19.9.08

Criticisms

Well, I just got an Amazon giftcard and I was browsing on Amazon.com looking for interesting books, and as I was browsing, I found some things that really upset me. I found entire books written criticizing God's movements around the world, written by people who are supposedly Christian. I am upset because some people are devoting their entire lives to tearing down others, instead of building their brothers and sisters in Christ up in love. I also found reviews of some of the books that I have to read for Mozambique, and some were rather inflammatory. I laugh because there were no bad reviews of Heidi's books, -- how can anyone criticize someone who has given up their life for thousands of poor orphans in Africa? if you criticize that, you might have some compassion problems.
Anyhow, one guy has this whole huge website devoted to his version of Christianity and makes statements on there that various leaders in churches are in fact NOT Christians. WOW!! Judge not. God have mercy on us, if this is what the church is coming to. I guess I knew this stuff was out there somewhere, but I didn't see it before.
Where is God moving? God moves where people are open to it. And sometimes, like in Mel Tari's "Like a Mighty Wind" God came and invaded a rigid Presbyterian church in Indonesia!! That's amazing!
So, anyhow... I guess some people are hardened to the things of God. They preach and talk against miracles and say that people are "falsely healed." Hmm... if someone was dead and comes back to life, that isn't falsely healed! They weren't breathing, now they are, what more evidence do you want? God still works in crazy ways and makes blind people see, lame walk, and hungry get fed, especially when there is no physical way to help them!

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