"As I read the news of church policy votes, shootings, hurricane devastation, presidential debates, and gender bias, my heart sinks. And the grief is real. And much of what I can think is ‘I want a way out of all of this’.  The pain is too heavy, the grief smothering, the horror overwhelming.  I want out. 

Oddly, this escapist sentiment often arrives cloaked in biblical language. ‘Come soon Jesus! Oh Lord, come quickly! Please Jesus, come now!’ "
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"If you have run with footmen and they have tired you out, Then how can you compete with horses? If you fall down in a land of peace, How will you do in the thicket of the Jordan? "JER 12:5
The SDA criers for JESUS are in fantasyland. The don't want to see Him. Do a local church survey and see how much of the 7000 waking minutes each week are spent with Him or  spiritual, (NOT WORLDLY) matters.

The pastors are involved in  shallow nurturing.
GOAL="Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which NO MAN shall see the Lord"HEB12:14