We're familiar with this....the Left...in its many forms....has hijacked America. All we have to do is read the latest news to see how far we have fallen as a people in common sense and reasoning and vigilance and discernment. Once again...to conservatives reading these posts....we know this....and lament it! What we do not know....this in my opinion of course....is that the charismatic church....has also hijacked America....or more accurately American evangelicalism. It is that bad.
They have 'prophets' running around everywhere....all of it nonsense at best. Joel Osteen....a false teacher....has risen to the top of the bestseller lists. They have an extraordinary influence on evangelicalism in general through the mediums of Christian television and magazines....and books....and radio. In fact they are almost our only supply line today since Christian bookstores were put out of business by the Internet.
They are newsmakers. They thrive on coming up with something new and exciting....supernatural....the latest being a march in Washington D. C. this September....40 days before the general election. (does that surprise anyone?) They had been a force in choosing Donald Trump in the 2016 primaries....and are a guiding light since then as to how evangelicals have dealt with a very obviously troubled individual in the White House in Donald Trump.
This is a great delusion that America is under today....and we brought it upon ourselves over decades. Evangelicalism was at one time a legitimate defender of traditionalism in America. We were to a large degree humble....and patient....and then came Donald Trump....where the charismatics latched onto him....and he latched onto them. It was a marriage made not in heaven.
The prophets are still at it....just changing the narrative a little.....and this is what troubles me....because they seem to be looking to some kind of miraculous events that will propel Donald Trump to even greater heights....(or depths).
The charismatics are not alone....for the mega-church pastors have become the Paul Reveres of this mess. Why? They think that they are defending American's religious liberties. It doesn't matter that those liberties are used in a cheap grace....too often gnostic....easy-believism church age. It wasn't always like this....but as I had written in a previous post....the Billy Graham evangelical....became the Ralph Reed evangelical....that became the Karl Rove evangelical....that is today the Donald Trump evangelical. What is next?
My hope was that Donald Trump would be forced to abandon his efforts for a second term....that he would take these remaining months to make decisions for America not based on a reelection....and that we would give him a pardon for any future indictments.....and that he could return to Mar-A-Lago....having achieved the ultimate office of President of the United States to add to his resume.
We also see this everywhere today. We cannot express an opinion....for it might offend someone....often taken totally out of context. Well this political correctness is in the church also. There are men and women all over the place it seems who claim to be prophets.....and evangelists claiming to have saved millions of people....even tens of millions.....at rallies somewhere.....and we're not supposed to even question this? There is more involved here than one man running for president....or even the results of such an election....for there is a possibility that this weakened church age....spurred on by the quest for the supernatural....that even much greater delusion is in store for us.
Folks....I'm just a blogger.....not even a blogger....more of a pamphleteer....with a very limited readership....but there appears to be a winnowing coming in the church....as these many extraordinary and varied problems will eventually become too much for Christians to endure who just want to live a peaceable life. Surely the Lord is near. I heard just this afternoon one of these 'prophets'.....prophesy on what will happen in the next decade....and it was all good....and the audience nodded their heads and smiled. Try this if you will.....Google.....'Charles Spurgeon sermons, YouTube'.....five or six will appear on the first page....pick any one. I put this here so that some might hear what a sermon was like in the days before this modern age....and cleave to it....seeking more....all the while being weaned off of that which has overtaken us in these confused and diabolical times.
Addendum: Charismatic Christians can be some of the most dedicated and loving Christians that there are. I have had wonderful fellowship with them at various times....and a number are friends....but that is not the issue. The gospel of Jesus Christ is the issue. The faithfulness of our adherence to God's Word is the issue. The weaknesses and susceptibilities of all of us is the issue. Faddish theologies tend to get worse....not better....as time goes by. Even the more faithful to biblical truths need to continually examine themselves.....and even to continually reform if necessary....to insure that they remain in the faith....but entirely new interpretations from 2000 years of well-documented and perspicuous doctrines that are proven by God's hand upon His church are not only suspect but we are warned of such false teachings.
They have 'prophets' running around everywhere....all of it nonsense at best. Joel Osteen....a false teacher....has risen to the top of the bestseller lists. They have an extraordinary influence on evangelicalism in general through the mediums of Christian television and magazines....and books....and radio. In fact they are almost our only supply line today since Christian bookstores were put out of business by the Internet.
They are newsmakers. They thrive on coming up with something new and exciting....supernatural....the latest being a march in Washington D. C. this September....40 days before the general election. (does that surprise anyone?) They had been a force in choosing Donald Trump in the 2016 primaries....and are a guiding light since then as to how evangelicals have dealt with a very obviously troubled individual in the White House in Donald Trump.
This is a great delusion that America is under today....and we brought it upon ourselves over decades. Evangelicalism was at one time a legitimate defender of traditionalism in America. We were to a large degree humble....and patient....and then came Donald Trump....where the charismatics latched onto him....and he latched onto them. It was a marriage made not in heaven.
The prophets are still at it....just changing the narrative a little.....and this is what troubles me....because they seem to be looking to some kind of miraculous events that will propel Donald Trump to even greater heights....(or depths).
The charismatics are not alone....for the mega-church pastors have become the Paul Reveres of this mess. Why? They think that they are defending American's religious liberties. It doesn't matter that those liberties are used in a cheap grace....too often gnostic....easy-believism church age. It wasn't always like this....but as I had written in a previous post....the Billy Graham evangelical....became the Ralph Reed evangelical....that became the Karl Rove evangelical....that is today the Donald Trump evangelical. What is next?
My hope was that Donald Trump would be forced to abandon his efforts for a second term....that he would take these remaining months to make decisions for America not based on a reelection....and that we would give him a pardon for any future indictments.....and that he could return to Mar-A-Lago....having achieved the ultimate office of President of the United States to add to his resume.
We also see this everywhere today. We cannot express an opinion....for it might offend someone....often taken totally out of context. Well this political correctness is in the church also. There are men and women all over the place it seems who claim to be prophets.....and evangelists claiming to have saved millions of people....even tens of millions.....at rallies somewhere.....and we're not supposed to even question this? There is more involved here than one man running for president....or even the results of such an election....for there is a possibility that this weakened church age....spurred on by the quest for the supernatural....that even much greater delusion is in store for us.
Folks....I'm just a blogger.....not even a blogger....more of a pamphleteer....with a very limited readership....but there appears to be a winnowing coming in the church....as these many extraordinary and varied problems will eventually become too much for Christians to endure who just want to live a peaceable life. Surely the Lord is near. I heard just this afternoon one of these 'prophets'.....prophesy on what will happen in the next decade....and it was all good....and the audience nodded their heads and smiled. Try this if you will.....Google.....'Charles Spurgeon sermons, YouTube'.....five or six will appear on the first page....pick any one. I put this here so that some might hear what a sermon was like in the days before this modern age....and cleave to it....seeking more....all the while being weaned off of that which has overtaken us in these confused and diabolical times.
Addendum: Charismatic Christians can be some of the most dedicated and loving Christians that there are. I have had wonderful fellowship with them at various times....and a number are friends....but that is not the issue. The gospel of Jesus Christ is the issue. The faithfulness of our adherence to God's Word is the issue. The weaknesses and susceptibilities of all of us is the issue. Faddish theologies tend to get worse....not better....as time goes by. Even the more faithful to biblical truths need to continually examine themselves.....and even to continually reform if necessary....to insure that they remain in the faith....but entirely new interpretations from 2000 years of well-documented and perspicuous doctrines that are proven by God's hand upon His church are not only suspect but we are warned of such false teachings.
