THE DOOR IS STILL CRACKED (2 OF 3)
Scripture: Revelation 3:7-13
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The Door Is Still Cracked (2 of 3)
Series: Lessons From the Rocks & Ruins
Donald Cantrell
Revelation 3:7-13
Theme: We better take advantage of our open door
I - The Church and Her Overseer (7)
II - The Church and Her Opportunity (8a)
III - The Church and Her Obscurity (8b)
IV - The Church and Her Obedience (8c)
V - The Church and Her Oath (8d)
VI - The Church and Her Opposition (9)
VII - The Church and Her Outlook (10 - 11)
VIII - The Church and Her Overcoming (12 - 13)
The Open Door and A Missed Opportunity
The mainstream media is almost breathless with the shocking revelation that after World War II, Allied Supreme Commander Douglas MacArthur thought that Japan needed Jesus.
In this day and age when it is unthinkably politically incorrect to even whisper that Christianity is true, that Jesus is, indeed, the only Way, the idea that a historical figure such as General MacArthur thought so, too, is ... scandalous!
However, in this case, the stunning revelation is not even news. In the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s, MacArthur spoke freely that post-war Japan was in a spiritual vacuum. All its gods had failed its invincible military, its divine emperor, and its 1,000-year belief that the Land of the Rising Sun would rule the world.
Now the conquered people of Japan had nothing. MacArthur sent out word: ''Send missionaries,'' he pleaded to a number of religious groups, ''And Bibles.''
He made no secret of it, either. In 1955, MacArthur told U.S. News and World Report, ''No phase of the occupation has left me with a greater sense of personal satisfaction than my spiritual stewardship.'' ''Over the next five years, some 5,000 missionaries from all different kinds of churches went to Japan,'' writes Dr. Jeff Sanders.
''The land was flooded with millions of Bibles.''
''Japan was devastated,'' writes Dr. Sanders. ''In the summer of 1945, much of the nation had been leveled by the incessant bombing of American airpower. So, MacArth ...
Series: Lessons From the Rocks & Ruins
Donald Cantrell
Revelation 3:7-13
Theme: We better take advantage of our open door
I - The Church and Her Overseer (7)
II - The Church and Her Opportunity (8a)
III - The Church and Her Obscurity (8b)
IV - The Church and Her Obedience (8c)
V - The Church and Her Oath (8d)
VI - The Church and Her Opposition (9)
VII - The Church and Her Outlook (10 - 11)
VIII - The Church and Her Overcoming (12 - 13)
The Open Door and A Missed Opportunity
The mainstream media is almost breathless with the shocking revelation that after World War II, Allied Supreme Commander Douglas MacArthur thought that Japan needed Jesus.
In this day and age when it is unthinkably politically incorrect to even whisper that Christianity is true, that Jesus is, indeed, the only Way, the idea that a historical figure such as General MacArthur thought so, too, is ... scandalous!
However, in this case, the stunning revelation is not even news. In the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s, MacArthur spoke freely that post-war Japan was in a spiritual vacuum. All its gods had failed its invincible military, its divine emperor, and its 1,000-year belief that the Land of the Rising Sun would rule the world.
Now the conquered people of Japan had nothing. MacArthur sent out word: ''Send missionaries,'' he pleaded to a number of religious groups, ''And Bibles.''
He made no secret of it, either. In 1955, MacArthur told U.S. News and World Report, ''No phase of the occupation has left me with a greater sense of personal satisfaction than my spiritual stewardship.'' ''Over the next five years, some 5,000 missionaries from all different kinds of churches went to Japan,'' writes Dr. Jeff Sanders.
''The land was flooded with millions of Bibles.''
''Japan was devastated,'' writes Dr. Sanders. ''In the summer of 1945, much of the nation had been leveled by the incessant bombing of American airpower. So, MacArth ...
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