Kicking The Slump To The Curb

Don’t Give Up

I’m feeling a little sad.

A few days ago, I read a post from a fellow Christian blogger.

He said he’s discouraged and having trouble writing about some of the heavier topics in our world.

Perhaps he’s just suffering from a temporary case of writer’s block, but maybe not.

As he explained later in his post, he’s struggling because, as a Christian, he knows that if you have Christian beliefs that go against hot-button secular opinions, you face the possibility of aggressive backlash.

I get it.

Sometimes I feel beat down myself, and I can’t blame it on writer’s block.

I get distressed at how misled some people are.

You can see one of the headlines I’m talking about for yourself.

Unhinged Backlash

Kicking The Slump To The Curb

The hatred against Bible-believing Christians has lit up in social media.

I’m sure you’ve read some of these rude comments as well.

Unfortunately, there doesn’t appear to be any end in sight.

If you post a biblical response to something on a “public” Facebook page, then you can quickly become fodder for nasty written attacks.

Who are these name-calling people anyway?

They appear to lack any conscience whatsoever.

Tact and polite discussion aren’t in their vocabulary.

Even so, we know we must pray for enemies of Christianity.

Compassion versus Anger towards them is necessary because they don’t have Jesus in their lives.

Kicking The Slump To The Curb

We must get ready for the long haul.

It’s ultimately a spiritual battle.

Even churches are not immune to Satan’s attacks.

Alarming doctrinal changes are coming to light.

For example, changing pronouns in Scripture to make the gospel more PC is outright deception. Reading about issues like this can bring me to tears, but it is happening. We need to be aware of this and not bury our heads in the sand.

We know that Satan works to undermine everything of God.

All I can say to try and encourage you as fellow Christians, (p.s. I need encouragement too), is to please continue looking for opportunities to share your testimony and talk to others about your faith in Jesus Christ.

Don’t fear the slump and don’t let it stomp out your witness for good. I understand taking a break, but please don’t give up.

*Footnote: I emailed the blogger I spoke about earlier to give him some encouragement. He was very appreciative.

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The Movie The Case For Christ

The Movie, “The Case For Christ.”

Have you seen Pure Flix’s new movie, “The Case For Christ?”

If you haven’t yet, I highly recommend it.

What are you waiting for? 🙂

Go! Go!

Seriously folks, you never know how long movies will last in the theaters, especially good Christian films.

You may remember the title is also a best-selling book written by Lee Strobel.

By the way, Strobel’s book was one of the first I read when I converted to Christianity 20 years ago.

The movie The Case For Christ

It’s an awesome book and, in my humble opinion, the film is just as compelling.

An Intriguing Movie

Who is this Strobel guy anyway and why is his story so appealing?

Lee Strobel is a former award-winning journalist for the Chicago Tribune, among other publications.

He’s also a former atheist.

Whoa, the “A” word.

In the blogging world, atheists are often the same men and women who will pick a fight over any mention of God just for the point of arguing and name-calling.

I love to see how God works in people’s lives, especially former atheists.

Strobel’s early cynicism and eagerness to disprove Christianity was the exact provocation that eventually, in God’s perfect timing, ended up leading the author to Christ.

Strobel is another great example why we need to pray for the atheists in our lives. There is hope for their salvation. (See the beautiful account of Paul’s conversion in Acts 9:1-22.)

A Skeptic’s Skeptic

In the early days of his marriage, Strobel was a skeptic’s skeptic, as far as Christianity was concerned.

He didn’t even want to hear about his wife’s newfound faith.

Strobel tried to avoid all things Christianity, but God is providential and bigger than any man’s resistance to God’s plan for his salvation.

*On November 8, 1981, I realized that my biggest objection to Jesus also had been quieted by the evidence of history. I found myself chuckling at how the tables had been turned. In light of the convincing facts I had learned during my investigation, in the face of this overwhelming avalanche of evidence in the case for Christ, the great irony is this: It would require much more faith for me to maintain my atheism than to trust in Jesus of Nazareth! – Author, Lee Strobel.

I don’t want to ruin the movie or the book for you, so I won’t give out much more information than what I’ve already shared. The book provides a lot more detail than the movie can in a little over an hour long, so it’s worth taking the time to check them both out.

I believe this movie is a must-see, despite what the jaded mainstream critics say.

Bring Kleenex, Just In Case

Is the movie a tearjerker?

For me, it was. (The lady in front of us was also dabbing tears!)

The film’s list of actors includes Mike Vogel, (also appeared in “The Help”), Erika Christensen, and Faye Dunaway.

The movie, “The Case For Christ,” is currently playing in select theaters nationwide.

God bless

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*Strobel, Lee. (1998). The Case For Christ: A Journalist’s Personal Investigation of the Evidence for Jesus. Quotation from page 265. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House.

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