Christian Depression as Man destroys Ten Commandments plaque

Christian depression is real, there are many who love God but who are going through the emotional battle of their life. The sad fact of the matter is that those who are suffering emotionally are not always getting the help that they need, a lack of real pastoral support and of godly men in the pulpit are making things worst. In a very bizarre story which happened last week, a man who professes to be a Christian, literally drove his car into a Ten Commandments monument and destroyed it.

 

 

Depression and Christianity

 

There are many people who try to follow after God but are going through severe difficulties, it is at these times when the prevalence of TV ministers are of no help. There has been a proliferation of TV preachers and ministers who beam their messages into the homes of millions of people; yet these men are mainly actors. Often believers are mislead by a television ministry which is real focused on receiving money donations, TV ministers can never provide the spiritual support that believers truly need. Sadly, the majority in the United States are getting their spiritual messages from Christian Television which is really a money making enterprise using the name of Christ to promote their shows.

 

We don’t know all the reasons behind the man’s bizarre behavior, driving a car into the biblical monument is a clear sign of a person dissatisfied (from a religious perspective) with religion.   Official in Oklahoma say the man suffers from mental health issues.

 

The mother of the man was interviewed for local news, she says that her son had a work related accident which led him down a road of “breakdowns”

 

 “The one thing that is foremost in his mind, his religion, is the thing he takes it out on. A statue of the 10 Commandments would be something that would attract him. Anyone who knows Michael, knows he loves his God. Right now, everyone is praying for him.”

 

Despite the fact that this man is mentally ill does not take away the fact that the story highlights a very important fact, many believe the message of God but are still hurting. The American churches have missed the mark, the good time money making gospel which is pimped into the homes of millions of people is not the original message of Jesus. People who are suffering or who are depressed are often shunned by the churches, the ministers don’t like to deal with these problems.

 

 

While there are good ministers the sad fact of the matter is that Christian depression is not being addressed, the people in the pulpit today are not able to give the support that so many people truly need.  Unfortunately, anyone can be the minister today and this is why the flock is not being fed.  

 

The mother of the emotionally disturbed man admitted she had no clues her son was in trouble, sadly, this is a familiar situation today

Some many are lost in a sad American Christianity.  

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What is Christianity and can it be saved?

What is Christianity is a question that Christians should start to ask themselves. What are the true sets of beliefs which embody this religion? It may be a bit of a surprise to believers today but what we call modern day Christianity is far removed from its original Jewish roots. Did the United States and its love of money and materialism transform the religion into cheap con game?  Is American Christianity now a TV show where the slickest preachers make the most money? Is it our obsession with good looking people which causes us to throw our faith at the new tight jeans wearing ministers with prefect hair? 

 

WWJD ?

 

A popular slogan (and button) a few years ago was “What Would Jesus Do (WWJD)? What WWJD really meant was

 

 “What would Jesus do in any particular situation”, this is actually a very thought provoking slogan.

 

I would like to ask our many readers what Jesus would say about modern day Christianity. Would Jesus be please with millionaire ministers who use private jets? Would he be pleased with ministers who only send out “money messages” yet never give a dime back to the poor in their congregations who ask for help? 

 

Despite the fact that modern day ministers like to spread the message that the apostles were not poor the fact of the matter is that they were dirt poor!  

 

Poverty and despair was the common life of a first century believer, after the resurrection the apostles lived with only one hope, that they would see the Messiah again in their lifetime. There were no messages to get rich, just a hope to see the Messiah.

 

The Pimping of the Gospel

 

The modern day church has dropped the ball; the poor, depressed and hurting are not being served. An older man recently commented to me

 

“It is best to find a very small, poor store front church; they are the only true churches left”  

 

 

 

 The poor ministers who open these small store churches serve a small congregation that has almost no money; the ministers are usually dirt poor yet they open the doors to serve the poor every week. The neighborhoods were the poor churches reside are usually dangerous yet the doors are open to the hurting.

 

Television ministers are in the game for big ratings and big money, avoid these men at all cost. Television ministries come with big production money and little bible quotes which equal disaster for the believers.  

 

 

 

Once the make up goes on and the cameras rolls it is no longer about Christianity, it is about Hollywood, run far away from the money gospel in the United States.

 

Christian Depression is real

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The dwindling numbers of “Christians” who believe the Gospel

 

 

A new survey has shocked many in religious circles, apparently there are almost 40% of people who describe themselves as “Christian” but who live a totally secular lifestyle. These “believers” attend no church services and say they have very little if any connection at all to religion. What is behind this growing trend of churchless-ness? The dwindling numbers of people who actually follow any of the doctrine of Christianity has many very surprised.

 

 Religion researcher David Kinnaman who did the survey expected to find the typical 20% of people who had no religious connection but what he found was that almost 40% of people surveyed in the United States describe themselves as not apart of any religion at all, what is amazing is that most of these people say that when asked they usually state that they are Christian.

 

 How to understand the trend

 

To understand the trend we have to see that millions of people doubt the beliefs of Christianity and are instead labeling themselves “Christian” by tradition. These people may put up a Christmas tree or attend an Easter service but their beliefs are from tradition not faith. What is behind the growing secularism in the United States? While Christians are being tortured in many parts of the world the West is losing the faith.  In Europe Christianity is mainly a tradition, a belief in God is not a reality in the lives of Europeans, this is spreads in the USA. I have lived in Europe for many years and any admission to believe in God is often met by cynicism or even anger.

 

How much did the American mega TV ministers who have pumped a gospel of “getting rich” play a part in the lack of faith in the Americans? A gospel based on money has made a lot of American Ministers rich, yet they will have to give an account for every dollar they extracted from the flock.  The original gospel of Jesus Christ has been reduced to slick hair Americans speaking on behalf of the Middle East born Messiah.  If these men truly feared God they would never put their faces on TV but they have no fear of God. The pollution of the American pulpit by those who call themselves minister may be playing a part in the dwindling numbers of Americans who are turned off to religion.

 

Christian Depression is real.

 

 

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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.