Posted on 02/14/2008 4:28:15 PM PST by Terriergal
An EXCELLENT piece that sheds more light on this issue and why the religious left, as ‘permissive’ as it seems, in reality is preaching LAW not the gospel. A law they themselves do not fulfill either!
Good Advice vs. Good News
http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/The_White_Horse_Inn/archives.asp?bcd=2008-2-10
Folks who focus on man rather than God will be led astray to think as Warren does. Yes, we are to reach out with food, etc. AND the Gospel, but always keep our main focus on Christ else we be led off the narrow way.
My church has shed Purpose Driven madness for a local version of the same illness of looking to change the world - we’re “people driven!” And I am going to meet with the elders next month to explain this to them and request a meeting before the church if need be.
Simply impossible to be an Evangelical and a leftwingtard ~ the mind doesn’t work that way.
Jesus spoke against Adultery and sexual immorality. And I kind of doubt they were doing millions of abortions back in 30 AD.
What a great telecast. So right on. I hope people will take the time to listen.
When we start defining “evangelical” or “fundamentalist” or “born-again” or “christian” to meaning social intitatives or social positions instead of meaning “Bible Believing/Gospel Preaching/Conservative Theological Belief” then those definitions become meaningless. Instead a person should define their faith in terms of the Bible-and “Real (see Literal) belief” in Christ and His Words, and then let their political positions be guided by their faith (and their beliefs).
“Conservatives who vote for McCain are like abused dogs whom keep licking ~their own dried blood from~ their master’s hand”: THERE FIXED IT!!!
You would think... except that in the Emergent Church/postmodern church, the rule of noncontradiction does not apply. You can’t tell them A cannot equal NOT-A in the same time and same circumstances. They talk about quantum physics to try and justify their complete lack of rationality.
Keep us posted!
People driven. Great. Seeking the acclaim of men/social gospel.
Yup.
Though they were doing infanticide, and the church was of course the only ones who tried to save these tossed-out babies.
It;s always bugged me that if one is christian and conservative, one is labeld “evangelical.” As if no one ever actually looked up the meaning of the word.
I think you’re right except on John Macarthur.
We are not called to transform culture. We are called to preach the gospel. Macarthur has not budged on that.
Oh... the booklet on why government can’t save you — Yeah that was one of the things he’s written that I disagreed with. I agree with the title but the way he wrote it suggested that resisting oppression is always wrong. I agree with you there.
But that’s different than the ‘social gospel’ dominionist agenda of using Christ to transform culture.
Yep! So many people don’t understand why we loathe the message of Joel Osteen and Rick Warren etc... because it’s ALL LAW and NO GOSPEL!
I’m sure they never even think of it that way because what it does is substitute man’s law (a certain kind of conformity or niceness) for God’s law. Truth be told, we can’t even fulfill man’s law! Their messages are completely devoid of hope because they contain no gospel, no proclamation of how our debt is paid, which results in being spared the wrath of God, if we will repent and trust in Christ!
I hear ya.
Here’s one for you:
Reading the Bible Again For the First Time: Taking the Bible Seriously But Not Literally
by Marcus J. Borg
http://www.amazon.com/Reading-Bible-Again-First-Time/dp/0060609192
But He did say the final judgement of nations would be whether they fed the hungry, clothed the poor, took in people they didn’t know who needed a home, cared for the sick and minstered to those in prison.
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