Wednesday, March 26, 2008  The Devolution of the Testimony  In
Revelation 12:11 (NIV) it says that "They overcame him by the
blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did
not love their lives so much as to shrink from death." The
Christian testimony has always been a wonderful tool that we
Christians have to tell of the goodness of God in our lives. It
cuts through doctrinal debates, religious differences, racial
divides, etc. And as that Scripture tells us it can be a tool
for overcoming the power of Satan that opposes us. However I
have noticed a couple of disturbing trends in the area of
testimonies.  The testimonies that I hear being shared these
days are filled with "self" rather than God. The testimony is
being used to redefine who Jesus is to each individual rather
than, how who Jesus is has redefined the individual.  The
result? This all fits right in to a post-modern culture as one
truth among many. This mindset is what is fueling the increase
of movements like the Unitarian church,