Chuck Baldwin tells it the way it is in the Church in America. Can you honestly say he is wrong about most of what he said in this article? If not, what a sorry excuse for a Church American “Christians” leaders and church members have become. Is it any wonder why American Christians are about to reap the consequences of being double minded?
The problem is manifold, of
course. For the most part, our pastors have become glorified politicians and
business executives. As attorneys are not schooled in the Constitution, today’s
ministers are not schooled in the Scriptures. They are motivational speakers,
salesmen, and business managers. The Bible is only used as a side reference, if
at all. It is not taught or preached literally. Pastors go through the Bible the
way people go through a salad bar: gleaning a few sweet-tasting morsels and
rejecting everything that appears the least bit distasteful. |
| There is yet another problem: today’s churches are completely enamored with power. No, not the power of God. They are completely infatuated with the power of men. Rich men. Popular men. Influential men. Celebrities. Politicians. Millionaires. Sports stars, etc. |
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Boy, I sure am tired of the salad-bar philosophy. It really reminds me that we must make every attempt to understand everything we can. For if we keep the whole law, yet break one part of it, then we have broken the whole law.
Nothing is more maddening that thinking you might be 99% correct on Biblical matters–at least, that’s how it is for me.