I don’t take part in polls. How valid is this poll. I really do not care to give my religious views to strangers.
Real Bible study would find Jesus admonished more times in total than He ever said words of “nice” and be “nice.”
He also talked about Hell and damnation more than love.
Matthew 24:12-13 (NIV2011)
12 Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,
13 but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved.
The Christian Post isn’t transparent about its ownership, is it?
Interesting....
2 Chronicles 7:14
“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”
“In times past, we preached that sinners were wretched and that grace was amazing. Today we tell sinners they are amazing, making grace a needless afterthought.
In times past, we preached a gospel of salvation. Today we preach a gospel of self-improvement.
In times past, we preached death to the flesh, death to self, and death to sin, pointing to a brand new life in and under Jesus. Today, we preach that Jesus came so you could fulfill your dreams, that He came to make you into a bigger and better you.
We used to preach the gospel of self-denial. Today we preach the gospel of self-realization.
And sadly, it is Pentecostals and Charismatics who have often led the way in preaching this so-called gospel message.”
This. All of this. The “special snowflake virus” has overwhelmed so many of today’s churches. As a Methodist Christian, I speak from sad experience.
P&Cs trust their feelings more than the Word.
The leap toward apostacy began when emotions became their measure of truth. Now they’re just crazy and shallow.
He also believes that the 20th Century evangelism methodology is why there is such a large "falling away" within American churches.
Western Europe lost religion when the consumer society came in. America already had mass consumption and was already more affluent than Europe, so consumerism didn't diminish America's religiosity. Social media, though, may be another story.
Religion does run in cycles in the US, though. There are periodic revivals or Great Awakenings when piety peaks and then there are the low points in between. The Fourth (or Fifth) Great Awakening began in the 1970s (if not earlier), so we are due for a trough and eventually a revival.
Early in the Pentecostal movement, many of the pastors were originally Baptists. Those pastors had a solid foundation of scripture and taught the scriptures. Once they died out, many were replaced with leaders who replaced teaching with preaching. Doctrine was replaced with emotional alter calls. And most of the alter calls have nothing to do with repentance or salvation.
I’d love to attend a charismatic church if I could find one that taught the scriptures and kept the music volume under control. Doesn’t exist any more.
I don’t understand why these two are lumped together; they’re nothing alike.
This sinful, apostate country deserves EVERYTHING we are getting, and all of what’s coming.
Amen!
I do know for a fact that many of the friends I grew up with in my 20’s have had all their kids reject Christian thinking.
It wasn’t the thinking which did it.
It was the constant going to church and church events that did it.
Many of these friends went to church or events 3 times a week.
They had zero friends outside of Christianity.
I had pastors who told me I should go to college to become a pastor.
I told them they were nuts and went back to school for electronics.
I was successful.
Most of the others were not successful.
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Pentecostals who seek for the signs of the Spirit must be careful. There are other spirits out there besides the Holy one.
This is a big deal. Jeremy Riddle is one of the marquee names in the worship crowd at Bethel. Very influential guy, in that respect. May his concern and awareness spread throughout his sphere of influence. The modern "praise and worship" movement is largely devoid of any content that might harsh one's Holy Spirit buzz; it's encouraging to see one of the more prominent voices in the movement raise these concerns.