It was a great time to be in the presence of God Sunday at Rolling Hills. Not that everyone there was experiencing the presence....but God was there because we worshipped in HIS name! The Holy Spirit is not obliged to be there in manifestation if we just 'meet'. Where two or more are gathered IN HIS NAME! Another day...another church...! I am...as probably no one here at cciph knows, not a Falwell, Robertson, Buchannan fan. But I do still recieve Jerry Falwell's newsletters. The latest echoes what I have felt and SAID for many years. That church leaders have allowed secular teaching to accompany Biblical teaching in the name of 'tolerance' and 'seeker-sensitivity' for too long. When that happens, the foundations are already destroyed! Now, we are back-pedaling to un-do the damage. But while we are, churches are falling like flies. MEN refuse to give up THEIR ground to GOD! MEN refuse to give up THEIR doctrine for GOD"S. MEN refuse to give up their HIGH PLACE to allow GOD to occupy it! And the buriel ground is becoming crowded. When almost HALF of CHRISTIANS believe there is no absolute truth....we are in dire straits.
If I call myself a nazi...but I love the Jewish people, I am NOT a nazi. If I am a Boy Scout and I hate the woods, I hate America, and hate authority, I am NOT a Boy Scout. If I am a Christian and I do not believe CHRIST.....I AM NOT A CHRISTIAN! But as Christians, we have fallen into the trap. We are afraid to confront. Jesus spent His life confronting...sinners, Pharisees, Saducees, leaders, SATAN! But we call it 'judging'. Confronting is not judging. If the people I have known in my Christian life had not CONFRONTED me when I needed it, I shutter where I would be now. They did not judge me...they CONFRONTED me! Fear is too much a part of the Christian life in the new day and age. Shall we be courageous? ......mark s.