It seems the wheat and chaff are sperating themselves.
That divide has already begun. Sad, as the homosexual tolerant churches offer no hope to homosexuals for repentance and healing, they’re just organizations offering nothing but feeling good about their journey to Hell.
The churches that embrace homosexuality are not evangelical. They are liberal. These are the liberal wings of all the mainline protestant denominations.
Further the embrace of homosexuality by the liberal denominations is a downstream manifestation of an upstream theological heresy on the part of the liberal denominations. They take the low view of Christ. That Jesus was just a man. and not fully God as well. This is the heresy for which the nicean creed was developed after the council of nicea in 325 ad.
I hope the author demands this same fealty to the Scriptures in all matters.
(There are many church-going folks who think some questions must be answered by the Scriptures God gave us while others can be settled merely by a vote of men.)
Wheat from the Tares.
Sheep from the goats.
Woe unto those who call light “darkness”, and darkness “light”.
So be It.
My inlaws Presbyterian church split recently. Very sad situation. It hurts them a lot. Inlaws stayed with their church which is sticking to biblical teching as understood for 2000 years. Many who left were lefty college professors and such. They joined the Presbyterian church that sits just next door. It’s more liberal. I haven’t heard about anybody from that church coming over to my inlaws church.
Seems it’s time to choose between what is right and what is popular. I agree with the poster who said it appears the wheat and the chaff are separating
Just because a Christian college is “leading” doesn’t mean it’s Bible believing. Also, depends on the definition of “Christian.” The liberal “christians” are brain washing the kids to be totally, “lovingly,” accepting of sin.
If my denomination ever comes out in favor of LBGT rights I will be walking out the door. Don’t know where I’ll go, as right now they are quite conservative.
As churches continue to obsess over fitting in with popular culture, people then realize they don’t need to go to church anymore because they are in the middle of popular culture already.
Those that toss out Christian morality for the Zeitgeist will wither on the vine like the Mainstream Protestant churches. How sad when this happens — Christian believers are more and more beleaguered in this valley of tears.
Very good article on the real issue of remaining or rethinking. As history has shown over and over and over again, this rethinking will show exactly who stands with God and His history and who goes with new thinking.
I am sad to live in this age as sin was so much better in the closet and behind closed doors, IMHO, not something that now is proud to be displayed to all because we are SO selfish.
Yes. some will fall into perdition, and be one with the world and others will stand with the Word.
Actually, this was also seen in 2008 when so many black self-proclaimed Christians voted cult-like for a nominee who supported the murder of babies born AND unborn.
Apparently his love for infanticide didn’t matter to them. His disdain for the Bible and God’s values was not important enough to these voters to turn their back on the cult leader Obama.
We need for the Evangelical Voters to get out and Vote in 2014 to take back the Senate, keep the House and get America back on track!
It is isn’t just about homosexuality or even about gay marriage, though that is the most obvious factor. When all the cards are out on the table, it will be clear that we have divided over biblical authority. Some of us will say, "We accept the 2000-year-old teaching shared until recently by every branch of the Christian movement that God designed marriage for one man and one woman.” We will also say that all sexual activity outside of marriage is sin. And we will continue to insist that homosexual behavior is always sinful.
Evidently not everyone will agree with us. That includes some folks who graduated from our leading Christian colleges and seminaries. For a variety of reasons, they will insist that the church has been wrong about this for 2000 years and that we must extend Christian fellowship to openly homosexual men and women. They must be allowed to join the church, sing in the choir, teach Sunday School, and if they are otherwise qualified, they could be chosen as deacons, elders and pastors. As Al Mohler has recently insisted, there is no middle ground on this issue. We aren’t going to be able to paper over the difference or to "agree to disagree” as if this issue is like disagreeing on the timing of the rapture or whether or not we should sing more hymns.
This is a deal-breaker. Can’t we all just get along? No, we can’t.
PFL
But when is the last time you heard a sermon on adultery which is far more widespread than homosexuality?
I do agree though...a time for choosing is coming....and fast.
I have a friend that sent me a copy of a Prophetic Manifesto. quick read. Looked on Amazon and they have it for $2.99 as a download. I sent it as a gift to relatives and friends.
http://www.amazon.com/Prophetic-Manifesto-David-Reagan-ebook/dp/B009DOZRHU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1403106734&sr=8-1&keywords=prophetic+manifesto
Regarding splits. . .many denominations do not own their building. The hierarchy does. I know of a situation where a congregation didn’t want their money they were required to send in going to the world council of churches and didn’t want to go along with a lot of the liberal edicts that were coming down. They built the 100 year old church and in fact renovated it. . .they were told by one of the denomination’s “officials” that he would rather see the building be used by the coon hunters if they weren’t willing to support the denomination’s decisions. Needless to say there is now an empty church building out in the country. The members went to other churches rather than stay with the denomination.
Some churches have to take who they are sent as pastors rather than choosing their own. In our community two churches have been sent doozies on several occasions.
Woe to the lukewarm pastors and lukewarm churches.
The PCUSA is about to approve same-sex “marriage.”
Despite that, they claim they can achieve “reconciliation” between the two sides. http://www.layman.org/committee-recommends-ga-approval-measures-will-allow-sex-marriage-pcusa/
Of course that is impossible. A substantial number of churches are on their way out already, and many more will follow. The homosexuals and their supporters will be left with another smoking ruin of a denomination.
All because homosexuals demand that everyone must agree with their lifestyle, even though Scripture is clear it is a deadly sin and totally incompatible with being a Christian.