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DISCERNA Magazine Of WHERE ARE WE NOW IN BIBLE PROPHECY? 12 WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU DIED? 16 CONFRONTING ADDICTION 22 Vol. 4 No. 5 • September/October 2017 DISCERNA Magazine of The Reformation That Didn’t Go Far Enough LifeHopeandTruth.com DISCERN 1 Table of Contents News 4 WorldWatch 28 World InSight Wars and Rumors of a New Warfare Columns 16 3 Consider This Needed: Transformation, Not Reformation 26 Christ vs. Christianity Sola Scriptura vs. Sunday: Why the Reformation Failed 31 By the Way 5 22 “The Needy Shall Not Always Be Forgotten” 12 PROPHECY Feature Where Are We Now in Bible Prophecy? 5 The Reformation That Didn’t How close are we to the end of the world? Is it even possible to know? Go Far Enough Martin Luther began the Protestant 16 LIFE Reformation 500 years ago by posting When Was the Last Time You Died? his “95 Theses.” But did this religious More than one in five professing Christians in the United States believes in reincarnation. revolution restore true Christianity? What are its origins and what does the Bible say? 19 GOD Departments “The Fast That I Have Chosen” 9 PROPHECY What does God look for when we fast? What are the deeper spiritual purposes and The Reformation to Come benefits? Activists demand change, and leaders try to introduce reforms. But when 22 CHANGE Christ returns, He will truly bring Confronting Addiction the transformation this world so Our brains’ wiring and society’s temptations put us at risk of various addictions. We must desperately needs. escape these powerful and destructive habits. Here’s how to start. All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from the Don Henson, David Johnson, Ralph Levy, Harold Rhodes, Paul Suckling New King James Version (© 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.). Used by The Church of God, a Worldwide Association, Inc. has congregations permission. All rights reserved. and ministers throughout the United States and many other countries. DISCERNA Magazine of POSTMASTER: Send address changes to P.O. Box 1009, Allen, TX Visit cogwa.org/congregations for information. 75013-0017 Donations to support Discern magazine and LifeHopeandTruth.com can Publisher: Church of God, a Worldwide Association, Inc., P.O. Box be made online at LifeHopeandTruth.com/donate or by surface mail to 1009, Allen, TX 75013-0017; phone 972-521-7777; fax 972-521- September/October 2017; Vol. 4, No. 5 Church of God, a Worldwide Association, Inc., P.O. Box 731480, Dallas, 7770; [email protected]; LifeHopeandTruth.com; cogwa.org TX 75373-1480. The Church of God, a Worldwide Association, Inc. is Discern magazine (ISSN 2372-1995 [print]; ISSN 2372-2010 [online]) Ministerial Board of Directors: David Baker, Arnold Hampton, Joel organized and operated as a tax-exempt organization in the United is published every two months by the Church of God, a Worldwide Meeker (chairman), Richard Pinelli, Larry Salyer, Richard Thompson States according to the requirements of IRS 501(c)(3). Contributions are Association, as a service to readers of its LifeHopeandTruth.com and Leon Walker gratefully acknowledged by receipt. website. Discern’s home page is LifeHopeandTruth.com/Discern. Free Staff: President: Jim Franks; Editor: Clyde Kilough; Editorial content electronic subscriptions can be obtained at LifeHopeandTruth. Unsolicited materials sent to Discern magazine will not be critiqued or manager: Mike Bennett; Managing editor: David Hicks; Senior editor: returned. By submitting material, authors agree that their submissions com/Discern. Contact us at [email protected]. David Treybig; Associate editor: Erik Jones; Copy editor: Becky Bennett become the property of the Church of God, a Worldwide Association, © 2017 Church of God, a Worldwide Association, Inc. All rights reserved. Doctrinal reviewers: John Foster, Bruce Gore, Peter Hawkins, Jack Hendren, Inc. to use as it sees fit. Photos this page: iStockphoto.com Cover photo: iStockphoto.com 2 DISCERN September/October 2017 CONSIDER THIS NEEDED: TRANSFORMATION, NOT REFORMATION (Matthew 23:27). Their religious practices In light of a recent poll were highly organized, but their spiritual revealing that only 41 lives were chaotic! percent of Americans have And long before Jesus’ time, God’s “a great deal or quite a lot prophets repeatedly emphasized that of confidence” in organized while each person was culpable for the sins religion, it’s time for destroying Israel, much of the blame lay at something different! the doorstep of the religious leaders. The I Bible abounds with warnings about the One would hope that institutions damage done, including credibility loss, claiming to represent Jesus Christ would be when church leaders do not live up to the among the most respectable bodies on earth. standards they preach. Yet a Gallup Poll released in June revealed that only 41 percent of Americans have “a If Gallup could survey God great deal or quite a lot