I would like to put your post on my Substack. Thank you for your voice . Mine is echoing yours with my same take, a little different . I pray that those who have a platform to be convicted and turn. My fear in a good godly way for all of these hungry Gen Z , who are finding and being drawn by God to Christ can find a church home where historical, biblical Christianity and write doctrine is taught. I sometimes lose hope they can find a church like that. Thank you. Let me know if I can introduce you to my audience.
Billy Graham was quite adamant that he was an evangelist, and the Churches were supposed to take up the task of sheparding after people where brought to Christ. Many (not all) of the so called issues with evangelism arose because the Churches that have the best guards around doctrine, did a really poor job of living that in the world, instead they only function in a guardrailed community that is not in the world (which then creates a microcosm of "of the world" inside the church, similiar to how "the world" as Christ taught was the covenental Jewish nation.)
The Churches that didnt pick up on that evangelism may be right in their criticisms of it, but did not properly rejoice that the word was spread, and majorly dropped the ball, which created a vacuum that allowed the formation of the problematic
evangelical churches.
I must say, the story of Nathan the prophet confronting David applies very well to most Reformed/Presbyterian traditions. Very willing to find errors in other churches, but unlike David, they dont recognize when an error is their own, and reject the fact that they have been very ineffective at bringing in new believers within their home countries (more often their missionaries are more effective, but do not reflect the same veiw as the home church, and find the apathy and care for foolish minutia over Christ frustrating when they visit again.) The people looking for more sound doctrine likely will not pour in the way this article expects, because historically they never have as they grew in faith and looked ofe more sound doctrine, and nothing has changed. New churches or other denominational lines will spring up to fill that void.
Excellent…. Three things happened in the 1830s or there about…
Dispensationalism
Finneyism
Government school system
And then it was downward from there.
And that was right after de Touqville said America’s greatness was in her churches.
That was so beautiful 😭
I would like to put your post on my Substack. Thank you for your voice . Mine is echoing yours with my same take, a little different . I pray that those who have a platform to be convicted and turn. My fear in a good godly way for all of these hungry Gen Z , who are finding and being drawn by God to Christ can find a church home where historical, biblical Christianity and write doctrine is taught. I sometimes lose hope they can find a church like that. Thank you. Let me know if I can introduce you to my audience.
This is what I’m talking…. We’re back
Thank you for this, Foster. Well said.
A couple things:
Billy Graham was quite adamant that he was an evangelist, and the Churches were supposed to take up the task of sheparding after people where brought to Christ. Many (not all) of the so called issues with evangelism arose because the Churches that have the best guards around doctrine, did a really poor job of living that in the world, instead they only function in a guardrailed community that is not in the world (which then creates a microcosm of "of the world" inside the church, similiar to how "the world" as Christ taught was the covenental Jewish nation.)
The Churches that didnt pick up on that evangelism may be right in their criticisms of it, but did not properly rejoice that the word was spread, and majorly dropped the ball, which created a vacuum that allowed the formation of the problematic
evangelical churches.
I must say, the story of Nathan the prophet confronting David applies very well to most Reformed/Presbyterian traditions. Very willing to find errors in other churches, but unlike David, they dont recognize when an error is their own, and reject the fact that they have been very ineffective at bringing in new believers within their home countries (more often their missionaries are more effective, but do not reflect the same veiw as the home church, and find the apathy and care for foolish minutia over Christ frustrating when they visit again.) The people looking for more sound doctrine likely will not pour in the way this article expects, because historically they never have as they grew in faith and looked ofe more sound doctrine, and nothing has changed. New churches or other denominational lines will spring up to fill that void.
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