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Wrestling an Octopus

For a long time now, I’ve been trying to get a handle on the compromises that seem to be everywhere within seminaries, Christian publishers, Christian media, and our churches.

It seems like most of the believers I encounter are immersed in a Christian culture of appeasement when it comes to spiritual things.

In other words, very, very few of my brothers and sisters in Christ seem to have any real sense of the errors that are swirling all around them – even within the church itself.

And, of those who actually see these errors, very few are willing to fight against them. In fact, few are even willing to discuss them.

Since that would be, in their minds, to exhibit a kind of arrogance or lack of humilty. Since the popular view of “humility” is to not be too “absolute” in what you believe; or at least to never say so.

Which seems to be a greater danger, according to the popular Evangelical culture, than actually discovering doctrinal error within your church!

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A Warning to the Mainstream Bible Church

Why does there seem to be a kind of blindness toward truth among Christians today?

And I’m speaking of those that have been in the Bible churches for most, if not all, of their lives. Those who are leaders, deacons, elders, and even pastors.

It’s as if a kind of sleeping sickness has overcome our churches today. Causing our leaders to have their physical eyes open while remaining blind to their dangerous spiritual state.

And, even as I write this, I am convinced that those in the greatest danger do not see themselves that way at all.

These same men and women are the ones solely dedicated to making their churches more loving, more tolerant, more openminded, more “gospel-centered”, “Christ-centered”, “relevant”, “contextual”, and everything else that the mainstream Evangelical writers and authors and pastors are telling them to do.

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Recalling a Nightmare

A couple weeks ago, I had a very intense dream.

I was living in a city where everyone was crushed under a totalitarian system. No dissent or unapproved thoughts were allowed. It was a very frightening and stifling world.

I especially remember my mental state during it all. Including the person I was hiding with who was under great bondage in her mind. She would not dare to discuss anything. For fear that she would do something wrong. Or to even think something wrong.

I remember being on a wide street with many lanes going each way. But without any traffic anywhere.

When suddenly, at the far end of the street, some huge tank-like vehicles drove by from a side street. As they did so, they fired disk-like energy bolts. Like huge thin saucers that flew down the street toward us. Maybe 3 or 4 at a time.

They would rise and fall and change direction as if searching for a victim. And when a person was impacted by one of these bolts, he would be immediately vaporized. Both me and another person were able to duck behind a building just in time to avoid being detected.

And that’s when I woke up. With great relief.

And then I realized that I could have been praying all along.

That prayer was the solution to the problem in my dream. This was how I could go to the Lord and not simply be as any other fleeing person, imprisoned in his own mind.

If I had done that, I would have been free to think and pray and not suffer the fear of bondage.

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The Lord, Himself, is Our Reward

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“After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. ” (Genesis 15:1)

I spend a lot of time thinking about the Lord’s ultimate approval of me. And desiring that He will say, “Well done….” at the end of my days.

And I know that I am not alone in this.

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Are You Trusting Your Church or Christ?

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I mean, when it comes to salvation, is your faith rooted solidly in the Bible alone? Or does your salvation include keeping or following “traditions” that your church teaches?

For example, can you say that your faith rests solely on the finished work of Jesus Christ on the Cross? Or do you trust some additional source of good works?

Do those works include your own and / or some “Treasury” of good works, prayers, donations, etc. that your church distributes to people who are faithful to your church? For the forgiveness of sins or for some time off of suffering in “Purgatory” after death?

In other words, how much confidence are you truly placing on Jesus Christ alone?

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The Lifeless Work of the Church

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There is no end to the methods and philosophies and paradigms and strategies that churches try to employ today to accomplish “God’s work”.

No end.

And there are countless books and YouTube’s telling Christians how to accomplish these “good works”.

Materials without end.

But what I don’t hear much from the church is truth. Of solid, biblical truth about the deeper life in Christ.

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The Liberal Bias of Evangelical Leaders

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Like about half of the country, I was shocked when former President Trump was shot.

And overjoyed when he stood up and raised his fist to show that he was OK.

And then, on Sunday morning, I expected some mention of that event. Some statement about how terrible it was that Donald Trump was shot.

And, at the very least, I expected that the leaders of every local Bible church would take a few moments to pray for him and for his family. To specifically pray for him by name.

To ask the Lord for his health, for his family, and for his continued safety.

That would have taken about 60 seconds.

But nothing of the sort occurred.

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“Gas-Lighting” in the Church

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It used to be, if someone was concerned about a problem in the church, that the leaders or even the pastor would not hesitate to find out what was on a person’s heart.

They would want to know what the problem was. To discuss it and to make any changes in the church that might need to be made.

Way back when.

Over the years, I’ve had many personal meetings with pastors and church leaders about doctrine, church practice, etc. Because they were actually interested in my concerns. They were actually more focused on truth than they were about their own schedules or about the programs of their church.

But not so much anymore.

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Who Do You Pray To?

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What are people into today?

A short list includes Tarot, general “Meditation”, Spiritual Disciplines, Walking Labyrinths, Consulting Psychics, searching inwardly for one’s “higher power”, looking for a “spirit guide”, or engaging in some trendy Contemplative Spirituality technique.

Which even the Evangelicals are wanting to try out today.

Or maybe they’re praying to Mary, to “the saints”, to angels, or to whomever. Or maybe just praying to some other “dead guy”. Who, supposedly, is able to help them in this life and the next.

Instead of praying directly to and exclusively to Jesus Christ.

“For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;” (I Timothy 2:5)

To pray to or seek help from someone other than the Lord Jesus is an incredibly great error.

Which is often the result of believing in some neutral spiritual world? As if there are only benign and good “spirits” out there. That only want to do good things for us.

However, Satan and his evil spirits continually watch and move around seeking whom they may deceive, oppress, possess, or devour. Even attacking those who call themselves “Christian”.

What this all adds up to is that most people today are basically serving themselves up as a full-course meal for whatever demonic entity has been sizing them up.

“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:” (I Peter 5:8)

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