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    Its Getting Better All The Time

    Its Getting Better All The Time , , ,

    I put this in the Religion & Philosophy Forum because I intend it to be
    both a theological and philosophical statement about the bright cheerful
    optimistic future of the Christian Church and the future of God's
    Human Race Project.

    On a cheerful note I am rereading a book titled "Its Getting Better All

    The Time: 100 Greatest Trends Of The Last 100 Years, by Stephen
    Moore and Julian Simon. Here are a couple of comments from the
    blurbs:

    "A refreshing breath of optimism and sanity amidst all the gloom and
    doom."__John Stossel ABC News

    "This book is so chock full of good news that it's virtually guaranteed to
    cheer up even the clinically depressed. Moore and Simon dismantle the
    doomsday pessimism that's still so commonplace in academia and the
    media. The evidence they present is irrefutable: Give people freedom
    and free enterprise and the potential for human progress is
    seemingly limitless."__Lawrence Kudlow, Chief Economist, CNBC

    _______________

    Abundance , , ,

    I am reading another book that is cheerful and uplifting to the human sprit.
    The title is Abundance : The Future Is Better Than You Think by Peter H.
    Diamandis and Steven Kotler. {Peter H. Diamandis is on You Tube.}

    Here are a few quotes from the blurbs on the back cover:

    "This brilliant must-read book provides the key to the coming era of
    abundance replacing eons of scarcity. Abundance is a powerful antidote
    to today's malaise and pessimism."___Ray Kurzweil

    "This is an audacious and powerful read! Abundance shows us how today's
    philanthropists, innovators, and passionate entrepreneurs are more
    empowered than ever before to solve humanity's grand challenges."
    ___ Jeff Skoll

    "Our world faces multiple crises and is awash in pessimism. Abundance
    redirects the conversation. spotlighting scientific innovators working to
    improve people's lives. The result is more than a portrait of brilliant
    minds -- it's a reminder of the infinite possibilities for doing good when
    we tap into our own empathy and wisdom."___ Arianna Huffington

    One more quote from the inside cover:

    "Since the dawn of humanity, a privileged few have lived
    in stark contrast to the hardscrabble majority. Conventional
    wisdom says this gap cannot be closed. But it is closing -- fast.

    ____________


    All the above can be read within the following context
    of Postmillennialism's bright cheerful optimistic outlook
    for the future of the Christian Church and the future of
    God's Human race Project.

    Here is an excellent definition of Postmillennialism:

    "Postmillennialism holds that the Lord Jesus Christ established
    His kingdom on earth through His preaching and redemptive
    work in the first century and that He equips His church with the
    gospel, empowers her by the Holy Spirit, and charges her with
    the Great Commission to disciple all nations. Postmillennialism
    expects that eventually the vast majority of men living will be
    saved. Increasing gospel success will gradually produce a
    time in history prior to Christ's return in which faith,
    righteousness, peace, and prosperity will prevail in the
    affairs of men and nations. After an extensive era of such
    conditions the Lord will return visibly, bodily, and gloriously,
    to end history with the general resurrection and the final
    Judgment after which the eternal order follows."
    ___ Dr. Kenneth L. Gentry.

    Christianity is slowly Christianizing the world.

    Christianity started small in numbers. There was a time in the 1st century
    at the very beginning of Christianity when the number of Christians in the
    world was less than 12. Today, some 2000 years later, there is some 2.3
    billion Christians in the world. We have a name for this. We call it progress.

    America today has over 1300 Evangelical mega-churches with weekly
    attendance of over 2000. The Roman Catholics have over 3000 churches
    with a weekly attendance of over 2000. This is Christian progress in the world.

    Christianity is growing like wildfire in the Global South for example in Africa.
    There is a huge Christian Church in China. House Church.

    .Christianity is huge in South Korea and in South America and Central America.
    The American Christian Church is still a vibrant force in the World. All this is
    Christian progress in the world.
    __________

    Economic Abundance and Its Getting Better All The Time will characterize the
    future of Christendom and God's Human Race Project.

    JAG

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    Christianity grows faster in times of persecution of the church. Not trying to rain on your parade. Frankly...your book titles....i'd be more inclined to read that than, 'HOW TO SURVIVE THE NEXT DEPRESSION', That's depressing right there.

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