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Yes. It's the most vital book that everyone should read. It's also very communal. As in, it is much more enriching to study it with others, which is why forming
by Minor49er 5y ago
Yes. It's the most vital book that everyone should read. It's also very communal. As in, it is much more enriching to study it with others, which is why forming a church is so important. Understanding the different translations and commentaries can go far in setting context for the various books and their passages. I've actually been re-reading Luke before bed each night this past week.
- alpaca128 5y ago> It's the most vital book that everyone should read What makes it more vital than any other religious book? This sentence could be applied to any of them depending on where you were born.
- KenPainter 5y agoI'd say the same about the Majjhima Nikaya. If I said things like that.
- Minor49er 5y agoBecause it's the only one that's divinely inspired and teaches people how to get close to the one true God
- ThePrankster 5y agoDefine everyone. I got billions of Hindus and Muslims (to mention just two) who think otherwise. In fact, probably around 80% of the population on Earth
- waynecochran 5y agoFolks are coming to Christ out of every culture all of the world -- esp. the Hindu and Muslim world. Scripture is replete with characters knowing God from all over -- Abraham came from a pagan culture, Moses father in law was a priest from Midian, Ruth was a Moabite, Rahab was a prostitute from Jericho (those last two are in the line of Christ). Namaan the Syrian, Nebuchadnezzar eventually humbled himself to God, ... In the NT the gospel begins as a small group of folks emboldened by the resurrection of Christ which has now reached every corner of the globe. I know Christians from many walks of life all over the world. The scene of heaven in John's vision in Revelation 7 contains "from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb." Narrow is the way and few find it, but those few come from a cross section of people from all cultures and all times in history.
- KenPainter 5y agoI sense this is a bad idea but here goes. In fact the church in the USA and Europe is in long decline. The American megachurches are a sign of consolidation of a shrinking pool. Were I still a Christian I might respond to that with the parable of a rich man who threw a party and invited the best folks in town. But they turned him down. Eventually he invites in the rabble and a good time was had by all. Except some dude who didn't put on his Sunday best. They threw him out. If memory serves growth in Christianity is mostly in Africa now. As one African put it "when the missionaries came we had the land and they had the Bibles. Now we have the bibles and they have the land." There has always been churn across religions. This one repents, that one apostates. This one finds Allah, That one finds Jesus, another sits in the quiet seeking to extinguish desire, while his negotiations seeks The Way. Sometimes I think the sorting hat did a lousy job and we're all left to find our own house.
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