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A CHURCH CONVERSION
A CHURCH CONVERSION
How should one feel when an old church
is not left for Christians to preach?
They behold their ancient glories
are converted to old stories.
How can l endure? I'm Christian.
I observe our own depletion.
Turkey does that near our own eyes
and our hearts obviously defies.
We have nothing but eyes to cry,
looking up and asking the sky
to observe what happens on earth,
where the Christians have lost their warmth.
BY JOSEPH ZENIEH
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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How should one feel when an old church
is not left for Christians to preach?
They behold their ancient glories
are converted to old stories.
How can l endure? I'm Christian.
I observe our own depletion.
Turkey does that near our own eyes
and our hearts obviously defies.
We have nothing but eyes to cry,
looking up and asking the sky
to observe what happens on earth,
where the Christians have lost their warmth.
BY JOSEPH ZENIEH
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
____________________________________
Published 10th Jul 2020
| Edited 11th Jul 2020
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10th Jul 2020 8:57pm
"when an old church
is not left for Christians to preach"
So the subject of Christian preaching is an old church? That's what your syntax makes you claim.
Did you mean to say that a place where Christian preaching **took place** is being taken away from Christians and that place will no longer be available to them for preaching? If so, you need to say "is not left for Christians to preach IN".
Do Christians need to have a building for their preaching to take place. Did Peter preach on Pentecost in a church? Did Jesus when he gave the Sermon on the mount? Paul when he was in Athens?
And isn't "defy" a transitive verb" If so, your "our hearts obviously defies" is an incomplete sentence. Defies what?
is not left for Christians to preach"
So the subject of Christian preaching is an old church? That's what your syntax makes you claim.
Did you mean to say that a place where Christian preaching **took place** is being taken away from Christians and that place will no longer be available to them for preaching? If so, you need to say "is not left for Christians to preach IN".
Do Christians need to have a building for their preaching to take place. Did Peter preach on Pentecost in a church? Did Jesus when he gave the Sermon on the mount? Paul when he was in Athens?
And isn't "defy" a transitive verb" If so, your "our hearts obviously defies" is an incomplete sentence. Defies what?
10th Jul 2020 9:04pm
10th Jul 2020 10:19pm
10th Jul 2020 9:12pm
Stay strong, all these things must happen, remember what Jesus said in Luke "if they do these things in a green tree, what will they do in the dry"
10th Jul 2020 9:33pm
11th Jul 2020 3:16pm
Hagia Sophia has not been a Christian Church since 1453. It's been a museum since 1934.
In any event, will you be sending this piece to PFFA? Or are you afraid that if you do, you'll get feedback that will stand against and undermine your sense that it is impossible for you to write poorly, not to mention that you will be asked to do something that you are not good at doing -- providing articulate and well thought out critiques of what you'll see posted there?
In any event, will you be sending this piece to PFFA? Or are you afraid that if you do, you'll get feedback that will stand against and undermine your sense that it is impossible for you to write poorly, not to mention that you will be asked to do something that you are not good at doing -- providing articulate and well thought out critiques of what you'll see posted there?
11th Jul 2020 9:45pm
You’ve complained that churches where
you’ve heard the Gospel preached
are being taken over by
foul people who do not believe in God
the way you do.
But you neglect the fact
that Christians did this too
to Synagogues (which even now
are joyously defiled
by Christ believers who paint swastikas
upon those buildings’ walls and doors),
basilicas and temples dedicated to
such deities as Zeus, Athena, Artemis,
and Mother Earth.
How then is it wrong for men of other faiths
to follow the example that you’ve set for them.
Is “defiling” holy places right, permissible,
for only you?
you’ve heard the Gospel preached
are being taken over by
foul people who do not believe in God
the way you do.
But you neglect the fact
that Christians did this too
to Synagogues (which even now
are joyously defiled
by Christ believers who paint swastikas
upon those buildings’ walls and doors),
basilicas and temples dedicated to
such deities as Zeus, Athena, Artemis,
and Mother Earth.
How then is it wrong for men of other faiths
to follow the example that you’ve set for them.
Is “defiling” holy places right, permissible,
for only you?
