Monday, July 29, 2019

Acts 29 Churches and the Evangelical Flirtation with Social Justice

I thought this was an insightful comment about a former member of an Acts 29 church. I've seen this over and over again in Evangelicals and their leaning toward liberalism.

"I am wondering about whether this is part of a trend that I see. I used to attend a former Acts 29 church. When i first started attending 8 years ago the church was solid theologically, would discuss theological topics, sermons were solidly biblical etc (we had James N Anderson give lectures!). Oddly though, over the last few years political liberalism has seeped into the congregation, the church has began to move leftward in subtle ways. During this shift I noticed a marked reduction in theology talk, and more talk about “apologizing” to minorities (gays became a very important group to apologize to.). Many in the congregation also began to flirt with the idea that we need to be more “Inclusive” etc.

It seems that if you think “inclusion” is an ultimate good, and many in our era do so, then it’s not a big step to say, “ if xtianity is against inclusion it’s false” people come to the reasonable conclusion that xtianity is not inclusive and walk away. Because of course God would be inclusive."

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