Yes, Hebrew Roots errors are ramping up at the moment. Every evangelical Christian should prepare for such encounters. I believe they will increase for a while. In time, though, the more distant future will vindicate those of us who stayed with the plain old Gospel.
As for relatives, mine are interesting. The Roman Catholic wing is up in the Chicago area. They’ve adopted abortion as a right, not just theoretically, but in practice. They’ve also identified with communism and radical feminism. The feminist angle is interesting, because they project it onto their view of Mary, alleging her to be co-redemptrix with Christ, because we can’t have a patriarchal deity. Very bizarre.
Note to my RC friends here on FR. I try not to generalize from the extremes. I know not all Catholics are like my relatives. But when folks get on their hobby horse about having a denominational monopoly on God, these relatives jump right to the foreground and make me wonder what kind of Christian church would fail to discipline them for such egregious departure from the faith once delivered to the saints. Surely if it is God’s work, it will carry His fingerprints, changed lives that honor Christ and hunger for His word and His righteousness.
Anyway, good post, though I would say the candle of Christian truth has never gone out, though it may have occasionally been harder to find due to persecution and unpopularity in the world system. God is faithful.
Peace,
SR
Peace to you, thanks for the reply!