Here's another example of my problem with some of my "brethren". In a blog I read daily, this guy does a great job of quoting Spurgeon to remind us of the centrality and timeless nature of the gospel. But then he adds his conclusion:
If the postmodern Christian does overhaul the gospel, then the comment is right on. The problem is that the reader picks up the implied meaning which is that the postmodern Christian does overhaul the gospel. As I've noted before, any thing that doesn't look or feel like the way these guys do church is bad. Yet they don't dress like Spurgeon, they run air conditioning in their buildings, they have real comfortable seating, good lighting, etc..
I do not understand why they don't stick with the pure truth that is contained in their excellent teaching over their penchant to venture into speculation and venomous attack.
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He likewise [Spurgeon] would have little sympathy with "postmodern Christians" who think the gospel needs an overhaul to make it relevant today. Spurgeon was singularly unimpressed with the arrogance of new perspectives and emerging paradigms that demanded wholesale revision of the gospel message, the atonement, or the doctrine of justification by faith, or other fundamental doctrines of Christianity.
If the postmodern Christian does overhaul the gospel, then the comment is right on. The problem is that the reader picks up the implied meaning which is that the postmodern Christian does overhaul the gospel. As I've noted before, any thing that doesn't look or feel like the way these guys do church is bad. Yet they don't dress like Spurgeon, they run air conditioning in their buildings, they have real comfortable seating, good lighting, etc..
I do not understand why they don't stick with the pure truth that is contained in their excellent teaching over their penchant to venture into speculation and venomous attack.
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