Fighting Halloween, trying to put Christ back into Christmas, get the Easter bunny out of Easter and so on are an exercise in silliness, a diversion from what we should really be
doing as followers of Jesus.
I think one of the things God calls us to
do as followers of Jesus is help provide for those who are poor and hungry.
That's what we are called to
do as followers of Christ — warn people of the danger they are in if they continue to choose sin and reject Christ.
None of the things I say or write about are intended to make people feel guilty or like they are not living up to their full potential, or like they are disappointing God, or not doing everything they should be
doing as a follower of Jesus.
So when this chieftain became a Christian, the missionaries told him that the first thing he needed to
do as a follower of Jesus was put away all of his wives except one.
Not exact matches
Followers do accept requests without complaint, and perform just
as well
as their counterparts, but the lack of independent thinking and leadership is a major fault when you look at your company from a distance.
You have to make that vision come alive so that your
followers can see it just
as clearly
as you
do.
As such, they don't hesitate to jump in and
do the dirty work when needed and they won't ask their
followers to
do anything they wouldn't be willing to
do themselves.
Everyone is focused on the public scorecards that show how well they are
doing building connections with customers: Facebook likes, Twitter
followers, and Google +1's are all trumpeted
as statistics that reflect a business's reach and popularity.
The problem occurs when brands attempt to gather
as many
followers, likes and retweets
as possible through the use of content, including material that
does not provide true value,
as well
as questions.
The ultimate way to build a community of loyal
followers is to include customers in the actual development of your business whenever possible, just
as the founders of Power Practical have
done.
Fake
follower counts are based on Points North scanning
followers of influencers to sort out such things
as accounts making comments in languages that don't make sense for the content or the influencer, or accounts making the exact same comments across multiple influencers and posts.
The «fast
follower» strategy can work
as well in retail is it
does in technology.
We
do not spam or submit our own links on social media (we
do post them to our own Twitter / Facebook accounts,
as you would expect), we don't buy Twitter
followers, and we don't write for the sake of getting page views.
Many Litecoin
followers and crypto enthusiasts don't agree with Charlie Lee on this matter, however, that is not affecting the growth of Litecoin in the market
as LTC is trading in the green against the dollar.
I think I will retweet this to our pet industry
followers as some of them
do not know what the word «link» even means; and I'm not being rude.
Twitter has been good to Brown [Twitter handle @ReformedBroker], though Brown stressed that he wouldn't have 110,000
followers if he didn't have his blog «The Reformed Broker»
as a cornerstone of his online presence.
The
followers (note I
did call them Christians) would just
as soon vomit on these news places that broadcast the corrupt «perfect» church.
I believe the man, Jesus, who's story is recorded in the 4 gospels — would never recognize the American christian churches
as anywhere near
followers of «love one another
as I have loved you» and «
do to others
as you would have them
do to you.»
Unless world - wide Islam leeaders don't appologise to the world and the shut down their extremists internally America will never accept this religion and its
followers as peace loving.
And
as Jesus told them, his seed, people believing him then, the 12 apostles, that would grow like a mustard seed in to a huge tree... which it
did, 33 % of the 7 billion people on the planet believe Jesus was born of the Holy Spirit, performed miracles using the Holy Spirit, and later sent the Holy Spirit to the
followers after dying on the cross and raising again on the 3rd day of being in the hands of sinful men.
However,
as we've seen in this thread, all too many of his
followers do.
Part of it has to
do with our psychology
as «
followers» and our need to follow something rather than become self - sufficient and independent from other people, (not God.)
When Minister of the Interior Khvostov (the name means «tail») decided to
do away with Rasputin, he found he could not trust his own subordinates, and so contacted Iliodor in Sweden to recruit his
followers as assassins.
They don't have
as many
followers as you though, I doubt anybody would kill over them, try to impede science education, put public health at risk, or infringe on peoples happiness in their name.
Kerry Egan is a loving soul and is visiting the sick
as Jesus commanded his
followers to
do.
In fact Jesus promised the Holy Spirit to his
followers, and the disciples believed
as you
did, that they were only for the Jews, but Peter was surprised to discover the meaning behind God's direct message to him, that God opened it up to the gentiles, fulfilling the prophecy God made long ago that through the descendants of Abraham all nations would be blessed.
