An important read for those with the time and nerve. Full article here.
41 Theses on the Megachurch Movement
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I believe that as a movement, the mega-church movement is doing positive harm to the cause of Christ. Harm, not because churches are large, but because of the consumerist spin placed upon the Gospel which cannot sustain Christians to stand in the face of trial. The human-centered focus results in a pietism that is antithetical to the Gospel. So I also believe that this pietistic mindset is the cause of the call to retreat from fully engaging the culture. Preliminary research sources and theses here.
The Troubles
The controversy surrounding religious rights, marriage rights, and the confusion of gender and sex have a specific origin. I invite the reader to consider these two articles by Scott Masson from the Ezra Institute for Contemporary Christianity on Cultural Marxism. Full copies of their magazine, Jubilee, may be downloaded here as well.
“What Christianity exalted as common sense in civic society must thus become deplorable; what Christianity deplored must be exalted in order for revolutionary change to occur.” –Scott Masson