Despite the hard realities and desperate needs of the mission fields, we are increasingly seeing the amaturisation of missions. More and more Christians are pouring into the mission fields – but for very short periods of time and for very superficial goals.

I have been astounded to come across large tour groups (calling themselves “missionaries”) travelling across the world just to spend four or five days “in the field”! The high costs of international air travel would seem to make such short visits cost-ineffective. Even more incredible is how most of these short termers have undergone no selection procedure, received no training and are ill-equipped to benefit the local believers. In most cases these religious tourists have a lower grasp of Scripture and a spiritual maturity that is dwarfed by the local believers to whom they presume to come to minister.

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One of the most grotesque aspects of the sociology of modern American protestantism is the phenomenon of Christian Zionism. While related to the theology of Dispensationalism, Christian Zionism is actually something altogether different theologically. The purpose of this essay is to explore this movement, and in particular to point out its grievously heretical theoretical basis. To facilitate discussion, we shall interact with the expressed beliefs of a Christian Zionist, Jerry Falwell. We close with a brief note on Messianic Judaism.

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And I don't understand why.

I wuz jes sittin' on the front porch, minding my own biznes, watchin' the sun set and sippin' on some ice tea, glad the day was endin', and lookin' forward to a hot shower and goin' to bed.

Around the corner zips this sporty little red pickup, (you know, the quarter-ton size, settin' way down low like a Mexican veehicle) vibratin' to the boom of the sound system, and skids up to Lee Roy's front door. This kid with tattoos and spiked green hair hops out, like he's gonna go ring the doorbell, then he gets back in and honks the horn. (What we call a Mexican doorbell. I'm thinking, "Hmm. He don't look Mexican.")

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I was on my way to Memphis the other day & I passed a large Assembly of God Church on Hwy 78. I saw something out front that I have been seeing in front church buildings of several different denominations for years and it still drives me absolutely crazy. Just so I'm not picking on the Assembly of God folks, the first time I saw this, it was on First Baptist of Batesville, Mississippi, and can be seen at church buildings across America. The scene in question, in my view symbolizes either at best a sinful ignorance or at worst an idolatrous treason...

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