Many are
the so-called Christians who seemingly are interested in proclaiming the truth,
but in reality, all they do is embark upon a crusade against a particular
doctrine. Nothing, it would seem, will dissuade them from what they see as a
commission from God to right all the wrongs in the church. Take Reformed
Theology as an example. There are few doctrines that draw as much
criticism in our generation than the one that tells us that God is the decider—not
man. And it is no wonder, for man's natural inclination is to want to have things his way--Burger King was on to something!
Saturday, September 30, 2017
Saturday, September 16, 2017
Take Heed to the Doctrine
“If our doctrine be true, and our lives be wrong, how terrible
is our sin! For then we have brought despite upon the truth itself. On the
other hand, however, it is also very sad when men use the social graces which
God has given them, and the moral momentum of a godly ancestry, to commend a
message which is false. Nothing in the world can take the place of truth.”
J. Gresham Machen, Christianity
and Liberalism
One of the battles that the church of Christ has to wage in
every generation is the battle for a pure doctrine. In today’s world, that is seemingly
more important than it has been, perhaps more so than at any time in this
country’s history. The hallmark of our current generation is the abandonment of
doctrinal truth, or at the very least its neglect, at the expense of getting
along and being “tolerant.” The modern church is awash in the attitude that our
current generation has of overlooking truth in order to be more accepting.
Witness the reaction from a so-called “evangelical” against the Nashville
Statement (you can read the full article containing the quote here):
Saturday, September 2, 2017
The Chickens Come Home to Roost
Several months ago, I commented
to a fellow church member one of the things that my generation, and seemingly
every generation, is quick to forget: that all subsequent generations are, in
large measure, a reflection of the previous ones. As the saying goes, nothing
happens in a vacuum. If today's generation has grown up with a sense of
entitlement and a very, very thin skin (think of “snowflakes” and their eternal
aggrieved status!), it is due in large part to the fact that its ancestors
promoted such thinking.
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