The More Things Change, the More We Realise God Doesn't (Part 2 of 2)

The More Things Change, the More We Realise God Doesn’t (Part 2 of 2)

The Christian strategy against liberalism, political correctness and every change that is destroying the world

Khen Lim

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No bright horizons

The world isn’t just an unhappy place but it is also doomed for destruction. Unless something miraculous happens that would turn it around, we have no way out. And even as we lay the blame squarely at the feet of liberals and corrupt politicians, perhaps we may be partly held accountable too because all these decades, many of us had placed so much importance on prosperity and growth that we ourselves ignored the changes that have shifted our social and cultural perceptions. Some of us might have thought they were harmless. Some might have even believed that these changes would never last.

On the Day September 17 2002

The Contentious Ossuary of James

Khen Lim




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On this day, fourteen years ago, in 2002, one of Christian archaeology’s most anticipated news in years seemed ready to effervesce to the top of the heap. The Geological Survey of Israel in Jerusalem in their letter to Hershel Shanks of Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR) tersely said, “No evidence that might detract from the authenticity of the patina and the inscription was found.” The letter referred to what we know as the Ossuary of James.

Our Worst Enemy is from Within

Our Worst Enemy is from Within

Immorality in the Church

Khen Lim

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If ever we talk about immorality in church, most people will point to fornication, adultery, effeminism, sexual deviances, carnality and lewdness. For these are the common perceptions of how the church has degraded over the many decades of neglect, complacency and steady departure from the Word. Predictably then, these are what we are called to eradicate from the church.

A Lesson from the Past

Comparing Julian the Apostate with our World Leaders

Khen Lim

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Today’s history lesson dates back to 1,653 years ago when the Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate died conceding to Christ that He was right after all. There is something very poignant about this because almost 17 centuries later, we still have yet to learn from it. Before the Emperor died, he realised that his defiance against Christ and his disdain for the millions of His followers was futile.

Julian’s background is hauntingly surreal. Check out how well educated he was. Find out the kinds of philosophical intellectuals he hung out with. Consider him a man for all seasons, supremely refined and cultured. He’d have been a real catch of the day too. He was baptised a Christian; yet he turned away from God and went against Him by deliberately reviving long-gone pagan religions. He reworked the very things that God was angered by. He squared off with Christ, thinking that as a Roman Emperor and assuming the cult of the Unconquered Sun, he was greater and more supreme.

Julian’s disdain for God is similar to what we see today in the tens of millions whose liberal antics would have been equally as if not even more despicable and defiant. I think that if we consider any of these – abortions, baby-part harvesting, same-sex marriages, transsexuality, embryonic stem cell extractions, euthanasia, Christian persecutions, anti-Semitism and hatred against Israel – we could possibly conclude that many of our world leaders today might actually be far worse than Julian the Apostate.

Julian died with regret lingering pathetically on his lips. His last words evidenced this. The tragic difference is that countless modern world leaders we know of may not be that remorseful even in their dying minutes. Where has the world gone to? And what are we Christians to do?

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None of the 128 Needed to Die

Editorial Commentary

Administration



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According to the latest BBC news (at this point of writing), the present Paris attack has claimed 128 lives with 180 others injured. The attack took place in a night of gun and bomb attacks at a concert hall including restaurants and bars at five other sites with one just outside the Stade de France stadium where France was playing World Cup champions Germany. All of these were in and around the centre of Paris.

It might be politically incorrect to say this but there will be more of the same attacks to come. At any rate, this wasn’t the first time for Paris. If our memory isn’t too short, you might remember Charlie Hebdo and Hyper Cacher, the Jewish supermarket. And they were hardly ten months ago.

The godless continue not to recognise that these are not only the End Times but that, appeasing evil merely brings more unmitigated evil. Similarly a stubborn refusal by liberal socialist politicians to call it what it is – purely unadulterated Islamic terrorism – leaves plenty of doors open for more of the same to come. And they will surely come before the year is up. It might not be Paris but it will surely be somewhere where the same blasé attitude prevails.

Much of Europe is embroiled in the most incompetent assessment of what terrorism is about and how poorly they have been managing the situation; no less mired by a complete lack of due diligence. When you bring in tens of thousands of Syrian refugees without any checks and balances, it tells you everything about utter European ignorance and political indifference. But when 128 people died because of government stupidity and a refusal to acknowledge and then act against Islamic terrorism, the fault must lie equally between I.S. and, in this case, the French government.

Looking at where we’re at in the scheme of things, Ephesians 6:10-20 might come at a humbling but right time. Maybe we can now see these verses for what they’re worth. Maybe we can now wake up from our slumber and take things a little more seriously.

Editor

Our Youth's Ten Greatest Worries

By Khen Lim



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According to research conducted by Dr Thom Rainer, teenagers today are the most unreached people for Christ in America. Less than 10 percent of America’s youth have accepted Christ as their Lord and Saviour. After interviewing hundreds of youth, much has been revealed about their fears of which the following are ten of their greatest:

The Strife of David Echoes Those of Today's World

By Khen Lim



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Just as the sweeping political changes in Malaysia unfold before our eyes, one is reminded by what Billy Graham wrote in a short devotional entitled, Internal Strife:

“David, king of ancient Israel, found himself in the midst of a confused national situation. His kingdom was torn by internal strife. Slave hated master, master hated slave. People blamed the government, and government blamed the people. David looked about him and saw that every man thought himself perfect. Each individual placed blame upon other individuals.

David knew that sinful pride continued to increase, his nation would collapse spiritually. He knew that economic depression, moral disintegration, or military defeat inevitably follow spiritual decline. So David turned to God, and it was revealed to him by the Spirit of God that the spiritual tide of his nation could rise no higher than the spiritual level of his own heart. So he fell on his knees in utter humility and prayed:

“Search me, O God, and know my heart, try me, and know my thoughts: and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting” (Psalm 139:23-24).

Anti-Semitism Fact Sheet

By Khen Lim

Anti-Semitism remains prevalent and in fact may be showing signs of an increase since the end of the Second World War. According to a survey conducted by Anti-Defamation League (ADL) just last year, the news is disturbing. Here’re just the brief ones to get started: