As I do others, even those who church of Christ folks believe are going to hell for their efforts, I applaud Richard and David for a new idea but it reminds me of the rich man and Lazarus story where the rich man:
“He answered, ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to my father’s house, for I have five brothers. Let him warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.’ “Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’ “‘No, father Abraham,’ he said, ‘but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ “He said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’”
What specifically do we expect God to do? He has established His church, the members of which are failing miserably except in the areas of architecture and rhetoric at which we excel. As did the rich man’s family the world has the bible, the prophets, apostles, AND Christians.
Christians prayed that God ensure the best man be elected and argue with his choice. History shows the church does best when persecuted but we spend our time praying for safety and security which God has never provided.
We now have:
prayforournation.net transfers you to a Billy Graham site
Imagine this, those who claim to follow Jesus cannot even agree on how we should pray for our country or is it nation? We each need our own website. Which do you suppose is greater God’s disgust or Satan’s sarcasm?
Jesus prayed “Holy Father, keep them in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are.” If God is not going to answer Jesus’ prayer what makes us think he will pay any more attention to us?
The bible says pray but not ignorantly or just wishful thinking. It may be time for the Church of Christ to find ways to work with “others of like precious faith” although different.
John Jenkins
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Gatlinburg, TN
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― Bill Clinton
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