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The coming evangelical collapse?
Posted on Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2009 at 10:23pm by SteveNoble
The current Christian Science Monitor is running an article by this title, and the statistics in recent Barna Research Group studies as well as others seem to bear witness to the fact that evangelicals are becoming a smaller minority in America with every year that passes...are we looking at the death of evangelicalism in the West, or is it just a "cleaning of the house"? That's the question on this Saturday's show (3/14)!!! I already know what the atheists, agnostics and muslims think...WHAT DO YOU THINK?
Here is the article in question!
deeply concerned...
I think he has a lot of good things to say, but have a very western view of Evangelicalism. Evangelicalism is a worldwide movement. He totally ignores that aspect. I think he is being to fatalistic as well.
I think we are ripe for revival - possibly the last revival before Jesus returns.
I am deeply concerned about what he says regarding the state of evangelism in the evangelical movement. He is right. Most believers can't articulate the gospel and we have not passed our faith on to the younger generation.
Further, I believe that he is saying something very relevant regarding our involvement in the culture wars. I personally believe we must spend more money and effort in converting the culture and rather than confronting the culture.
The biggest thing that I disagree with is the fact that this guy leaves no room for God to work. Again, God can send revival and change everything.
look at the source
"postevangelical reformation Christian in search of a Jesus-shaped spirituality."
As said above. This man serves a small GOD. The GOD of my bible was able to do huge things with a very small number of believers. Jesus needed 12 to spread the word to the whole world.
My children have been more involved with Church, witnessing, and missions than I ever dreamed.
I think the biggest problem is the labels given when some so called leaders come out with outlandish statements. Or when leaders of large churches fall.
So many times we talk about what not to do without stressing that all fall. Christians sin too and we shouldn't be all surprised by it. We focus too much on condemnation instead of salvation.
Concerned
I believe that Irwin Lutzer(Pastor of Moody Church) put it best, that with all the different religions and "Gods" out there we don't have the spiritual intelligence to know the difference between real and false. With your only being able to get 1000 to come support the marriage amendment in downtown Raleigh, and nobody saying anything on here about the bill in the Legislature on bullying I believe that God is cleaning house regarding "Christian" leaders who have sold their souls for 30 pieces of silver. Just the fact that there is a Parliament of World Religions says that we as Christians need to intelligently figure out what each religion and Protestant religion believes and then figure out what we individually believe. IF Christians don't change their ways and the US doesn't come back to God, then He will judge severely.
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