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German Chancellor Angela concerned, the country, nor the CDU’s Bavarian sister party,
Merkel asked Turkish and Arab society,” the Turkish president CSU, who represents the right-
immigrants in her country to adopt told the Suedeutsche Zeitung in a wing, recently said Germany did
Christian values and learn the recent interview. not “need more immigrants from
local language. “That is why I tell them at every different cultures like the Turks
Addressing a meeting of opportunity that they should learn and Arabs” who are ‘more
younger members of her German, and speak it fluently and difficult’ to integrate.
conservative Christian without an accent. That should The integration of Muslims has
Democratic Union (CDU) party at start at nurseries,” he added. been a hot button issue in Europe.
Potsdam near Berlin recently, she
said attempt to create a multi-
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E-mail: christianmessenger.in@gmail.com INTERCESSION Page 4 | November, 2010
BY MATHEW VICTOR How should we worship? How about people speaking in them. Wait for the musicians to
tongues during worship? give the key. Let there be anointed
EVANGELICAL Christians
were urged to be guardians of the THERE are two questions according to where they had
truth in the face of widespread Christians should be asking received an invitation.
indifference to religion and the themselves today: where is the “The people groups who need
‘denial’ of Scripture within parts church not present and what are you the most don’t have anybody
of the church. we going to do about it, said Paul to invite them,” he said.
Addressing over 4,000 Eshleman, founder of the Jesus Although people tend to
evangelical leaders from around film project and vice president of visualize the ones in need as
the world who had gathered at Campus Crusade for Christ “living in villages with small
Cape Town 2010 for the Third International. huts”, Eshleman said many of the
Lausanne Congress on world Eshleman said it was a ‘tragedy’ unreached people today were
evangelization, Carver Yu, that there were still 2,252 living in cities.
president of the China Graduate language groups in the world He told the story of a
School of Theology in Hong today that do not have any conversation he had one time with
Kong, said ‘confusing ideologies’ Scripture in their own languages. his Iranian hairdresser back in the
were creating emptiness and “The incredible thing is that US. When he asked how many
alienation among people, while after 2000 years there are still times someone had invited her
indifference to religion was people everywhere who haven't into their home since coming to
VOICE OF AUTHORITY: Carver Yu, president of the China Graduate the US, she confessed that she had
‘tightening its grip.’ heard and the global body of
School of Theology in Hong Kong, speaking at the Third Lausanne Congress. never received a single invitation.
The recent advertising Christ needs you, needs your
campaign by Richard Dawkins belief that ‘faith doesn’t matter.’ “Everything is relative now organization and whatever you Among Muslims, Hindus and
and other atheists on London The idea of a ‘singular truth’ except for this one new and can give to the cause of the Buddhists - who make up half the
buses was a perfect example of the and monotheism had become ultimate truth – that there is no Kingdom to go where nobody has world’s population - some 86% of
‘enthusiastic zeal’ with which unpopular and were widely singular truth,” he said. “All those ever gone, too to the people groups them do not personally know a
atheists were campaigning against regarded as dangerous, arrogant professing a singular truth should that haven't been reached, to believer. “That’s our fault,” he
Christianity and religion. and potentially violent, he said. be silent in a tolerant world.” people without access to the said. “We need to be involved.”
“Atheism is about to become Gospel,” he said. With only 448 out of the world’s
the new religion,” he said. It was also ‘wrong’, he 8,000 languages having a
“Christians must preach the contended, that there should still complete Bible translation,
Gospel of Jesus Christ fearlessly AFGHANISTAN’S northern Northerners, whose homes be people groups today that have Eshleman said Scripture
because he is the way, the truth and warlords are preparing to rearm were destroyed in fighting during no missionaries, no church and translation was the number one
the life. Only he can lead us away their old militias out of fear that the 1990s, fear that Afghanistan “nobody even planning to go”. priority for the church today.
from the present state of their Taliban enemies are on the stands at the beginning of a peace “It’s absolutely wrong and my “How can we send out a
godlessness.” brink of a return to power in process that could erode their own question to us is: how much longer missionary if they don’t have the
Speaking at the same meeting, Kabul, The Sunday Telegraph power and eventually return will we wait?” Scripture in the language to
Michael Herbst, a researcher in reported recently. Taliban supporters to the heart of Eshleman said the church proclaim Christ,” he said.
evangelism and church Anger is growing in the north of government - a prospect that fills should be thinking about the
development, warned that the Afghanistan at the prospect of a many with dread. people groups with the most
decline of faith among parents was deal with President Hamid Karzai Last month, Karzai inaugurated urgent needs and find a way to go
leading to a whole generation of after emissaries from the rebel a hand-picked ‘peace council’ of to them. He gave the example of
children in Germany growing up group were escorted to Kabul for former warlords, tribal elders and one mission agency which chose
with an ‘atheist mindset’ and the talks last week. clerics. where to send its missionaries
BILL Keller, leader of the
world’s largest interactive
Christian website for 11 years,
Liveprayer.com, has received
BY MARK JACKSON GUEST COLUMN moment? (Source: ‘The EU numerous death threats from
Final World Empire’). fundamentalist Muslims over the
Now the Spirit speaks expressly, Paul spoke with regard to the now good and what was once The good news is that truth is
end time is truly upon us. And the good is now evil (Isaiah 5:20). years for his stand that Islam is “a
that in the latter times some shall still here as the true Bible- false religion, with a false book,
depart from the faith, giving heed sad fact is the younger generation Falling away from what? believing church keeps on
is clueless in spiritual truth, not The truth that has been given to and a false prophet.” Recently, he
to seducing spirits and doctrines spreading the truth of the gospel as received another threat to his life.
