In the coming months we will be spending a lot of time exploring the proper relationship between truth and love. In my humble opinion, there may be no greater issue facing American Christianity than how absolute truth is being compromised in the name of love. No greater example of this has occurred than the infamous “A Common Word Between Us” document signed by hundreds of Christian leaders a few years back. I think we need to once again review just what happened.
In 2007, hundreds of Muslim clerics reached out to Christian leaders, seeking compromise and conversation to discuss friction between Muslims and Christians. Muslim leaders appealed to what they saw as the crucial common beliefs between the two religions: Belief in the one God and the call to love our neighbors. The document called for seeking common ground between the two religions to ease growing tensions, primarily caused by radical Muslims who were slaughtering Christians around the world.
Christian leaders like Warren, Hybels, Wallis, McLaren and the President of the National Association of Evangelicals jumped at this overture, anxiously embracing it. They showed an appalling lack of understanding about Islam and all its deception. When Muslim leaders cited the belief “in the One God’, they basically stated their beliefs that the Christian belief in a triune God is blasphemy to Muslims. These naïve Christian leaders, so hungry for peace at any cost, unknowingly sold out the gospel for the sake of love and peace. They compromised truth for human peace and love.
Love without truth is no love at all. In Luke 9:26, Jesus says this: “If anyone is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father.” As Christianity in this nation increasingly looks to be relevant with the culture, embracing its values, we are abandoning the truth of the gospel for a way that seems right to man. As Proverbs says, this only leads to spiritual death and destruction.
Our nation, and the church in America, is rapidly reaching a crucial point. What we need now are leaders who will lead us to repentance and a return to the uncompromising truth of God’s Word. What we too often have instead are leaders looking to compromise for the sake of human love and popularity. If we continue on this path, one day God’s patience will run out and He will turn us over to the sinful desires of our hearts. Many will be lost for eternity because we thought our ways better than the truth of God’s Word. I hope and pray we wake up before it is too late.
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“What we need now are leaders who will lead us to repentance and a return to the uncompromising truth of God’s Word”. Agreed, however, to find such a leader is next to impossible. Most of the current crop including those you mentioned in the above post are lost. They preach another gospel and yet their following seems to grow day by day. The only heresy these men (and women) find in the church are those faithful to the Word, who exercise discernment and are classic Bereans. To them, anything and everything is acceptable as long as they are promoted and treated like the kings they have made themselves out to be. If you are in a church with a faithful, Bible and Christ honoring pastor, you are in the minority.
May the Lord bless you, Mike, as you seek to honor Him and His Word
The Bible is the true words of our almighty Father in heaven.
These words were never given to man to try on and discard what doesnt fit.
These words are the truth of our heavenly Father telling His creation how to live in accordance to His commandments.
Man can do as they will it will not change what the heavenly Father requires of His children.
Jesus is soon to return.
Are you pleasing the Lord God Almighty or man?
Jesus will know who loves His Father and who loves Him as their savior and their Lord.
John 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
Peace be unto you
Amen
We cannot leave evangelism to others. We cannot expect others to do what we ourselves will not do. WE are the church, not justy the pastor or the elder, but the congregation – the people, each believer is called, each believer is or at least should be in full time ministry – daily praying, sharing and seeking the will of G-d for our lives, our families, our communities our nation and our world.
David Platt ask: “what is Jesus worth to YOU.” Not the pastor, not the deacon or elder, your uncle your wife or your cousin, BUT TO YOU.???.