Posted on 06/23/2022 10:12:59 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
What an abomination.
Fear Him instead who has the power to destroy both soul and body in hell. These words are recorded in the gospels as spoken by Jesus.
> These days, if churches cling to traditional idealogy, they’re likely to hemorrhage parishioners
Liars. I’m not even going to list all the studies, stories, and surveys that show people instead fleeing fake and weak denominations in favor of strong ones.
It’s true that activist leftists and media will go after those who “cling” (nice of our author to use Zero’s phrasing!) and they make a big stink, but that’s not the same thing at all.
It isn’t meaningless- it is healthy for a person when proper. There are many studies that show it helps physically and mentally. Ie not homosexual sex- that ain’t healthy.
[[> These days, if churches cling to traditional idealogy, they’re likely to hemorrhage parishioners]]
The answer to,thst is “fine, let them hemorrhage! It separates the goats from the true believers. Better to lose fake congregants whole,obeying God than to,have lots and lots of congregants who have no intention of accepting christ,as savior, and catering to,their deviant lifestyles which God condemns.”
Chaff/wheat, goats/sheep is true always… but the fact is that people are eager for a strong, courageous church.
I’m shy about getting into links because many of the surveys are a bit biased toward the part of those denominations… the evangelicals include born-again questions, trad Protestants like LCMS include items about the Creed, etc.
Still, here’s one at random. https://virtueonline.org/factchecker-are-all-christian-denominations-decline
If it’s “queer and trans affirming,” it’s not Christian. It’s a counterfeit.
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