Book List: Exodus - Why Americans are Fleeing Liberal Churches for Conservative Christianity
Well, I'm like a month behind reading this and posting on it, but, luckily, I wrote down everything I wanted to say in my handy blakc spiral at the time!
Excellent, excellent book! (Not that it reveals any 'shocking' truths we don't already know, lol. But it's good to hear the different opinions from all over the board and how different denominations are affected, etc, etc.)
Exodus: Why Americans are Fleeing Liberal Churches for Conservative Christianity
Quote from somewhere near the middle of the book. ;) Pastor Mark Brewer of Bel Air Presbyterian Church, Mulholland Drive, LA being intervied:
"There are two ways of looking at evil." Brewer continued. "It's either the lack of something or the presence of something. [emphasis added] Eastern view is that evil is simply the lack of enlightenment. That's pretty much the secular view as well. If we have enough goods, services and justice, we won't have evil. Like all heresies, there's an element of truth to that. But heresy is truth out of balance."
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The fullest picture, which is the one he preaches, holds that there is "the presence of a personality behind the evil. Is there a presence of evil in the world? I believe evil tells us there absolutely is. And sometimes evil is personified. I'm not saying Harris and Klebold [Columbine killers] were possessed. I have no idea. But I know they were no innocent of evil. There's something else cooking there beyond them being mad because they were ostrocized by jocks."
Christian ministers aren't the only ones in LA qho believe in the Devil, Brewer adds. "We've got plenty of Satan whorshipers here. They say he was a fallen angel that Christians have given a bad rap."
Um.... Excuse me??? "Christians have given a bad rap"?? Some people will make excuses for anything/anyone.
Intellegent guy, though. Sounds like he'd have sermons worth hearing!
Definate 5 star! * * * * *
Excellent, excellent book! (Not that it reveals any 'shocking' truths we don't already know, lol. But it's good to hear the different opinions from all over the board and how different denominations are affected, etc, etc.)
Exodus: Why Americans are Fleeing Liberal Churches for Conservative Christianity
Quote from somewhere near the middle of the book. ;) Pastor Mark Brewer of Bel Air Presbyterian Church, Mulholland Drive, LA being intervied:
"There are two ways of looking at evil." Brewer continued. "It's either the lack of something or the presence of something. [emphasis added] Eastern view is that evil is simply the lack of enlightenment. That's pretty much the secular view as well. If we have enough goods, services and justice, we won't have evil. Like all heresies, there's an element of truth to that. But heresy is truth out of balance."
...
The fullest picture, which is the one he preaches, holds that there is "the presence of a personality behind the evil. Is there a presence of evil in the world? I believe evil tells us there absolutely is. And sometimes evil is personified. I'm not saying Harris and Klebold [Columbine killers] were possessed. I have no idea. But I know they were no innocent of evil. There's something else cooking there beyond them being mad because they were ostrocized by jocks."
Christian ministers aren't the only ones in LA qho believe in the Devil, Brewer adds. "We've got plenty of Satan whorshipers here. They say he was a fallen angel that Christians have given a bad rap."
Um.... Excuse me??? "Christians have given a bad rap"?? Some people will make excuses for anything/anyone.
Intellegent guy, though. Sounds like he'd have sermons worth hearing!
Definate 5 star! * * * * *
posted by Sebosmile @ 2:35 PM
1 Comments:
At Wednesday, August 31, 2005 6:12:00 PM,
Maggie said…
Yes, I am surprised that we need a book to explain to us why people don't feel like dedicating their spiritual lives to churches that provide little more than socializing mixed with lukewarm Gospel Goo! Still, maybe it's the MSM that needs it spelled out for them ;)
This trend toward conservatism is occuring within churches, too. I know that the Goo-dealing liberal Catholic dioceses in the US are all having serious problems with priestly vocations, while many of the dioceses that actually follow the Vatican line are over-flowing with men studying to be priests ... :)
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