If you think that your personal experiences and emotions consti - tute evidence, then by that same logic, every other god and religion is equally
as valid, and their
followers say and feel just
as you
do.
As such, someone had to turn him in and Judas was
doing what had to be
done to set Jesus and his
followers on their path.
Little
did Augustine realize he was
doing his
followers a grave disservice by viewing parts of the Bible
as allegorical while simultaneously incorporating into his teaching the views of the Greek philosophers.
If the real god really loves us
as its cult
followers always preach that it
does, wouldn't it spare us all this pain and torment by letting the world's population know that it is the ONLY god?
You
do nt think that
followers of Zeus were not believers, just
as my mom believes in her Roman Catholic God?
While the statement made about government welfare during the time of Christ has some merit, I believe that Republicans should take a good look at themselves and ask are they
doing anything to stop poverty around the world,
as I believe Christ would want his
followers to
do.
belief
follower «
As indicated multiple times in the past, God didn't «come» from anything.
I
do find it really interesting that from the view point of some religious
followers even a single point they can pick
as inconsistent with their stories invalidates the entire scientific method.
Luke 6:35 But love you your enemies, and
do good, and lend, hoping for nothing... John 13:35 By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have... Ephesians 5:1 Be you therefore
followers of God,
as dear children; 1 John 3:9 Whoever is born of God
does not commit sin; for his seed remains....
All I was saying is that there would be no need for governmental aid if Jesus -
followers stepped up to the plate and took care of the poor and weak
as Jesus
did.
Only strategy Christians has to
do is fight for what ever Tradition is going on for years by co-ordinating within the different Christian sects
as well
as DISPLAYING MORE NATIVITY SCEANS AROUND THE NEIGHBORING HOUSES OF ATHEIST
FOLLOWERS especially near the leaders houses for for sure, yea I mean purely private property.
Weeellll, I wouldn't go so far
as to call the Catholic church the whore and the Protestant church the false bride, but I
do see your point and agree with you that much of institutional religion is not at all what God intended or wanted from
followers of Jesus.
Very often,
as we
do these things in our community, it comes out that we are
followers of Jesus but that we don't attend church.
One would think that
as well known
as Jesus was... since he
did have
followers coming from far and wide to see him....
I don't consider the article to relevant, because I don't consider using the pope, Joel Osteen,... and their
followers as representing christianity nor
do I consider those who espoused and represented atheist according to the article to be true atheist.
Far from shunning religion, Jesus embraced it and practiced it wholeheartedly
as did his
followers after he was raised!!
As Calvin's English
follower William Perkins put it, «The true end of our lives is to
do service to God in serving of man.»
Christianity itself has become a principality and holds thousands captive, Before anyone comments on me calling todays Christianity a principality, (a demonic stronghold) let me just make a request that those who
do answer are those who live
as the
followers of the way
did in biblical times, that is, meeting every day, considering nothing they owned
as their own, laying their lives down for the gospel (and not getting paid to
do so) and having signs and wonders accompany them when they speak of the Lord.
you guys have to understand, we
as followers of christ (not christians) it is our job to tell you (society) that god exist and that he loves us and is willing to forgive us for the f @ # $ up things we
do to each other daily, not prove he exist, b / c he sent prophets through out the ages to
do that, some listen (hebrews, muslims) some didn't (pagans, atheis, new agers), then you have those who have had their souls violated (gays) who feel lost and confused.
The
followers of the Islamic God say the same about Biblical God
as you
do about theirs!
someone has misled you about a few things but just
as Jesus and his
followers in the first century
did anyone who follows Jesus teachings
does go door to door and makes disciples, (Matt.28: 19,20) but the hope is for all not just 144,000.
The Hateful Truth: To answer your question
as it might apply to me, yes, even growing up in a Catholic household I was raised to respect everyone, even Satanists,
as long they (or any other faith
follower for that matter)
did not go out to hurt others.
Faith
does imply not needing proof, but religious
followers actually have a huge need for proof, particularly
as the education level rises.