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« Reply #15 on: May 22, 2006, 04:39:20 PM »

Hello Brother Joshua,

It's great to hear from you. It's been a long time, and we wondered if you had been kidnapped by aliens.  Cheesy

So, how are you and what all has been going on in your life?

Love In Christ,
Tom

Philippians 4:6 NASB  Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
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« Reply #16 on: May 23, 2006, 04:04:46 PM »

I feel an empty cross / cross with Christ is essential in a Christian worship place inside or outside - not for Christians but for non-Christians, especially in a place where majority are non-Christians.  It is the cross that comes to a person's mind when he thinks of Christianity.  One day or the other the Spirit of God will prompt him to know the story behind it. 

At the Cross, At the Cross, where I first saw the light
And the burden of my heart rolled away,
It was there by faith, i received my sight,
And now i am happy all the day.

For Christians it is a reminder, for non-Christians it is a pointer to salvation.  We need the cross (with or without Jesus on it).  I feel the church has reformed well out of idol worship and all of us know it.

When we do not have cross at all anywhere in sight, God will still do His work.  He may have to rely on the Christians' living as testimony.... Embarrassed
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« Reply #17 on: May 23, 2006, 05:17:44 PM »

I'm with Allinall. Jesus said, "If any of you wants to be my follower, you must put aside your selfish ambition, shoulder your cross daily, and follow me."

The cross as a symbol of Christianity is not Jesus' cross, it's ours. It proclaims, in effect,"This is the principle the Universe is founded upon - the death of Self."
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