Church Of The Lost Sheep

"Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect." -The Apostle Paul writing to the first believers in the City of Rome, 1st century Romans 12:2 [ 5th message of the  Why I Don't Believe Series ] The messages in this series have discussed about how some people who reject Christianity do so because they either cannot accept an inconvenient biblical teaching, or they have taken a stand against it and is standing their ground, no matter what. (T his is understandable as all of us do not want anyone telling us what to do. The bible actually alludes to this as free will.) And also because it is convenient to do so. Of c ourse, people do not wish for their convenient lives to be disrupted. And they do not want to be left out, miss out, called out, cancelled or otherwise risk going against the flow -- the very opppsite of not wanting anyone to tell us

"And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.  For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places.  All these are the beginning of sorrows. “Then they will deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all nations for My name’s sake.  And then many will be offended, will betray one another, and will hate one another."  -Jesus of Nazareth, 1st century Matthew 24:6-10 I Am Offended The internet era and the age of social media has given rise to a phenomenon unique to our generation today. We call this as the cancel culture. Essentially, cancel culture is about certain "influential" people or groups of people being "offended" over something someone was reported to have said or caught on record to have said or something someone was rumored to have