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Originally Posted by 77 Freedom
Unfortunately the modern church as we know it is NOT the church of the apostles and Christ. Everything that we consider to be "church" is an invention of Man in the last Millenium. Steeples, pews, Preachers, raised pulpits, stained glass, The pageantry of the service, the candles, etc. etc.
Thats why its called religion. Its something you do over & over again the same way. The original church met wherever they could gather. The worshipped & praised & uplifted each other. They ate together. Sang together. Prayed together. Carried on dialogue with each other. This was and is the way Church is supposed to be. No one man is dominant in a worship service. When politics are injected into worshipping God then I think the wrong person is being served. ( or self-served )  |
Many, many Pastors and churches are doing their best to be the church and promote Jesus Christ and not agendas, but if we read the gospels we know that even within months after the resurrection that personalities and human opinion began to infiltrate the church. Yet, the church has survived in the hearts and lives of people for nearly 2000 years.
Both Conservative and Liberals Theologically have used the church to promote political agendas. Dr. James Kennedy and Dr. Jerry Fawell both used their pulpits to promote their political agenda and they were conservatives. Rev. Wright in Chicago and many liberal theologians have been using their pulpits to push their political agendas. Either the liberal or conservatives doing it is wrong. However, that has been going on for years and years. Who do you think pushed prohibition through, there were many anti-alcohol sermons preached and pastors asking their members to push for prohibition. So that being said, this is nothing new. The hypocricy begins when the liberals say its okay for Rev Wright to it but when Jerry Falwell did it, it was wrong.
Keith