Christian depression, genocide and money ministers

Sadly, Christianity is a shadow of what it once was in the United States, Christian depression is on the rise all over the world but you would never know it if you watched the television ministers. In the minds of these ministers life is a continual party of blessing. Once American Christianity became a “television show” where anyone with nice teeth was allowed in the pulpit the lure of big money replaced the gospel.

 

 

It may come as a surprise to those who profess to be followers of Christ in the United States but the faithful in the Middle East are experiencing bombing, torture and loss of life for Christ in parts of the Middle East.  In an amazing article in the Columbus dispatch it was stated that “Christianity is all but ended in the Middle East”.  What has happened to the believers is nothing short of genocide, from 3 million people down to 300,000 and shrinking fast. Those interviewed said they will not go back.

 

 

 

 

 

 There are Christians today who are unsure of where they are going to live or even what they will eat, this is also true in the United States.  Christian depression is real but you would be very hard pressed to find any ministers speaking about this in the pulpit; the typical American message is about blessings. The typical message from too many of our ministers is how to bend God’s arm for a better job or maybe a newer car.

 

Christianity in the United States does not resemble anything of the original gospel.

 

 

 

What happened to this humble religion which started with a few scared men hiding in an upper room after the crucifixion of their leader?  Christian depression is real, it lives in the hearts of the single mothers dragging their little ones to church, and it lives in the homeless man sitting in the back of the church begging God for repentance. The television has ruined the religion, the pimping of the flock with messages of getting rich is nothing short of blasphemy. The depressed and hurting are left to fend for themselves in American Christianity. 

 

Why not stop right now, not later, and send a prayer to those who had their churches destroyed in the Middle East?

 

 Many are now homeless; it may be the prayer God has been waiting to hear from you.