Malachi 3: “Your words have been harsh against Me,” Says the Lord, “Yet you say, ‘What have we spoken against You?’ You have said, ‘It is useless to serve God; What profit is it that we have kept His ordinance, And that we have walked as mourners Before the Lord of hosts?
I read some of your page it is interesting. I'll have to know you better to put it all in context before I form any opinions.
I have been thinking lately that a lot of the problems stem from the anti-authoritarianism that came out of the Enlightenment. The church digested too much of that and is afraid to use her legitimate God-given authority to protect the sheep. Weakness in the pulpit and a lack of clarity about our calling. Anyway, I am most interested in hearing your take. Thanks for coming by and definitely thanks for commenting. Love and peace, jc
Jon - thanks for asking for 'my take' but I'm really not the brains here - I'm basically DaLibrarian connecting some dots. I explain that at www.crushlimbraw.com which begins the narrative. Everything I have learned has come from reading....what others have written........and I pray with the blessing of a good dose of the Spirit of God.
KISS.....keep it simple.....:) - Very simple - https://crushlimbraw.blogspot.com/2020/11/are-we-governed-by-humans.html?m=0 - whether we're talking government, politics, culture, education, entertainment, economics, religion or whatever....it's Satan's world.....because DaChurch ain't doing its job!
Yup - https://crushlimbraw.blogspot.com/2023/04/jesus-christ-to-his-church-do-your-job.html?m=0 - read and research it yourself....or is that too much to ask?
I read some of your page it is interesting. I'll have to know you better to put it all in context before I form any opinions.
I have been thinking lately that a lot of the problems stem from the anti-authoritarianism that came out of the Enlightenment. The church digested too much of that and is afraid to use her legitimate God-given authority to protect the sheep. Weakness in the pulpit and a lack of clarity about our calling. Anyway, I am most interested in hearing your take. Thanks for coming by and definitely thanks for commenting. Love and peace, jc
Jon - thanks for asking for 'my take' but I'm really not the brains here - I'm basically DaLibrarian connecting some dots. I explain that at www.crushlimbraw.com which begins the narrative. Everything I have learned has come from reading....what others have written........and I pray with the blessing of a good dose of the Spirit of God.
Keep writing!