... the missing cross

have you noticed the remarkable absense of the cross or crucifix in most of these 'christian' churches ...

i mean ... have you noticed, say lakewood church in texas ... used to be john osteen's church, now ran by his son joel ... not a cross in sight, but the flags of all the nation-states they choose to recognize are there.

or creflo dollar, joyce meyers, kenny copeland or even on cbn.com ... do you see a single cross ... not that i care for the imagery as i'm more into the resurrection aspect of christianity, but the cross is the pre-cursor to the resurrection ...

i guess no one wants to be reminded that if you are following jesus, it means you are willing to sacrifice everything ... even that hummer in the parking lot or the latte on sunday mornings ...

the 'christian' church sure seems to be a lot about 'personal power', 'investing for financial success, 'health and fitness' ... that's cbn.com, and have you listened to most televanglist these days ... selling tony robbin's personal power using some verses that morph the teachings of jesus into this 'you can have it all ... you deserve it all ... you need to take it all' psycho-babble. no spirituality ... well, yes, they use spiritual principles but without spiritual intent, you have classic idolotry. i mean, do the people do it because they want to give their new H3 to serve the lord ... really. than, why do we have so many amazing vehicles locked up behind gates with security officers and homeless people sleeping on their doorsteps when "worship" is not in session?

i love that on cbn.com, they talk about going to the gathering of mormons to "outreach" and teach other religions about christianity because ... "th[e] religions [is] based on idolotry."

"We are not going to rip into all these religions. We are going to educate Christians on what they are about, because all of these religions have their roots in idolatry," [Ray] Comfort[, an evangelist and author of more than 40 books] said. "I mean they have a wrong concept of God and (the followers) all think they can make their own way to heaven."

don't they remember what jesus said to peter at the end of the book of john when jesus asked if he loved him, and of course, peter (the church) could only muster a "yeah, yeah, i love you already ... but what about that guy," the christian church claims love and adoration and worship of jesus, but in truth all they can muster is a shallow bid at love while they worry about what everyone else is or isn't doing ... not too strange that the church which was built on peter acts this way ...

peace & harmony,
elaine
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