Posted on 05/18/2015 5:50:38 PM PDT by ReformationFan
why would anyone waste their time belonging to a ‘church’ that is so clearly off the rails of Christian faith
this entire situation of mainline denominations losing membership is not confined to Presbyterians...the meteoric rise of mega churches that trumpet the benefits of free form worship makes the loss inevitable, across all of the older denominations from Catholic to Protestant...a trend first noted in the early sixties, and thought to be remediable by less rigorous worship and yielding to trendy praxis that the pew sitters supposedly clamored for...
the Catholic Church went particularly overboard in this...just check out the sartorial splendor of the typical Novus Ordo service and you’ll see the result of childish practices bearing its rotten fruit...
“Remember, marriage on earth is to reflect our understanding of God’s marriage to the Church. God is the groom and, His bride, is the Church.
The Kingdom of God, only occurs with both, God and the Church.
It doesn’t occur, one, without the other.
Two men coming together in a ‘marriage’ suggests that God will be with Himself and doesn’t need the church.
Two women coming together in a ‘marriage’ implies that the church only needs the church and doesn’t need God.
Since marriage is such a powerful symbol from heaven, it is no wonder that Satan works so hard to distort this symbol on earth.
Not once in Scripture, does the man symbolize the church, nor does the woman ever symbolize God.”
Excellent post, captaincaveman. By the way, where are the teen angels? ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCr3ZVZZjYA
Good question. In the minds of leftists, no.
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