Comprosmise!!

[txpaleo]

Lately there has been a growing trend in Christianity to compromise in order to not offend or turn somebody off of Christianity. Why? I recently even read an article about a Megachurch that decided to take all crosses out of its church because they said it put up a barrier between those who don't know Christ. WHAT HOGWASH. If you take away the cross you take away the meaning of Christ.

Why do we feel that we need to comprimise our faith to accomodate others. Why do we work at not offending the public at the risk of offending ourselves and the only one who matters...Christ? Why do we act like we are spreading a disease?

Give your thoughts, this is something that I see daily and it makes me sick.

God Bless each of you

Steve Baird

www.bairdclan.com

[Guest LadyC]

No Compromise....

Keith Green wrote a book by that title, before he died. we should all live our lives that way!

[salt and light]

txpaleo,

I see it all the time to,and it also makes me sick. Jesus offended people,so did Paul and the rest, I guess the faith that was once delivered unto the saints is practically extinct. Maybe those christians,if they really are christian,are ashamed of the gospel of Christ.

[Bill]

There's new hymnals coming out that don't have the songs about the blood and the cross in them. All those old time songs like "Power in the Blood", "Old Rugged Cross", etc.

There's churches removing the cross. They think this is something that signifies torture, death, suffering, and it's not "PC" to discuss such matters. Kinda all sounds like something you wouldn't want children to watch...

But it's that very same cross, that very same blood, that very same death, torture, and suffering, that has made us free, cleansed us of sin, and set us on a path to be with Him forever in eternity and to have His guidance and His Spirit in us on a daily basis here on earth.

You know, you can debate modes of worship, you can debate doctrinal theologies, you can debate whether it's better to baptize forward or backward, but one fact does not change...without His sacrifice on the cross, nothing else matters.

To renounce that in the name of "not wanting to offend" is just mind-boggling.

[Andrew007]

They think this is something that signifies torture, death, suffering, and it's not "PC" to discuss such matters.

[Leonard]

Jesus Christ Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.

Lots of churches are doing this sort of thing. Just look at Willow Creek. Absolutely no Christian symbols ANYWHERE. It's part of the Seeker Friendly church movement. For many years I have referred to this nonsense as 'Christianity Light'.

With a blessing,

Leonard, a sinner

[Guest LadyC]

They think this is something that signifies torture, death, suffering, and it's not "PC" to discuss such matters.

Churches shouldn't worry about being "PC".

i know exactly what you mean by this, but in actuallity, i think churches SHOULD worry about being PC... they should worry about it to the point of making every effort NOT to be!

[Guest shadow2b]

-Lately there has been a growing trend in Christianity to compromise in order to not offend or turn somebody off of Christianity. Why? I recently even read an article about a Megachurch that decided to take all crosses out of its church because they said it put up a barrier between those who don't know Christ. WHAT HOGWASH. If you take away the cross you take away the meaning of Christ.

Why do we feel that we need to comprimise our faith to accomodate others. Why do we work at not offending the public at the risk of offending ourselves and the only one who matters...Christ? Why do we act like we are spreading a disease?

Give your thoughts, this is something that I see daily and it makes me sick.

God Bless each of you

Steve Baird

-WOWWW--Steve--COMPROMISE??or NOT TO COMPROMISE??YUPPPP!!!-

-YUPP-Bro. IT is A "GROWING TREND" BUT NOT IN CHRISTIANITY--JUST A

-GROWING TREND IN "THOSE CLAIMING TO BE CHRISTIANS"!! Without ANY TRUE

-BIBLICAL-DOCTRINES----NO-FAITH IN GOD'S WORD--NO FAITH IN THE LORD

-JESUS-YESHUA---THESE "PLACES"?ARE NOTHING MORE THAN RELIGIOUS

-SOCIAL CLUBS---YOU KNOW??--THESE ARE "GOOD-PEOPLE"{their own

-definition--of course}"THESE-good-people"are ALL inclusionary--NON-EXclusionary

-ALL are WELCOME in "THIS"church??GOD-IS-LOVE-ya know??-GOD LOVES YOU

-JUST EXACTLY WHERE YOU ARE--LIKE YOU ARE----which is "PARTLY"TRUE--which

-defines out as---{IF it's only half-true?--part-true?--- then IT IS "ALL" A LIE--

-RIGHT??}AS in my signature---{what part of a "little"LIE is NOT a LIE??}

-WeLL,Steve--"THEY" have been trying to X-out the CROSS-X for a long time now

-& I reckon"THEY" feel safe enough to just take the X-out all-together now--Don't

-wanna be O-FFENSIVE ya know??Gotta keep them-thaRr-{holy-pews?}filled-up---

-ya-know?? --"HOG-WASH"??WeLL THAT comes purty close to DEfining

-"those"people-BUT just might need a MORE DEScriptive wording--I just don't

-know "WHICH" one that would be- --GOD-BLESS-&-KEEP-YOU-Bro.

[other one]

BUT just might need a MORE DEScriptive wording--I just don't

-know "WHICH" one that would be-   --GOD-BLESS-&-KEEP-YOU-Bro.

How about "self deceived" "lazy, self centered, shallow minded, finger pointing, self serving souls"

I can say all those things because I used to be one, so I know of what I speak..... or I guess it would be write. But write doesn't fit the cleeshea (ever how you spell that thing).

I sure wish this board had a good spell checker.