of confidence in It’s easy then—and not entirely church or organized religion.” This continues a steady 40- undeserved—to blame church leaders or “organized year slide, with no signs the downhill trend will reverse. religion,” as some like to label it. But whether we are I suspect similar trends exist elsewhere, particularly in leaders, followers or outside observers, we have to take care the Western, Judeo-Christian world. not to point only at others. God also commands each of us to dig deeply within to examine our own hearts. Embarrassing lack of confidence So here’s a twist on “organized religion” in the form of Until 1985 “the church and organized religion” rated questions we need to ask ourselves and honestly answer: highest among the 14 institutions in Gallup’s annual 1. Is my—or my church’s—belief system truly organized “Confidence in Institutions” survey. But since then it has according to God’s Word? slipped to fourth place, behind the military, small business 2. Is my personal life and behavior truly organized and police. according to God’s Word? Actually, the entire survey should dishearten Or ask it this way: If Gallup could survey God, would He Americans. What does it say about a nation when the large say He has a great deal of confidence that I truly represent majority of its citizens lack faith in the institutions that Him and His way of life? guide and govern them? The Supreme Court, public school This issue ofDiscern examines the Protestant system, the presidency, banks, criminal justice system, Reformation, now marking its 500th anniversary, and television news and big business fare even worse, and shows how religion’s leaders and followers alike have Congress ranks last with only 12 percent! failed to honestly address those core questions. That’s But those institutions are different from religion— why surveys keep telling us something isn’t working— none of them claim to represent God! Why are the something yet needs to be reformed—in the institutions religious institutions suffering this embarrassing loss of and people that claim to represent God. respectability? What we really need is not a human-led doctrinal One major reason is the string of horrific sins and reformation of a church, but a Christ-led character scandals—from televangelists’ sexual escapades to priests’ transformation of each individual. One where we will be, molestation of children to the corruption of church cover- as Paul described in Romans 12:2, “transformed by the ups—that has devastated people’s trust, support, belief and renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that faith. Religious leaders are supposed to help us rise above— good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” not descend into—the worst weaknesses of human nature! Only then can true Christianity begin to take its rightful place of spiritual leadership in the world. Jesus’ harsh words for hypocrites There’s nothing new under the sun, though. Jesus aimed His harshest words at the religious leaders who acted very pious but were, as He called them, hypocrites, Clyde Kilough “whitewashed tombs which indeed appear beautiful Editor outwardly, but inside are full of dead men’s bones” @CKilough LifeHopeandTruth.com DISCERN 3 WORLDWATCH “Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall increase.” (Daniel 12:4) “The Indexed Web contains at least 4.61 billion pages.” —MAURICE DE KUNDER WORLDWIDEWEBSIZE.COM Of the 1,459 operational satellites, “The current reach, volume and speed of travel are more than 700 are used for unprecedented, so that human mobility has increased in communications. high-income countries by over 1000-fold since 1800.” UNION OF CONCERNED GLOBAL TRANSPORT NETWORKS AND INFECTIOUS SCIENTISTS DISEASE SPREAD Anything that happens anywhere can almost immediately be seen around the world Nuclear Weapons and the Risk (consider Revelation 1:7 and 11:9). of Human Annihilation The world’s nuclear-armed states possess a combined total of roughly 15,000 nuclear warheads. Approximately 9,600 warheads are in military service, with the rest awaiting dismantlement. ARMS CONTROL ASSOCIATION 10000 9000 8000 7000 Retired 6000 5000 Stockpiled 4000 In 2016 international tourist arrivals Deployed grew for the seventh consecutive 3000 year to pass 1.2 billion. 2000 UN WORLD TOURISM 1000 ORGANIZATION 0 Russia U.S.A. France China U.K. Pakistan India Israel N. Korea Jesus warned that the end time would be marked by Read more about end-time events in the article “Where the risk of human self-destruction (Matthew 24:22). Are We Now in Bible Prophecy?” on PAGE 12. Consider the risk from weapons of mass destruction such as nuclear weapons. Photo: iStockphoto.com 4 DISCERN September/October 2017 Martin Luther began the Protestant Reformation 500 years ago The by posting his “95 Theses.” But Reformation did this religious revolution restore That Didn’t Go Far Enough true Christianity? By Erik Jones ct.
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