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For those who have spent many years in the subcultures and have come out of it to Christianity....the very thought of
Christians being within the subcultures seems nearly impossible due to the spiritual darkness and bondage within the Shaddowlands.
There ARE many things out there tied into the subcultures that MUST be broken with to serve Christ. Our lives must line
up with the Word, or we are but in bondage ourselves, to a Christianty that does not glorify the Lord, but the flesh instead.
"Rebellion, Neo-paganism, Vampirism, Druidism, Necromancy, Lust, Homosexuality, Sexual Perversions
(even in marriage), Sex (outside of marriage), Murder, Cutting, Suicide (attempts), Drugs, Drinking, Self-Harm, Wicca, Paganism,
Witchcraft, Wrath, Hate..." all things such as
these are against the things of the Lord. All these MUST be broken with to serve the Lord with our whole
hearts. A true follower of the Lord does not practice these things.
What then, does it mean to be a follower of Christ in the Shaddowlands? It is not much diffrent than for a normal
Christian, other than we're in the heat of battle 24/7. It means we must be in our Bibles, in Worship, and in Prayer
all the more.
Many times our faith is expressed through Early Christian forms, the rich heritage of our faith. From Art to Music,
from Worship to Prayer, we have a history that inspires a new generation for Him.
What in many ways it boils down to, do follow the early Christian forms of missions which celebrated the uniqueness
with which God made us, or the 1600's-early 1900's form, which required new believers to become like mainstream Europe
to be truly believers.
In the end, Christianity is FIRST, culture second. What is not of God
is gone, and what God can use remains. How then are we who follow the Lord going to respond?
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