tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post9220913441181534457..comments2023-10-07T04:07:56.527-04:00Comments on The End Time: Mission New England, the city on a hill where the light has (almost) gone outElizabeth Pratahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-7392728117150936612014-07-17T08:03:42.053-04:002014-07-17T08:03:42.053-04:00Thanks for that testimony, GtY! So true, that tho...Thanks for that testimony, GtY! So true, that those who "know the language" don't want to hear about sin... proving their state of religious deception.<br /><br />"However, in our six years there I never met anyone who wanted to hear about the Lord." <br /><br />This was the most encouraging (and yet of course sad) part of your comment... encouraging in that it comforts me to know we are not alone facing such hardened hearts... your experience mirrors that which my husband and I have been facing in our area... pretty much zero reception to things of God. Sad of course, seeing people hardened after spending a lifetime rejecting Christ.<br /><br />-CarolynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-82981223494018115192014-07-16T21:51:40.591-04:002014-07-16T21:51:40.591-04:00I grew up in the south and lived there almost 40 y...I grew up in the south and lived there almost 40 years before moving to the midwest for a few years (which was very similar to the south). It is so frustrating trying to talk to people about the Lord who have gone to church enough to "know the language" and think they're saved...they tend to get very offended if you talk to them about sin because they're "good people." <br /><br />So I was excited when my husband got a job in Maine - I thought it would be great to live somewhere where the people aren't deceived about their own salvation. I had this wild idea that people were wanting to hear the gospel and we prayed that we would see God working in our new state. However, in our six years there I never met anyone who wanted to hear about the Lord. <br /><br />I love Mainers - I love their work ethic and their frugality and their dogged self-sufficiency, but these things make it difficult for them to think they need anything they can't provide for themselves. They are so blind to the truth.Grace to Youhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02762614330823622639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-85831322545135424212014-07-16T18:32:47.009-04:002014-07-16T18:32:47.009-04:00Another thing.... check out this church in Birming...Another thing.... check out this church in Birmingham, Al. I can't link it because the feature is broken on my tablet, but if you google "futuristic church with twelve lane", it should be the first thing that pops up. It is a church that just built a twelve lane bowling alley, and all kinds of other things to attract people. They spent MILLIONS of dollars on it, and are advertising "open house". Maybe it's because we are kind of sheltered here in the south, but I have never seen anything like it! It makes me nauseous!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-24202802638340640052014-07-16T18:26:50.699-04:002014-07-16T18:26:50.699-04:00I live in the next county over from Birmingham, Al...I live in the next county over from Birmingham, Alabama.... the heart of the Bible Belt! Seems most everybody I know "goes to church". Unfortunately, the majority of what I am hearing is how awesome their churches are.... pastors doing sermon series based on the Summer blockbuster movies like Frozen, tv shows like Walking Dead, and one church even was doing a "game show series". The friend who told me about the gameshow series was actually not too happy about it. She said the previous two sermons had been kind of childish (no kidding, right?).... and she was thinking about skipping the upcoming Sunday because the sermon scheduled to be preached was based on the old gameshow "Lets Make A Deal", and the congregation was being told to wear costumes!! I about fell out of my chair. My own church seems to be one of the last in my area to still be preaching from the Bible and singing hymns.... but my church is not even as solid as it was 18 years ago when I first began attending it. My daughter recently pointed out that there is a church on nearly every street corner in Alabama and how good that was. But I had to remind her not to be fooled, because we are as more spiritually sick than we have ever been. However, let's keep giving thanks to God.... even in these times, He still reigns and surely He will be coming quickly! There is much work to be done.... "The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labouers are few; Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest." - Matt. 9:37-38. Great blog post by the way! Thanks for the info!