Obviously this has profound spiritual implications for Christians, Griffin observes, having already concluded that Jesus Christ's primary goal on earth was to overturn the Roman Empire of His day. Unfortunately, Griffin opines, the early church, including some Gospel writers, covered up this truth, claiming that salvation was eternal rather than a political liberation. These revisionists persuaded Christians that the empire would "facilitate, not hinder, the coming of the kingdom of God." Christianity then went from being anti-empire to an imperial religion.Neat trick.
Can I get a 'pope is the antichrist' from the congregation?
I guess the theory rests, in part, on the premise that Christians are morons. Everyone knew Jesus was a revolutionary but "some" writers (but not all?) covered it up and no one said, "Hey, wait a minute, that's not what happened".
Can I get a 'pope is the antichrist' from the congregation?LOL!
It's interesting that this Presbyterian has jettisoned all the positive doctrinal teaching of John Calvin and retained only Calvin's paranoid conspiracy theories.
Another person who reminds me of the ministry of Hazel Motes.