Many Evangelicals Confused and Ill-Taught
Believe God Accepts Worship of All Religions
By Leonardo Blair
Christian Post
A majority of evangelicals now believe that God accepts the worship of all religions, according to a new study released by Ligonier Ministries that shows many have also grown confused about some core doctrines of the Christian faith.
Chris Larson, president of Ligonier Ministries, says the results of the 2018 State of Theology survey conducted by LifeWay Research and released Tuesday shows an urgent need for bold teaching of historic Christianity.
"The State of Theology survey highlights the urgent need for courageous ministry that faithfully teaches the historic Christian faith. It's never been popular to talk about mankind's sinfulness or the exclusive claims of Jesus Christ, but at a time when a darkened world needs the light of the Gospel, it's disheartening to see many within the evangelical church confused about what the Bible teaches. We hope this survey provides local churches with a little more insight into what people in our neighborhoods and in our pews actually believe," Larson said in a statement.
In the survey in which a representative sample of 3,000 Americans were interviewed, evangelicals were asked about their views on a series of theological statements including: "God accepts the worship of all religions, including Christianity, Judaism, and Islam."
Some 51 percent of respondents were shown to agree with the statement, while 42 percent disagreed. Two years earlier in 2016, 49 percent of evangelicals were found to agree with the statement while 43 percent said they disagreed.
"The Bible is clear that the Gospel is the only way of salvation, and God will not accept the worship of other faiths. It is only through Jesus Christ and by His Spirit that we are able to worship the Father in spirit and in truth (John 4:24)," the researchers note.
Showing posts with label Orthodoxy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Orthodoxy. Show all posts
Wednesday, 24 October 2018
Tuesday, 8 November 2016
Where Orthodoxy is Optional . . .
The Winnowing Of Christianity
By Rod Dreher
The American Conservative
Last night I rode with a traditionalist Catholic friend down to New Orleans to attend a Requiem mass featuring the music of Gabriel Fauré. It was deeply moving, and ravishingly beautiful. I’ve loved Fauré’s Requiem for years, but I have never heard it performed as part of worship. On the drive back, we talked about the travails in the Catholic Church now, and what ordinary faithful Catholics should do when there is so much confusion coming from the church’s leadership.
We talked for a bit about why it is that Evangelicals, who lack the ecclesial structure of Catholicism and Orthodoxy, have an easier time than the rest of us do holding to the orthodox biblical position on contentious moral issues of our time. Nevertheless, Evangelicalism is undergoing a similar winnowing over the issue of how to respond to homosexuality. Denny Burk, a Southern Baptist pastor and seminary professor, writes about it on his blog. Excerpts:
By Rod Dreher
The American Conservative
Last night I rode with a traditionalist Catholic friend down to New Orleans to attend a Requiem mass featuring the music of Gabriel Fauré. It was deeply moving, and ravishingly beautiful. I’ve loved Fauré’s Requiem for years, but I have never heard it performed as part of worship. On the drive back, we talked about the travails in the Catholic Church now, and what ordinary faithful Catholics should do when there is so much confusion coming from the church’s leadership.
We talked for a bit about why it is that Evangelicals, who lack the ecclesial structure of Catholicism and Orthodoxy, have an easier time than the rest of us do holding to the orthodox biblical position on contentious moral issues of our time. Nevertheless, Evangelicalism is undergoing a similar winnowing over the issue of how to respond to homosexuality. Denny Burk, a Southern Baptist pastor and seminary professor, writes about it on his blog. Excerpts:
Friday, 4 May 2012
Just-So Stories About the Early Church
Passing On the Apostolic Faith
One of the myths perpetrated by modern Unbelieving New Testament scholars is that orthodoxy in the early church is a myth. The thesis is that there was no orthodoxy--only a plethora of different, competing, and contradictory theologies. "Orthodoxy" only came about with certain factions subsequently winning control of the Church, which then proscribed and repressed competing (earlier) theologies.
This thesis is yet another case of a good story unsupported by the facts. The data shows that right from the beginning, the Church operated with a Rule of Faith--which was a summary of the teachings of Scripture. Andreas J. Kostenberger puts the record straight:
One of the myths perpetrated by modern Unbelieving New Testament scholars is that orthodoxy in the early church is a myth. The thesis is that there was no orthodoxy--only a plethora of different, competing, and contradictory theologies. "Orthodoxy" only came about with certain factions subsequently winning control of the Church, which then proscribed and repressed competing (earlier) theologies.
This thesis is yet another case of a good story unsupported by the facts. The data shows that right from the beginning, the Church operated with a Rule of Faith--which was a summary of the teachings of Scripture. Andreas J. Kostenberger puts the record straight:
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