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-67471848731595530022014-07-16T18:03:01.385-04:002014-07-16T18:03:01.385-04:00http://www.sunjournal.com/files/imagecache/medium/...http://www.sunjournal.com/files/imagecache/medium/2011/01/12/Sightschurch1P011611.jpgJeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171219693651832856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-71900965699133650372014-07-16T15:32:06.134-04:002014-07-16T15:32:06.134-04:00New England . . . Dead England. Yep, it needs miss...New England . . . Dead England. Yep, it needs missionaries, ASAP! Oh, Elizabeth, another winner from you!<br /><br />StephenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-60718245672516399852014-07-16T11:29:31.077-04:002014-07-16T11:29:31.077-04:00I'm not sure either is easy to deal with... o...I'm not sure either is easy to deal with... open hostility isn't fun to encounter. But at least it's an attack from the outside, and you can see clearly where they stand, and shake the dust off and move on.<br /><br />But secret apostates/tares are very dangerous to the health of the church. They do more internal damage to the body. And "thanks" to the church growth movement, unwise pastors are allowing good churches to be flooded with tares.<br /><br />-CarolynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-69405861551130290952014-07-16T10:29:24.815-04:002014-07-16T10:29:24.815-04:00Such a shame..... I used to always want to visit N...Such a shame..... I used to always want to visit New England in the fall to view the gorgeous landscapes/trees!....<br /><br />AND... I didn't know that about Harvard or other universities either.... good "education" (I mean that I just got ~ heh).... thanks, Elizabeth. I'd rather see my college aged child (providing I had one) mop floors as a janitor than to be thrown into such liberal ecumenical society/universities.... like willingly throwing them into a lion's den!!Revanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-28231715068621285112014-07-16T10:19:57.232-04:002014-07-16T10:19:57.232-04:00Hi Jeff,
Thanks for the scriptures. Also, the hor...Hi Jeff,<br /><br />Thanks for the scriptures. Also, the horror of a Baptist pastor and a Catholic priest joining to perform a holy sacrament! Shudder! I'm always sad to learn of a good church being torn down.<br /><br />I'm not sure to which photo you're talking about. The top one is the Congregational Church in Gray Maine. The second one is the church at the end of Rt 115 out of Gray, in North Yarmouth. The third is also in Gray, very near Gray Village. Though I understand there are a few antique shops in central Maine that inhabit dead churches.<br /><br />What a day it will be when Jesus is the temple and the Light.Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-30349691766037279172014-07-16T10:00:27.519-04:002014-07-16T10:00:27.519-04:00That Building that you posted a pic of in Welchvil...That Building that you posted a pic of in Welchville has since been torn down. There was another that had the distinction of being the first to have an ecumenical wedding service where both a priest and a baptist minister presided. That was the United Baptist Church in Lewiston Maine and there is a parking lot there now.<br />Revelation 2<br /> Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;<br /><br />2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars:<br /><br />3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.<br /><br />4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.<br /><br />5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.<br />Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05171219693651832856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-71433147245826827712014-07-16T08:37:37.205-04:002014-07-16T08:37:37.205-04:00Well said Carolyn. I 100% agree.
In some ways the...Well said Carolyn. I 100% agree.<br /><br />In some ways the south is just as heartbreaking. At least the north is cold for Jesus, open about it and in your face. The ACLU thrives there.<br /><br />In the South, so many are lukewarm. So many are tares. The secret apostate is sometimes harder to deal with than the open atheist.Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-83131220047520563072014-07-16T08:35:55.929-04:002014-07-16T08:35:55.929-04:00Than you, Elle, for reading and commenting. SDG.Than you, Elle, for reading and commenting. SDG.Elizabeth Pratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04341086233512507156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-67044387675106116912014-07-16T08:13:29.088-04:002014-07-16T08:13:29.088-04:00The "godless" US states are NOT an easy ...The "godless" US states are NOT an easy mission field.<br /><br />Though at this point, even the south, which has more visible Christian life than the northeast or Pacific NW, has been swept over by false teachers, leaving many false converts in the pews.<br /><br />-CarolynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2736720231951988221.post-23405404307311953412014-07-15T21:47:17.042-04:002014-07-15T21:47:17.042-04:00Excellent post, as always, Elizabeth. God bless yo...Excellent post, as always, Elizabeth. God bless you - MickAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16020629925835947780noreply@blogger.com