The end of 'Christianity lite' is near

Edmonton Sun ^ | December 21, 2003 | TED BYFIELD

[TexasCowboy]

"but after attending for a few Sundays, one must ask, "Where's the beef."'

BRAVO!!
Well said!

[Skooz]

The Christian is under an obligation to follow ALL the teachings of Christ.

Absolutely. My point exactly.

[Skooz]

and when doctrine contridicts scripture...

...it is not true doctrine but lies.

[madprof98]

Much popular religion of the century descended into mere feel-goodism. Gone was all serious reference to sin, repentance, suffering, atonement, evil, anything unpleasant.

Strikes me that this very thing is alive and flourishing here in the suburbs. It's called (among other names) the United Methodist Church.

[Zipporah]

Lies..? There are times when people have been spoon-fed doctrine .. they need to read the Word..

[MHGinTN]

Who wrote the document to which you linked?

[Zipporah]

It's a excerpt from the book The Incredible Scofield And His Book by Canfield also documented by Dave MacPherson.

[Zipporah]

..whatever.. believe what you will, in the end truth will prevail.

[Skooz]

Lies..? There are times when people have been spoon-fed doctrine .. they need to read the Word..

I was AGREEING with you. Geesh!

[mercy]

No atheists in foxholes, ey?

Sorry, but I detect the same level of BS here I encountered in reading 'The Greening of America" many years ago.

"Will the Son of Man even find Faith upon the earth when he returns?"

Whatever God's been up to these last few thousand years it has obviusly never been about sanctifying the masses. A few, maybe.

[Zipporah]

Oh well.. not used to that! LOL.. too many attacks in so little time..

[Skooz]

BTW, just because some "doctrine" is not your cup of tea doesn't make it unscriptural. I can link you to articles which purport that Billy Graham is lying purveyor of false doctrine. That does not make it so.

[foreverfree]

bump

[birdwoman]

Excuse my ignorance here...but I was under the impression that Allah was actually ALSO the God of Abraham. Specifically, did not the Islamic religion stem from the decendants of Ishmael (sp?), Abraham's son of the maid-servant, Hagar?

Can you clarify your statements?

Thanks much!

[PetroniusMaximus]

I'm sorry.

Maybe I misunderstood.

I read your post as saying basically "who cares about doctrine... just as long as we love one another"

[PetroniusMaximus]

Your joking right!

Seriously, use the sarcasm smiley on satuff like that.

[birdwoman]

ok, ya'll are cracking me up here...you are on the same side and are arguing with each other because you have become so defensive...

Relax already...God is love!! :)

And He will also kick you in the seat of the pants when you don't do what you need to do!

Oh yeah and it is Christmas...and this is thelast really nice and happy Christmas we will ever see...so we'd better enjoy it! :)

[PetroniusMaximus]

...and this is thelast really nice and happy Christmas we will ever see...so we'd better enjoy it! :)

Care to elaborate...

[MHGinTN]

Did you read the posted article?

[Skooz]

I read your post as saying basically "who cares about doctrine... just as long as we love one another"

I did not mean that at all. I would never downplay the importance of doctrine, as long as that doctrine is TOTALLY based on Scripture, leaving nothing out.

In my post I stated that " It's much easier to construct our Byzantine maze of pharisitical "thou shalt not believe XYZ" than to love one another with Christ's love, as He commanded."

That in no way downplays the importance of Scriptural doctrine. But doctrine without the love of God is a waste of time--a mere intellectual exercise which amounts to zero.

Likewise, love sans doctrine is little more than a Kum-by-ya love-in which glorifies God not at all.

One without the other is unscriptural error.