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Religion Title: How the apostates take over The evangelical church is under constant threat to compromise its reliance on biblical truth. The human desire to be accepted, to not be seen as "outside the mainstream," can be overwhelming. But that desire is our weakness, our downfall. It does not always immediately destroy the dam we build to protect the waters of truth, but instead it leads to tiny fissures that grow until destruction is inevitable. Twenty years ago, I experienced the painful demise of the Episcopal Church, which once was a bastion of biblical truth. It was not a pretty picture. It was a picture painted in the primary colors of relentlessness and deception. The combination of those elements inevitably led some sincere folks to weariness, and willingness to compromise, and yes, ultimately to surrender. For those who sought peace at any price, conformity over conviction, and popularity over principle, capitulation seemed the easier way out. The initial compromise, which caused the first cracks in the dike, seemed innocent enough at the time: the ordination of women. But to truly understand how that initial compromise caused a wave of liberalism to overcome biblical boundaries within the Episcopal Church (and soon by the rest of the mainline denominations), we have to understand the different groups involved. Sincere followers of Christ made up the first group. They believed in Jesus and the scriptures. To them, the effort to ordain women seemed genuine. But they ultimately bought into the secular argument that the ordination of women was merely an issue of equality, sharing power, responding to new realities, and gaining relevancy with modern culture. Those believers were most troublesome of all. Although they adhered to the secular perspective, no one could accuse them of having "departed the faith once delivered." The second group, which pushed the breached even further, was comprised of people who were religious but biblically illiterate. They followed a simple faith not rooted in history. They were more willing to follow than to think. The third group was made up of committed liberals, or as I prefer to call them, apostates. That group often worked behind the scenes. They hid in the shadows, preferring to steer the second group forward while putting pressure on the first group. They fueled the secular media with proclamations that the church was "hopelessly out of touch with the real world" or that the "male-dominated church is unwilling to share power with women." The media -- which loves to denigrate the church and its leadership for refusing to adhere to a godless culture -- used its powerful megaphone to condemn the church. Of course, the media never understood that ministry in the Church of Jesus Christ is not about power. A pastor models himself after Jesus, who "did not come to be served, but to serve." When apostate Christians and agnostics were allowed to set the agenda and define the arguments, the faint of heart self-consciously sought to surrender. Quickly abandoned were Martin Luther's words: "Here I stand. I can do no other." Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 8. The evangelical church is under constant threat to compromise its reliance on biblical truth. The Protestant Evangelical/Fundamentalist church is one of the three major heretical, Satan-controlled death cults in the world, the other two being Islam and Judaism. Their Holy Sacrament is blood, death, and misery and their hate and blood lust have made a mockery of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who was the Prince of Peace, not a God of War. The Protestant Evangelical/Fundamentalist church has twisted Holy Scripture to make themselves the subservient protectors of Judaism, whose validity ended when Jesus was crucified. They have willingly involved themselves and this country in the power struggle between the demonic death cults of Islam and Judaism, all the while falsely claiming that God commands it. They have turned away from God. On a political level, they are as bad as the leftists when it comes to their desire to grow the size of government. The only difference between the two is where they want to spend the money, and even that difference is shrinking on a daily basis. They have no desire to shrink the size of government like real conservatives. They just want to move it around so that more money is spent on war (as opposed to defense) and the police state so that they can pay homage to Satan by increasing the amount of blood, death, and misery within these United States and throughout the world. The good news is that good always triumphs over evil. As the death cults spread more and more misery in this country and throughout the world, people will begin to see them for what they are and will turn back to Jesus Christ.
#8. To: Fibr Dog (#1) The Protestant Evangelical/Fundamentalist church is one of the three major heretical, Satan-controlled death cults in the world, the other two being Islam and Judaism. Their Holy Sacrament is blood, death, and misery and their hate and blood lust have made a mockery of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who was the Prince of Peace, not a God of War. Amen brother. I couldn't have said it better myself.
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