of devils (1st Timothy 4:1) knowing right from wrong when us through the Bible (the infallible it is contained in the Scripture. Keller, who has been in the
These know also, that in the last morality is at an all-time low. and inherent word of truth) is that Anything outside of the Scripture national and international press
days perilous times shall come (2nd Look around you and you will all men must come to God through is fallible, man-made and to be recently for opening his ‘9-11
Timothy 3:1). realize that crimes are on the Jesus Christ alone. However, rejected in toto if it is presented as
increase and people across the people do not want this truth now, Christian Center at Ground Zero’
gospel truth. The Bible is very as a response to the proposed
A RE we living in the end
times?
Let me take you on a short
world are living and following
every inclination of their own
heart.
and those who once knew this
truth once are turning their backs
on it. They reject the Word of God
clear in its end-time preaching
(eschatology), and those wishing
further information on this would
mosque by the site of the attacks of
9/11, received a detailed call from
What is interesting is the fact and hence reject God Himself. a person stating they represent the
journey into the modern world and do well to read the Bible, the Word Islamic Center of Southwest
then you can answer my question. that every fabric of society is Falling away is the great of truth and the Word of God.
crumbling and yet people still apostasy, the great turning their Florida in Ft. Myers, US.
In the ‘developed’ countries The call explicitly stated that
around the world, most seem to nurse hope that all will be backs on God, and His Word, His The writer is the founder of
well soon. And that the Son, His way of salvation, and Keller would be killed for his
importantly in the US and in Hebron Bible College based in disrespect of ‘Allah’ and the
several nations in Europe, you unprecedented financial problems holiness. They fall away from UK. He can be reached at
that the world is experiencing will what is right so they can embrace ‘Islamic religion.’
would notice three striking things hebronbiblecollege@yahoo.com Keller is no stranger to conflict
– mass immigration into the west, soon be over. If you think I am the joys of sin, no matter how
being pessimistic, consider this. short-lived they might be. Little children, let no man with Islam. In 2007, under
an increase in false religions and a pressure from the extremist
growing clamour for alternative At one time businesses used to go In their desire to create a secular deceive you: he that doeth
bankrupt, now we are seeing society, governments of the day Muslim group CAIR, Keller’s
lifestyles. righteousness is righteous, highly rated nightly TV program
Europe is growing larger by the countries go bust. Greece is an take God out of the picture even as he is righteous.
example. It is so heavily in debt completely. They remove the truth that ran for 4 ½ years on a CBS
year with several smaller 1 John 3:7. owned station in Tampa, Florida,
countries joining the European that richer countries have to bail it and replace it with a ‘anything
out. goes’ mentality. Here we have the was cancelled by CBS because he
Economic Committee (EEC). refused to stop telling his viewers
People just cannot seem to near perfect stage for the anti- Let no man deceive you with
Christians must realize that that “according to the Bible, Islam
alternative lifestyle is a cover-up recognize the truth about christ to appear; a godless leader vain words: for because of
alternative lifestyles. ‘Your truth ruling over a near-godless society. these things cometh the wrath is a 1400-year-old lie from hell,
for homosexual proclivities and and that history clearly shows
licentiousness. It keeps God out of may be different from my truth, We are seeing this in Europe, of God upon the children of
but who says yours is right and especially in England where a Mohammed was a murdering
one's life. disobedience. Ephesians 5:6.
mine is wrong’ is the popular spineless leadership that has no pedophile who propagated his
Turn the pages of newspapers false religion through hatred,
and you will see that thinking. They hold up like well power to self govern because it has That we [henceforth] be no
worn-out placards this line again sold itself to the European violence, and death.”
ecumenicalism is gaining ground more children, tossed to and Keller also has numerous
the world over. and again. Parliament in Brussels exists. Like
fro, and carried about with fatwas (sentences of death) issued
Every now and then, you will This synchronisation of the so- the rest of Europe it is being
called truths is an ideology that governed and told what to do by every wind of doctrine, by the against him for a video he sent in
hear a big-time preacher telling us 2006 to Osama Bin Laden that was
that all religions can not only co- comes from pure ignorance, plain the political parties. Incidentally, sleight of men, [and] cunning
and simple. Well, the great falling did you know while the EEC craftiness, whereby they lie in played worldwide in which Keller
exist but also work together for the encouraged Bin Laden to
greater welfare of humanity. There away is happening. People are parliament has 750 members, seat wait to deceive;
stating that what was once evil is number 666 remains empty at this Ephesians 4:14. ‘renounce the lies of Islam’ and
is no greater humbug than this. come to faith in Jesus Christ.
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