Last Wednesday, the Pope held an audience in Rome. He addressed a gathering for his General Audience where he said that ‘convincing someone from another religion to become a Christian is a pagan practice.’ So, to ‘evangelise’ is not to ‘proselytise’. To proselytise is something pagan, it’s neither religious nor evangelical. What does he mean by ‘proselytise’? What he means by ‘proselytise’ is what you and I understand by ‘evangelise’. It means to try to persuade somebody who is not a Christian to become a Christian, to tell someone who may be a Muslim or a Hindu or even Jew to believe in Jesus as Saviour. That’s what the Pope is attacking and he’s saying that that’s a pagan practice. He goes on to say, ‘you mustn’t do this, especially if you’re talking to somebody who already has a religion.’ Are you Jewish, Muslim, Hindu? He says the church should grow by attracting people with the beauty of God’s love. Sounds good! Apparently, this love means accepting everybody as they are, not trying to change their mind to become Christians, but loving them so they might become happy children of God. Sounds quite appealing to today’s kind of world, wouldn’t you say? Mentality, what it means, is that the church must accept all kinds of ideas and all kinds of people without trying to change them. These include anti-Christian ideas and lifestyles. The church, according to the Pope, must accept all people and never try to change their minds, ask them to repent and believe the Gospel. It should just talk about love and, as it talks about love, then people are going to be attracted to the church and, if they’re attracted to the church, then they are accepted as they are, they don’t have to change.
I am very grateful and thankful for the teaching and insights that you provide on current and eternal truths which are a rich source of inspiration and blessing to many. However, I have great difficulty accessing the videos and, when I do manage to make a connection it is only occasionally that I am able to access the content to the end. This happens on my phone and laptop , so I don’t think its my use of my equipment only. I wonder if anyone else has commented.
Hi Joan,
Thanks for your message. It’s been a while since we’ve had any reports of ‘access to content issues’.
I have referred your message to the technical team for investigation.
In the meantime, could you give me a couple of examples of what you mean? Please try to reproduce the problem and let me have a step-by-step description of what you do to access LftLD’s content.
Best,
Eric
Hi Joan,
I’ve checked with out technical team and we cannot reproduce the problem. No other users have complained about this or similar issues. Their suggestion is that you talk to your internet provider and check for WiFi hub issues as you are experiencing the same problem on both your computer and phone.
Kind regards,
LftLD
That would be an ecumenical matter?!
Thanks.
It’s happening in my own Baptist Church.
Love rules. Accept everyone as they are. Don’t share the gospel.