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My grandad is in his mid 80s, not too frail, but not saved either. Being a christian, there is a desire to see all people saved, but there is a personal desire for those close to you to be saved especially.

I heard early this week that he was in hospital with heart pains, and was being kept there for observation. The hospital is a distance from Grandma, and she can't travel (has never held a drivers license). I'm in a different country to him, so i couldn't pop by either. I thought that i would do what was next best.

I emailed a local church and asked them to arrange a pastor to visit him. I figured that being in hospital may have driven home his mortality, and made him more receptive to the gospel. I've heard back that they're arranging it. Really pleasing.

If nothing else, a pastoral visit will give him some company.
I can only do so much. Beyond taht it is up to him to choose. We all have free will.

Found in my signature file (you don't often look at your own sig) a verse from 1 John in the bible. Reread the book of 1 John, and rediscovered that in it John spells out clearly and succintly the case for christianity. Not a big book at all, but a good read.

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  • Hmmm, just to pre-empt less rational posters who would soon be all "OMG RELIGION FAG" on yo' punk ass, I will say this:

    I figured that being in hospital may have driven home his mortality, and made him more receptive to the gospel.

    Isn't it stupid how screwed up humans are? I mean, you see that as The Right Thing To Do, and to me it sounds immoral to the core. This sort of divergence must just be the consequence of giving monkeys root access to their brains, but it's still fairly unnerving. I mean, which of u

    • most of the people here are atheist / antagonistic towards religion from what i can see. tehre are some who aren't but they're the minority. If christians don't have the courage to stand up and gently say what they believe, how will the people here ever hear that God loves them and wants to get to know them personally? Even slashdotters need to hear that, even if they don't want to hear it.

      I know there are many christians who cause others to cringe (and frankly nearly all christians cringe too), such as
      • Wow, I in turn wasn't expecting a reply to my post which was composed of 50% bullshit. Also, I didn't mean to imply that you shouldn't talk about your religion, and I hadn't actually made the flame/setting-pants-on-fire link. Hurray for ambiguity!

        The reading the Bible thing is strange. When I was a kid, I used to read it all the time. I went to a really religious primary school, and in my spare time I must have read it from end to end (except for some of the very end that you suggested). Thing is, I must ha

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