{"id":633,"date":"2016-04-18T15:01:59","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T19:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/etvfc.org\/wp-blog\/?p=633"},"modified":"2016-04-18T15:01:59","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T19:01:59","slug":"wheres-the-salt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/etvfc.org\/wp-blog\/2016\/04\/wheres-the-salt\/","title":{"rendered":"Where&#8217;s the Salt?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eh4o5\" data-offset-key=\"e8um2-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"e8um2-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"e8um2-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Here&#8217;s a thought&#8230;.maybe, just maybe, if there was less confusion in today&#8217;s Christianity in the church, and more of us identified with the Lord Jesus Christ, there would be less gender confusion out in the world.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eh4o5\" data-offset-key=\"abtlh-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"abtlh-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"abtlh-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eh4o5\" data-offset-key=\"1ihr5-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1ihr5-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1ihr5-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">The world is just a reflection of the church.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eh4o5\" data-offset-key=\"bu8l0-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"bu8l0-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"bu8l0-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eh4o5\" data-offset-key=\"4i8m1-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"4i8m1-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"4i8m1-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">And the church is getting more and more double minded, one foot in the church, one foot in the world. Professing Jesus on Sunday, back to the lusts of this world on Monday. That is often best case. <\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"4i8m1-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"4i8m1-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"4i8m1-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">In fact, many many young people bring the world right in and never skip a beat, mesmerized by the lusts of this world the entire service. All you need is a smart phone.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eh4o5\" data-offset-key=\"dc2pr-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eh4o5\" data-offset-key=\"dc2pr-0-0\">just look at the back few pews in any service and we have the texting and non texting sections, the Facebookers, and game players, and worse. \u00a0And many parents hand their kids a Gameboy, or a DVD player, in church so the kids &#8220;behave&#8221;. \u00a0 It is like hiring the devil to run the nursery.<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eh4o5\" data-offset-key=\"dc2pr-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eh4o5\" data-offset-key=\"9ekvs-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"9ekvs-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"9ekvs-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Just maybe, if the church makes up it&#8217;s mind over whom it will serve, more of the world would be able to sort out the truth from the lies.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eh4o5\" data-offset-key=\"62b25-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"62b25-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"62b25-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eh4o5\" data-offset-key=\"da3b6-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"da3b6-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"da3b6-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Like a ship lost in a terrible storm are those in our world. \u00a0They spin in circles and don&#8217;t know where to turn. \u00a0The only comfort they have is the familiar, as dark and dreary and hopeless it is. \u00a0To them it is less terrifying than the fear of the unknown. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eh4o5\" data-offset-key=\"fbsim-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"fbsim-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"fbsim-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eh4o5\" data-offset-key=\"2q95m-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"2q95m-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"2q95m-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Looking for anyone and anything to be an anchor and a lighthouse. Obama, hear our cries! \u00a0Oh wait he is leaving! \u00a0Trump are you the one? \u00a0Pope Francis, can you save us? \u00a0We need to legalize pot, that will solve it. \u00a0Bernie! \u00a0Joel Olsteen, Rick Warren, Benny Hinn, what are we to do? \u00a0Maybe science has the answer in a galaxy far, far way.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eh4o5\" data-offset-key=\"83fp0-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"83fp0-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"83fp0-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"83fp0-0-0\">My hope is not in Obama. \u00a0It&#8217;s not in the ex of Ivanna, and it&#8217;s certainly not in Chelsea&#8217;s Mama.<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"83fp0-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"83fp0-0-0\">Make America great again?<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"83fp0-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"83fp0-0-0\">Give America the change it needs. \u00a0Get the anchor of hope out, and the lighthouse that shows the right way out of this mess.<\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"83fp0-0-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eh4o5\" data-offset-key=\"6kv7n-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6kv7n-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"6kv7n-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Who better fits that than the Lord Jesus Christ?<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6kv7n-0-0\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6kv7n-0-0\">My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus blood and righteousness!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eh4o5\" data-offset-key=\"1q9ga-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"1q9ga-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"1q9ga-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eh4o5\" data-offset-key=\"cdrl-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"cdrl-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"cdrl-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">He is the only hope we have for a lost and dying world.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eh4o5\" data-offset-key=\"6nkl8-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"6nkl8-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"6nkl8-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"eh4o5\" data-offset-key=\"cper1-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"cper1-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"cper1-0-0\"><span data-text=\"true\">Unless we are too much in love with the world to think the lost want to leave it ever.Whers<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a thought&#8230;.maybe, just maybe, if there was less confusion in today&#8217;s Christianity in the church, and more of us identified with the Lord Jesus Christ, there would be less gender confusion out in the world. \u00a0 The world is &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/etvfc.org\/wp-blog\/2016\/04\/wheres-the-salt\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/etvfc.org\/wp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/etvfc.org\/wp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/etvfc.org\/wp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/etvfc.org\/wp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/etvfc.org\/wp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=633"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/etvfc.org\/wp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":634,"href":"http:\/\/etvfc.org\/wp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633\/revisions\/634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/etvfc.org\/wp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/etvfc.org\/wp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/etvfc.org\/wp-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}