Here’s a question for you. If the Antichrist were running for president would you vote for him? Think about it.
Oh, and in case you were wondering, he’s not according to Rachel Motte, Political Links Editor for ScriptoriumDaily.com:
I’ve been amused by recent speculations that Barack Obama may be the antichrist. After Saturday’s candidate forum at Saddleback Church, I think we can safely say that he isn’t. That would be too far above his pay grade.
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Everyone rightly wants to guard against odor and sweat. But strong Christians should be extra careful to avoid inciting secular advances with those unscriptural body sprays.
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My son loves Guitar Hero. He and his friends play for hours on their Xbox 360 gaming consoles. On occasion he has invited me to join him. I’ve tried to explain to him that I do it for real every Sunday morning. Why would I find playing a pretend plastic guitar even remotely entertaining? Still I understand the popularity of the game. Who doesn’t imagine what it would be like to be a rock star?
On the other hand it is also true that some Christian households find the idea of celebrating worldly music a troubling thing. It’s for that reason that Digital Praise® Inc, the leader in Christian-themed, family-friendly entertainment software, has just released a new inspirational PC guitar game, Guitar Praise™. Here’s what the Digital Praise press release has to say:
Guitar Praise lets players act out their dreams of leading a rock band by playing along with their favorite Christian rock tunes.
Guitar Praise features 52 of the most inspirational and pulsating tracks from the Christian rock world, all by the original artists. Today’s most popular hits are combined with classics from the 80’s and 90’s.
As players shred through their guitar solos, Guitar Praise records high scores per song. New songs, in sets of five, are unlocked along the way to keep the player’s interest. By tilting the guitar, players can activate spinner bonuses; as they increase their skills they can earn new onscreen “guitars” with richer sounds and different effects.
Tom Bean, President and CEO of Digital Praise, Inc. explains:
People love the console guitar games on the market, but many would like more family-friendly songs and graphics. Guitar Praise gives kids, families and youth groups the play features they like best, plus some new twists as well as the best Christian rock titles out there today. Guitar Praise can be an exciting group event. Having the lyrics onscreen reinforces the positive messages present in Guitar Praise’s roster of songs, and allows everyone to take part in the game.
Sounds like Digital Praise has come up with a real winner, which got me to thinking. If a Christian version of Guitar Hero is such a great idea, maybe someone should come up with a Christian version of other popular video gaming titles. Here are some possible suggestions that I think could really catch on:
The Sims: Church Life – Create believers, design their worship centers and help your Sims fulfill their aspirations for a spiritual life-or neglect their needs and see what happens!
Final Fantasy: Left Behind – The church has been raptured and Rayford Steele has been left behind. Help guide him through a world without God’s people!
Grand Theft Auto: Restitution – Play a newly converted gangster as he returns to the neighborhood in a quest to give half of his goods to the poor and return fourfold all that he has stolen.
Resident Evil: Faith Healing – The outbreak has begun. You have only moments to spare before Raccoon City erupts into complete virus-infested chaos. Play the part of a faith healer against crushing zombie hordes!
Maybe you have an idea for a Christian version of a popular game. What Christian games would you like to play?
According to a recent study, Buffy the Vampire Slayer is responsible for a steep decline in the number of female worshippers. Yes, you read it right. More than 50,000 women a year have left the Christian churches in England over the past 20 years. “In short, women are abandoning the church,” says the report’s author, Dr Kristin Aune, a sociologist at the University of Derby.
Because of its focus on female empowerment, young women are attracted by Wicca, popularized by the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
Young women tend to express egalitarian values and dislike the traditionalism and hierarchies they imagine are integral to the church.
Women’s ordination, as priests and now bishops, has dominated debate and headlines – but while looking at women in the pulpit we have taken our eyes off the pews, where a shift with more consequences for the church’s survival is underway.
Dr Aune’s research shows that “more than a million women worshippers have left churches since 1989.” She asserts that the church must do a better job of addressing women’s issues if it hopes to prevent this mass exodus. Obviously these women have a need that is clearly not being met through formal religion. But with all do respect, may I suggest that there may be more at stake here than reforming traditionalism and hierarchies?
Once while passing through Samaria, the Lord Jesus struck up a conversation with a woman who had come to draw water from a well. This woman too had a need that was clearly not being met through formal religion. She’d been through five broken marriages and the man she was currently living with was not her husband. This woman had a thirst for something that neither her religion nor her many relationships could fulfill. Jesus didn’t offer better programming or a more modern approach to women’s issues. What Jesus had to offer was living water, promising that whoever drinks of it will never be thirsty again.
People today are searching for something outside themselves to quench the thirsting in their souls. Dr Aune believes that “with the pressures women face, churches must adapt to make themselves more accessible” by introducing services and activities that address the needs of women and the modern influence of feminism. While this may seem like the popular thing to do, better services and activities cannot possibly fill the void when what is really needed is a drink from the living water that Jesus Christ has to offer. Jesus said, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life” – John 4:13-14. How can Buffy possibly compare to that?
