Our American culture is dominated by a spirit of fear.
There is an unmistakable, growing fear in the hearts of the American people.
The question is, “Why?”
What is the real source of this fear?
The Social Gospel is not the gospel of the Bible.
Continue reading “Whatever Happened to Eternity?: Conclusion”
One of the reasons people stay away from mainstream Evangelicalism and Fundamentalism is because it is often boring.
Yep. That’s right. Boring.
As in a lack of imagination. A lack of creativity. And a tendency for taking middle-of-the-road positions. Like politicians trying to come up with a position that will appeal to as many people as possible.
By that, I mean basically watering down the word of God and taking out all the interesting stuff. So that a mediocre version of the Bible can be served up to get the most number of people to sign onto it.
Being careful to avoid all the sensational and questionable things that the more “emotionally-charged” and “uneducated Christians” latch on to. And taking positions that Christian radio and Christian media can serve up to the masses.
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What Love Truly Demands
It is true that none of us is perfect. We each have our faults and errors.
My own experience has made that abundantly clear over the years. On a daily basis.
But, despite our failures, we are not given the right to remain silent when error threatens the church. We are still duty-bound to both keep and defend the Lord’s word.
The popular wisdom is that we should not criticize others since we also are most likely open to criticism. Which sounds like wise counsel.
But that popular practice is in direct contradiction to what the Bible actually says we should do. In fact, in contradiction to what the Bible repeatedly commands us to do.
Continue reading “The Gospel Disintegration: Conclusion –What Love Truly Demands”
“For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. ” (I Corinthians 1:19-21)
The Bible is written so that the simple as well as the intellectual man can understand it. For each of these men, it is not his mental prowess that allows him to grasp the deep things of God; saving faith is contingent upon his willingness to humble himself before God’s word.
Men of all types are forced to do business with the word of God. It is just a question of which stumbling block they will encounter in walking the path toward truth. “For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom; But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness.” (I Corinthians 1:22-23).
The wisdom of this world is revealed by the level of value that men place upon education itself. And by one’s motivation in seeking awards and degrees in pursuit of higher knowledge. At the end of the journey, however, there is no guarantee that the most advanced in that arduous pursuit will actually become wise men or wise women.
At least not wise from God’s perspective.
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