbourliness."
Once again, the emphasis is on getting along; harmony and unity. The problem is that both of these faiths are ultimately evangelistic, exclusive and mutually incompatible. The heart of the Christian truth claim is that Jesus is God's Son, sent to save us from our sins by his crucifixion, death and resurrection. Islam claims that it is blasphemous to say that God has a Son, and they believe that Jesus' death was faked and that the resurrection was a lie.
How can two faiths get along when they are at heart directly opposed to each other?
Ultimately, they can't. Not unless one is watered down to the point of being meaningless. Which is exactly what the leftist Christian leaders are doing.
Christians engaged in the "interfaith" movement tend to engage in at least three harmful activities. (Harmful to the purposes of Christianity). One, they downplay and minimize the truth claims of Biblical Christianity. Two, they downplay and minimize the horrendous Muslim persecution of Christians all around the world, while there is no equivalent Christian persecution of Muslims. And Three, they fail in the most important calling of Christians: to evangelize and disciple all nations.
For all the talk of harmony, unity and friendship, the Chrislam movement is a move in the wrong direction. I, for one, will have nothing to do with it, and I hope all serious followers of Christianity will avoid it like the plague."
As I commented on her post, Tony Blair and Rick Warren are totally touting "Interfaithism". We are seeing the beginnings of the 'one world religion' to go along with the 'one world government' and 'one world currency' that will be in practice in the day of the Anti-christ.
Here are some more links:
Pastor Rick spoke at the Islamic Society of North America's (ISNA) annual convention on July 4th. Read about it here and here
{Tony Blair and the crown of Charlemagne...Endtime Magazine, May/June 2009}
Read about Tony Blair's movement here and here>
From the United Nations website:
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Now that article really sounds good. Sounds tolerant. Sounds very "Kumbaya"ish. All that is wonderful, right? Not really. Not when your immortal soul's destination hinges on whether or not you believe THE TRUTH. Sorry. This is something that CANNOT be compromised. Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man comes to the Father, but by me." Period. End of discussion. You either believe it or you don't. The enemy wants us to all "get along" as we are blinded to the Truth...
Christianity has NOTHING in common with Islam. They are the sworn enemy of Israel & America and, therefore, not someone we want to associate with.
ReplyDeleteVery good post. Thanks for helping to sound the alarm.
It's not just in the UK, it's here in the US. Obama had no time for the National Day of Prayer, but he held a Ramadan dinner IN the White House for the Muslims. Then Hillary Clinton held a dinner for Enid for the Muslims, gave a completely submissive statement on how wonderful Islam is. Don't get me wrong, not all Muslims are terrorists or bad people. But those who are true believers of the Koran have NOTHING in common with Christians or Jews.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great article. We have a growing Muslim population, our government, many Christian and Jewish churches and their leaders are becoming not only submissive, but welcoming to the religion of Islam. No good can come of this if you understand the true goal of Islam.
Deborah F. Hamilton
Right Truth
http://www.righttruth.typepad.
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ReplyDeleteSoon, Isral will be standing alone... America is about to be taken out.... The 2nd major attack is coming and it most likely will be 1000x the 9/11 attack.... but this is nothing compared to the final attack... Keep your eyes on Christ and share the Good News of the Gospel, because His coming is drawing near.
ReplyDeleteAll they'd have to do is read ALL the koran ONCE.
ReplyDeleteRick Warren's an appeaser: I can never figure that guy out.