What the American Christian Church Needs Today
Today I read a commentary by Doug Giles titled - American Evangelicalism: A Non-Prophet Organization. In this commentary he does not mince words but tells us:
That's right, we need men of G-d to lead us in these times, not Mamby-Pamby, New Age, Politicaly Correct suck-ups. We need men of G-d to tell us and America the biblical truth.
Doug states it this way:
In Revelations 3:14-19 Jesus is talking to the Laodicean Church which represents the times we are in now, and he rebukes the church for being lukewarm, neither hot nor cold and he rejects them by spitting them out. This is saying that we must be either completely commited to Christ or not, we can't be fence straddlers.
Doug finishes with this:
These days of washed out religion, political correctness and laws limiting "Hate Speech" it is becoming harder to find the truth being preached in the pulpit, but that is what we need to get back to. Because if we don't, then what we have become is nothing more than a Lukewarm feelgood group of people, that say that we know Christ, but he will reject us.
Mr Minority
You know what the church needs more than Joan Rivers needs her plastic surgeon, a case of support hose and a lifetime supply of Xanax? We need ten thousand John get-out-of-my-face-and-get-on-your-knees-before-God the Baptists. That’s right: we need a mega-dose of truly prophetic ministers to lead us in these days of adversity.
The prophetic ministers I’m talking about are the thunder-clapping, devil-threatening, idol-smashing, truth dealers who can effectively lead the body of Christ out of the fog of its current compromise, cowardice and general fuzziness and into the light of conviction, courage and straightforward clarity.
That's right, we need men of G-d to lead us in these times, not Mamby-Pamby, New Age, Politicaly Correct suck-ups. We need men of G-d to tell us and America the biblical truth.
Doug states it this way:
As I see it, the Church has two options:
1) Run like Tommy Lee after accidentally stepping into a luncheon led by Rosie O’Donnell, or
2) Stand up, shape up and solidly enter into the spiritual fray with tools to tackle the powers of darkness, head on.
I’ll argumentatively argue for the latter argument, thanks.
It’s time for courageous Christian men and women to step up to the plate and for all the little tinker pot girlie men to retreat to the stands and sit there with Mummy until the dust clears.
In times of crisis our area of critical need is for leaders who can think widely and deeply, who can lead courageously and bring our great nation and the Church through spiritual obfuscation and demonic debilities. We must resurrect biblical truth, and apply it even-handedly to all of society during these days of decline.
In Revelations 3:14-19 Jesus is talking to the Laodicean Church which represents the times we are in now, and he rebukes the church for being lukewarm, neither hot nor cold and he rejects them by spitting them out. This is saying that we must be either completely commited to Christ or not, we can't be fence straddlers.
Doug finishes with this:
We need prophets who could care less about:
· Political Correctness
· Style over Substance
· What the Masses and Wusses are Yapping for
· Being Popular
We stand where we have always been supposed to stand, as the pillar of truth who proclaim it publicly and globally, applying it fully to all of life.
And guess what, Church? Just as Ringo said, “You know it don’t come easy.”
Come on … we don’t need anymore nicety-nice clergy in charge of churches that don’t equip us to face the real issues confronting our church and culture. We can do without spineless crowd pleasers, can’t we? We really do not need narcissistic, solipsistic, pseudo saints. What we need are prophets, stalwart sons and daughters who will speak and defend truth, freedom and human rights in the face of atheism, lies and hellbent special interest groups!
These days of washed out religion, political correctness and laws limiting "Hate Speech" it is becoming harder to find the truth being preached in the pulpit, but that is what we need to get back to. Because if we don't, then what we have become is nothing more than a Lukewarm feelgood group of people, that say that we know Christ, but he will reject us.
Mr Minority
