2014 Spring Series: Discipleship is more than a fad…it’s a battle cry!
A friend of mine who is a pastor posted the following on his Facebook page: In my opinion the most tragic and dangerous belief system today is not atheism. Rather it is what Sociologist Christian Smith calls " moral therapeutic deism ". It's follower's believe the following five things... 1. "A god exists who created and ordered the world and watches over human life on earth." 2. "God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and by most world religions." 3. "The central goal of life is to be happy and to feel good about oneself." 4. "God does not need to be particularly involved in one's life except when God is needed to resolve problem." 5. "Good people go to heaven when they die." Sadly, while many people call this belief system "Christianity", it looks absolutely nothing like what the God of the Bible actually teaches. A god w...