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Can We Trade Sexual Morality for Church Growth? (Protestant Caucus)
The Gospel Coalition ^ | 6 May 2014 | Russell Moore

Posted on 05/07/2014 6:06:39 AM PDT by Gamecock

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1 posted on 05/07/2014 6:06:39 AM PDT by Gamecock
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2 posted on 05/07/2014 6:09:11 AM PDT by Gamecock (The covenant is a stunning blend of law and love. (TK))
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Yes you can grow the Church that way. But why stop there? Add free drugs grow it even bigger.


4 posted on 05/07/2014 6:10:13 AM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (I am an American - Not a Republican or a Democrat.)
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We can, but it is the wrong path to follow. Evil is always evil.


5 posted on 05/07/2014 6:11:11 AM PDT by mulligan (I)
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"The next generation needs a more flexible ethic, they say, on premarital sex, homosexuality, and so on. We'll either adapt, the line goes, or we'll die."

One can only believe this if they don't believe there is a God running things. Scripture teaches us that the Church will always be at odds with and hated by the world. It further teaches that no matter how ascendent the world becomes there will always be a remnant. God is in control so preach the Gospel and let the chips fall where they may.

6 posted on 05/07/2014 6:11:57 AM PDT by circlecity
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Bump.


9 posted on 05/07/2014 6:23:04 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Psalm 14:1 ~ The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”)
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Excellent discourse.

If salt loses its saltiness, it is to be thrown on the road and trampled upon.


10 posted on 05/07/2014 6:32:50 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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It’s not like this is a rhetorical question; there is some empirical evidence. There are churches that have embraced the liberal/progressive stance over the last 100 years. Are those churches growing or shrinking?


12 posted on 05/07/2014 6:52:04 AM PDT by cdcdawg (Be seeing you...)
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Good article. I’m surprised authors on this subject never mention 1 Thess 4:1-8. This passage refers to sexual purity as a commandment, our sanctification, etc, and says whoever reject this (commandment) rejects God.


15 posted on 05/07/2014 7:21:19 AM PDT by aimhigh (1 John 3:23)
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Shrinking.

See the PCUSA, ELCA, UMC.


16 posted on 05/07/2014 7:21:33 AM PDT by Gamecock (The covenant is a stunning blend of law and love. (TK))
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To: Buckeye McFrog; G Larry; Carpe Cerevisi

Did you all miss the “Protestant Caucus” label?


19 posted on 05/07/2014 7:27:07 AM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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