Posted on 04/07/2021 3:15:56 PM PDT by fwdude
Apostasy is one of the most tragic phenomenons of Christianity. It never ceases to amaze how someone can live such a lie for such a long time only to end up renouncing their faith. Time after time, popular Christian figures have renounced their faith over the centuries–but it appears to be picking up at breakneck speed.
Several popular and prominent Christian figures have renounced their Christianity over the last couple of years including the former editor of Christianity Today, Mark Galli, popular Hillsong musician, Marty Sampson, and purity culture pastor, Josh Harris, among many others.
Now, another prominent Christian figure has renounced his faith–a former Desiring God writer and the author of the book, The Trauma of Doctrine, Paul Maxwell.
Maxwell made his announcement on his Instagram feed earlier today.
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That or he just paid for an abortion?
[Says He’s in The Best Place of His Life]
Yikes. That’s what a reprobate believes, too.
You shouldn't judge someone's appearance that is incidental to his station in life (poverty, class, etc.) but you can certainly judge how someone CHOOSES to appear - tats, austentacious body modifications, etc.
[Says He’s in The Best Place of His Life]
Enjoy it now, judgment and eternity awaits - and those will not be the best years of his life.
A woman who was constantly abused by her alcoholic husband was asked why she didn’t dump him. She said, “He is unsaved and this is the only heaven he will ever know - the love of a faithful wife. At least when he is burning in hell, maybe he will have good memories of what he had on earth.”
If the whole purpose of the faith is to help you feel good, then it will have no further use when you achieve that goal. Feeling good after abandoning faith is like feeling good when school lets out for the summer.
You don’t lose your faith. You kill it.
What a duplicitous headline! John Piper is the author of the book “Desiring God”; if not for this article being clickbait, we would have to read the whole thing to see that it’s some other guy named Paul Maxwell who is the subject of the article.
Never heard of him or his book. Sad to hear, but the truth is the visible church is a mixture of real believers and false.
Not all protestants (non-Catholics, in other words) believe in the “once saved always saved” position. In fact, that’s a relatively novel teaching in Christianity.
As I commented at the article, now he’ll be perfectly welcome in the Episcopal Church, Presbyterian Church USA, Evangelical Lutheran, United Church of Christ, and any other “church of what’s happening now” cult.
Who knows what each of these people's story are. Sometimes one can be very restrictive and find their faith separates them off from people when it may very well be another evolution in the growth journey with Christ.
I understood Christ's impact on my life one way when I was 20 years old, another way when I was 30 years old, and on and on. My faith is stronger than ever.
I accept now that what is written in the Bible is true and there are many men and women who will not accept Jesus or even ANY god prior to their death.
I can only do God's will and continue to do the work He has me do on a daily basis.
In the end this is a personal journey and one of love and doing the Lord's work and sharing this with others as well as living rightly. Hard to determine why others pull away. They may walk away to know deeper why they love the Lord and what His true power is in their or other people's lives.
I do know there is an incredible peace in knowing He is deep in my heart and soul and we are all flawed. It has taken me many journeys (and there may be many more where I question, fight, pray, forget about, and get back on my knees in gratitude.) I pray that I am here to offer the love of Christ and my honesty as he'll have me share always. He knows. These people have their own journey. Pray for them.
That’s why I asked how many of them think he can “get saved” again.
As for me, I follow the good ‘ol fashioned Catholic belief that God alone will determine our salvation, AFTER we die (and not one second beforehand)
You could be correct. He’s still grieving his abuse in childhood.
The “journey” narrative sounds so sweet and profound, but you never mention WHERE the chosen journey leads.
1 Timothy 4:1
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
So it is NOT John then. It is Paul Maxwell? I found that deceptive as well.
There is good scriptural basis for believing that, although we differ on what acts are acceptable to God for "credit." Actually, a large contingent of Catholics cannot even agree on what sin is, and which ones send one to hell, namely homosexual sodomy. And a lot of priests encourage this confusion.
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