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... is not about Liberal versus Evangelical - it's about money.
Scott Stephens is probably unknown to many of you but has this to say ....
Likewise, Christian "exceptionalists" seem to have so tenuous a grasp on Christian theology and the nature of Christian witness that they assume that the staggering decline in church attendance, and therefore the diminishment of its capacity for charity and beneficence, is best mitigated by softening its message, by adapting its mode of worship to accommodate religious "consumers" and by appealing to government funding and tax-break, as if from the hand of God, to make up the shortfall.
... and you can read the rest here.
See, since 325 the Church has been safe. It has been protected by Governments. Perhaps it's about time to pick up our cross and follow Jesus and live the more vulnerable life of faith which we proclaim.
Scott Stephens is probably unknown to many of you but has this to say ....
Likewise, Christian "exceptionalists" seem to have so tenuous a grasp on Christian theology and the nature of Christian witness that they assume that the staggering decline in church attendance, and therefore the diminishment of its capacity for charity and beneficence, is best mitigated by softening its message, by adapting its mode of worship to accommodate religious "consumers" and by appealing to government funding and tax-break, as if from the hand of God, to make up the shortfall.
... and you can read the rest here.
See, since 325 the Church has been safe. It has been protected by Governments. Perhaps it's about time to pick up our cross and follow Jesus and live the more vulnerable life of faith which we proclaim.