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« on: January 17, 2012, 10:19:39 am »

Well, for the most part, the modern-day church is more concerned with their offering plates more than anything else b/c obviously, that's the only way to maintain their big buildings and "ministries".

With that being said - b/c of the above paragraph, they end up getting more concerned with keeping their "image" in front of the eyes of the community, so I guess this is why they end up pushing alot of their own "rules" and "laws", albeit subtlely, over how to act, behave, doing this and that, etc. And ultimately, b/c the pews deep down inside end up feeling a bit helpless, they end up turning to their pastors and church leaders for all the answers, thinking they're the ones you can't do any wrong.

I was at a Lutheran church last year(when I visited relatives in Ohio), and it felt like I was attending some self-help class that I occassionaly went to when I was in college. The pastor talked about how you could be a "good person", "help the community", and even brought up a secular college professor as an example. Sure, bible verses were put in the screen during the service, but that was the only time it was shown/read to us(otherwise the pastor didn't mention any scripture during his sermon). And then afterwards, he made a call to the pews to drop in their future alms giving/community work they plan to do in a box.

And for that matter too(another experience) - the big First Baptist I attended as a child was pretty lukewarm - one time I approached my 6th grade Sunday school teacher b/c I was concerned over whether I was saved or not. He pretty much said NOTHING and looked at me. It was as if he himself didn't know the scriptures, but was instead hired to babysit the kids.

Anyhow, just some more thoughts over why this "you can lose your salvation" heresy has crept into Churchianity - b/c "of the world" nonsense has crept in. The "of the world" crowd believes we have to be ambitious and move up and up and up, otherwise we will lose everything. Now this mentality has crept into the churches...
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