- No single group in human history has contributed more to education than Christians have
- No group in human history has contributed more to healthcare than Christians have
- Christians, more than anyone else, have contributed to the welfare and protection of children
- No other group in human history has fought the slave trade more than Christians have
- No other single group in human history have contributed more to the cause of charity than Christians.
Good things Christians have done in society
I'm not saying Christians hasn't caused some terrible atrocities. Or that humanitarian ideas originated with Christianity, but doesn't Christianity deserve some acknowledgement for carrying forth many of these humanitarian views into the modern age?
The golden rule may not have first originated in the Bible but wasn't it Christianity which spread the idea along with equality through western europe?
Hasn't Christianity brought some good into the world?
Do you worry over what others think of you? Do you sometimes say or do things to draw attention to yourself? Do you replay conversations in your mind, wondering if you left the right impression? If so, you might be struggling with the vice known as vainglory. To sing ones own praises is a sin, and could effect your illegibility to enter into the kingdom of God, if sincere repentance is discarded. I hate to throw a spanner in the works, however, am I not right in saying that the Bible makes it very clear for us to do our alms in private, the alternative will earn the sinner no reward from God. I have not read the entire thread, however, if the first few posts are anything to go by the there are a few here that maybe in trouble, unless they repent. Anything that we do to help our brother is done in the name of Jesus Christ and it is He that receives the Glory and gives it to His Father in Heaven.
Here is just three scripture to verify that I am not being intentionally argumentative but that I am speaking by the authority of the word of God. There are many more. I like the one from Matthew as it pulls no punches telling it as it is.
John 12:43
42 Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue. 43
For they loved praise from men more than praise from God. 44Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in Me does not believe in Me alone, but in the One who sent Me.…
Thessalonians 2:6
5 As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness! 6
Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.
Matthew 6:1-4
“Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:
4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.”
Contention is not of me, saith the Lord, but it is of the Devil that stirreth up the hearts of men, to contend one with another. There can be no excuse for those who use violence to force their beliefs, indeed, it is incumbent for the Christian to demonstrate his love for God by avoiding it otherwise he cannot call himself a Christian, which means to live a Christ Centred Life and follow His example to us.