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Sophia
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There are several universalist ecumenical groups, cheap grace groups, social justice groups, and "emergent church" groups
that have distorted or removed the Gospel from their teachings.
These groups place themselves as the image of the "modern" Church.
They are not Church at all, but heretics/wolves playing the role of sheep.
Many "traditionalists" accept their image as the general view of all "modern" congregations.
That assumption is the very intent that Satan had when he began those groups.
He want you to hate change. He wants you to cling to man's traditions.
He wants you to wear suits and ties and shiny shoes, and stare blankly at a mediocre aging choir.
He wants you to be stuck in a comfortable rut, comfortably singing comfortable tunes with mediocre doctrine in the lyrics, while comfortably not engaging the decaying community around your comfortable church building.
He wants you to be politically invested, and distracted by worldly affairs.
He hates passionate worship and firey sermons and relevant teaching tools.
He hates small group studies and honest confession and intercessory prayer.
He hates songs about God's Glory and His active power and work.
He hates it when people step outside their comfort zones to help others.
He hates it when people reject society to follow Christ alone.
Tradition is the corpse of wisdom. Remember your first love, and come back to Him. Don't reject change when change is needed.
Just as Isaac Watts and Fannie Crosby modernized the hymns of their era, so we must do the same.
Just as Luther and Calvin cast off the chains of the false church in their day, so we must cast off the falsehoods of our day.
Just as Christ stood against the temple market, so we must stand against the "for-profit" church mentality of our fathers, and the rest of the sins of our fathers.
that have distorted or removed the Gospel from their teachings.
These groups place themselves as the image of the "modern" Church.
They are not Church at all, but heretics/wolves playing the role of sheep.
Many "traditionalists" accept their image as the general view of all "modern" congregations.
That assumption is the very intent that Satan had when he began those groups.
He want you to hate change. He wants you to cling to man's traditions.
He wants you to wear suits and ties and shiny shoes, and stare blankly at a mediocre aging choir.
He wants you to be stuck in a comfortable rut, comfortably singing comfortable tunes with mediocre doctrine in the lyrics, while comfortably not engaging the decaying community around your comfortable church building.
He wants you to be politically invested, and distracted by worldly affairs.
He hates passionate worship and firey sermons and relevant teaching tools.
He hates small group studies and honest confession and intercessory prayer.
He hates songs about God's Glory and His active power and work.
He hates it when people step outside their comfort zones to help others.
He hates it when people reject society to follow Christ alone.
Tradition is the corpse of wisdom. Remember your first love, and come back to Him. Don't reject change when change is needed.
Just as Isaac Watts and Fannie Crosby modernized the hymns of their era, so we must do the same.
Just as Luther and Calvin cast off the chains of the false church in their day, so we must cast off the falsehoods of our day.
Just as Christ stood against the temple market, so we must stand against the "for-profit" church mentality of our fathers, and the rest of the sins of our fathers.
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