Another
paragraph from a book I am writing,
"I cannot stress this enough. So many Christians are in
amazement at how much the Church has capitulated to worldly social issues in
recent years, and they wonder how could this have happened? It is simple, they
believed a very subtle lie, that the Bible is true, but essentially out of date
in its view on things like sexuality, gender roles and many other issues. Note,
this lie affirms the truth of the Scriptures, but then removes the Bible from
modern consideration anyway. It becomes just one of many opinions, and the
least popular opinion in this modern age. But let me say this again, if you are
going to defend yourself, your family, your church, or nation from the schemes
of the evil one, the Bible is the most important basis of this strategy. It’s
not a source text, it’s THE source text.”
A lot of
people who reject the Bible's teaching will tell you they believe what it says.
They just do not believe what it says means anything for them today, on a host
of issues. This amounts to a creative way of saying that the Bible is wrong,
and the effect is just as damaging to the church as denying the Bible is God’s
word.
In fact, it
would be fair to say that those who just reject the Bible outright are more
honest in their views, and definitely more consistent for doing so and living
like it does not matter.
If the
Church wants to get back on track, it has a lot of repenting to do.
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