No gospel? No salvation from death and the eternal exile from God? But..we have gender and melatonin skin balance in the participants of our rituals...if thats all the new SBC is about..it may as well be dead...but also consider the writer of the article.
That might be all he looks for...meaningless ritual...
Liberal religion makes no real demands upon its followers. Its style over substance.
Mainline churches have been on the decline in America.
[...meaningless ritual...]
Worked in the home office of a particular church organization - I will not name them in the thread nor in FReepmail so don’t anyone bother asking. I was there for over 2 years.
EVERY SINGLE MONTH we had “church” in the office - I wondered how we got away with it (didn’t understand we were fully part of the church - at least at first I didn’t understand it). The services ran for an hour each time.
ANYWAYS, in OVER 2 years, NEVER, NOT ONCE did anyone EVER open a Bible and read from it.
NOT once. Ever.
Big surprise - a lot of the folks in the office supported ..... Obama for President in 2008.
LOTSA praise and worship songs. ZERO Bible influence. ZERO.
Yes, you WOULD know the denomination. NO, I will not name (see above).
Draw your own conclusions.....
I had a friend who was southern baptist. I was in his wedding. The reception had no alcohol or dancing. As a Catholic, itvwas the most boring wedding I ever attended. If the start drinking and dancing at weddings then perhaps this is a good direction.