religious pole dancin

as i begin to unload this truck load of angst, i am sad in my heart at some of the stuff i hear and read concerning modern christianity.

it is the time of year when certain tv outlets have share a thons to raise money. certainly not a bad thing. the concern is that there are promises of health, wealth and fortune that accompany pledges of financial support given by men who all but promise their prosperity if they would only give.

i am wondering if financial prosperity is preached in darfur, central america, africa, and the middle east. i wonder if the message of gods financial blessing is the focus when they preach in areas of poverty.

wondering still, can we preach a different message here than we do in other countries?

still wondering...what if what was preached was holiness and righteous living all over the world, would we then be so concerned with financial gain as a means of gods blessing.

1But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. 2People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good 2 tim 3;1-3

i need to say these things now.

for the time will soon come when sin cannot be uttered as such. lifestyle choices and reletive truth (take what you want and leave the rest), along with complete tolerance for all faiths and all viewpoints...except christianity...is looming large on the horizon.

i do not look outside the church. as paul told the corinthians, one would have to leave the world to escape such things. i speak about inside the church, whom we are to rightly test in matters of faith.

throw your money. i will give you pleasure for a while. away from your life and responsibilities. come and give me money and you shall experience freedom and satisfaction.
give me your money. i will dance for you,. as long as you give me what i want. i look good, you want me, give me your money. pay no attention to the man behind the curtain.

we have given what is so dear to us for promises of stuff.

we are essau.

we trade god for a bowl of soup. but now, jacob tells us that with the soup you can have a big fine home, 3.2 kids, 4 cars, no worries, no suffering, no pain and a big bank account. why do we get these things? we deserve them. jesus was born in a trough with the smell of cattle crap in the air, but we deserve them. jesus had no home, but we deserve them. jesus was proclaimed among the poor, but we deserve them.

what they don't tell you is this...if it don't work out for you, it must be your lack of faith. if the cancer comes back, you probably did not give enough. maybe another few hundred and it will be ok.

i feel like i am at a strip club, putting a dollar in the suit jacket of some cheap magician with bad hair and a diamond ring on who is congering up visions of granduer.

any body got change for a 20?