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I got this from half a dozen people, on my Facebook page "Let's start a Christian Revival right here, right now! Click "like" if you believe that Jesus is Lord!! " My viewpoint: Jesus is Lord for Christian people (duh!). I will Only pray that the SPIRIT of Jesus will lord it over all humankind (compassion, tolerance, justice, peace etc.). I do not ask that Jesus, the person, be Lord over non-Christians (of course they are welcome to accept Jesus - none are turned away). Many other faiths are authentic ways to approach, enjoy, and serve God. Also, non-believers can (and frequently do) manifest the spirit of Jesus as well as, or better than, some believers. This is what I believe. So, NO, I will not 'FB Like' statements like "Jesus is Lord." That exclusivistic, triumphalism is not the kind of revival I seek.

The thing is - - clicking on a FB page is not going to produce a revival of any kind. Perhaps so many thousands would click there desiring such a revival.....but clicking don't make it so...yano?! [ thanks Gen2]

What annoys me about these sort of things on FB is that it puts pressure on people to make a display of their "faith" to others. I hate that sort of thing. My spiritual beliefs are my own, and I don't have to explain them to anyone since I am an citizen of the USA. Some of my beliefs would offend others, some would lead others to condemn me as a non-believer or devilish. I am Christian, but I believe as Christ said that I don't need to make a show of my beliefs - I can let the fruit of my life show instead. Jesus said that others would know us by the love we have one toward another. Not by a "like" button someone presses without thinking... not by labels... (And if you had to put a label on me, I would be a Buddho-Christian-Catholic-Charismatic with some Pagan tendencies. )

Wow y'know Thomas, not being a church going guy I really dont know much, hardly anything at all really, about church or chorale music--but about 6 months ago a friend of mine was singing in some special chorus thingy dingy at the local church, so I went....The song they opened with was "Come thou fount of every blessing", although i never considered chorale music my thing or myself particularly spiritual I have to admit that that particularly rendering of a song that up to that point I had never heard before was so profound that it moved me to tears --which is the first time a piece of music had done that to me in quite awhile. I'd love to hear the banjo accompaniment version if anyone recorded it....