The churches are not coming apart and failing because of beliefs. It is happening because of certain attitudes among believers. I have spent most of my […]
Source: 3 Attitudes Are Killing American Churches | C. Don Jones
The churches are not coming apart and failing because of beliefs. It is happening because of certain attitudes among believers. I have spent most of my […]
Source: 3 Attitudes Are Killing American Churches | C. Don Jones
For those who doubt that the Bible teaches that all shall be saved, here are 76 verses that do exactly that.
Source: 76 Bible Verses To Support Universal Reconciliation | Keith Giles
The fracturing we are experiencing is likely to be irrevocable as the historical ties that bind have eroded beyond repair. The reality is that while many in the evangelical movement thought their bonds were primarily (or exclusively) theological or missional, many of those bonds were actually political, cultural, and socioeconomic. These political, cultural, and socioeconomic differences have always been there beneath the water line but what has occurred over the last 5-10 years has been the extent to which those values are expressed has been exposed. With the expression louder and the exposing more visible, these divergent values have rapidly created substantive wedges between various subgroups. The rate at which divergent views have been revealed has created jarring relational dissonance. People in the pews are left questioning the extent to which their unity is based on the Apostles or Nicene creeds or other political, cultural, and socioeconomic matters. They are left questioning where churches, ministries, or organizations land on these things. The tectonic plates are shifting underfoot. This fracturing will likely be irrevocable not because our Gospel essentials are not unifying enough but because the divergence of ethical priorities, cultural engagement, racial attitudes, political visions/illusions, and their implications for philosophy of ministry mean that unity is fundamentally no longer tenable.
Source: The Six Way Fracturing of Evangelicalism – Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture
In 2019, 19 of Facebook’s top 20 pages for American Christians were run by Eastern European troll farms overseas, internal documents leaked to MIT
Source: In 2019, Almost All of Facebook’s Top Christian Pages Were Run By Foreign Troll Farms
Your image of God creates you. This is why it is important that we see God as loving and benevolent and why good theology still matters. One mistaken image of God that keeps us from receiving grace is the idea that God is a cruel tyrant. People who have been raised in an atmosphere of threats of punishment and promises of reward are programmed to operate with this cheap image of a punitive God. It usually becomes their entire view of the universe.