Posted on 11/08/2015 11:19:38 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Many of the former so-called "mainstream" "churches", such as The Episcopal Church USA, have been perverted by elements that no longer adhere to Christian principles.
This is nothing new. Truth has always been under attack. The point we should concern ourselves with is not that conflict happens. Our focus should always be on defending the truth “once for all delivered to the saints.” Everything else is just background noise. The concern should always focus first inward — being sure we do not stray ourselves, carried away by false doctrine and clever emotional appeals.
Just a thought, I don’t think “Christians are at war with one another” anymore now than they were when Luther proved himself to have the biggest pair on the planet. There has always been a certain percentage of Christians who can’t contain, and so misplace, their zeal.
I’m not speaking to the article as a whole. Just to that one contention.
Direct result of liberal infiltration of churches.
We see the same dynamic in the GOP. Death from within.
Why do you feel you have to have a middle man group to stand between or translate between yourself and God? No one has to abandon god because they leave organized religion. My faith grew immeasurably when I left the RC.
When a group starts pushing things 100% contrary to their founding doctrine, that group no longer represents that doctrine.
Christians in the U.S. have been ok with turning their faith into a plastic joke for the past 35 years. It all started in the 80s with those stupid televangelists and mega churches. You will still find plenty of idiots that still give money to those rubes on TV that pretend like they are preforming miracles.
Millennials, for all of their faults, are keen enough to not want to want to be part of that crap.
With America falling into the biblical “last days”, this is actually a fulfillment of prophecy.
2 Thessalonians 2:3
You are correct and as St. Paul said “Come out from among them.” It is modernity that is driving people away. Almost everyone intuitively knows that perverts are not the object of love and emulation. Many mainstream churches are embracing the pervert instead of calling him/her to repent. This failure is PART of the reason that people are moving away from churches.
Good pun though... Church attendance survey by the Pew research center.
Gramscian corruption.
Got Discernment?
There’s the body of Christ, and then there are the “churches” who manifest the spirit of anti-Christ.
Which is which?
Fundamental Charismatic churches are increasing their parishioners.
But I see health and personal growth in those who remain and are devoted to Christ.
Church growth comes in two ways- size and health. I guess the opposite is true. The size of many congregations is waning but the health of those who remain is improving. They are "working out their salvation." That's a good thing. The remnant of the Church is the salt and light.
2 Peter 3:3-7
First of all, you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires. They will say, "Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our fathers died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation." But they deliberately forget that long ago by God's word the heavens existed and the earth was formed out of water and by water. By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
Well said. Christians leave the church because the church left them and were not teaching the very core principles of Christianity instead leaning toward the wrong perverted doctrine say homosexuality.
God knows how much I’ve heard Jesus turning the water into wine but don’t preach “and the man beside Jesus was gay!”
>>That’s not necessarily a GOOD thing.
My family has been blessed to be called to a small fellowship that has a significant focus upon missionary work in various regions of the world.
The first few weeks we were there coincided with several of the mission families coming back and relating the state of the work they’d been called to.
The primary thing they said they needed? — Prayer.
Not one, when asked, said they needed more money.
THAT is a significant difference to observe.
Here are a few:
I, The Lord, Desire This Unity
The Advocate
December 20, 1988
There Is A Division In My Church, Like Cain And Abel
September 21, 1990
In Your Hearts I Shall Rebuild The Unity Of My Church
May 2, 1991
exactly Sons,
Seems many churches have lost their moral compass.
Abandoned for the almighty dollar.
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