@DrMichaelLBrown My question Dr Brown is are any of these so-called prophets accountable to church leaders? If so, their leaders should condemn them as not being prophets. If they aren’t accountable to anyone then they clearly aren’t prophets to begin with.
You must not murder. (Exodus 20:13) Q. What does this mean?
A. We should fear and love God so that we may not hurt or harm our neighbor in his body, but help and befriend him in every bodily need [in every need and danger of life and body. Luther, Small Catechism.
A Colorado Christian crisis center for pregnant women was vandalized & burned Saturday. Graffiti said: “If abortions aren’t safe neither are you,” with an anarchy symbol. The center offers abortion alternatives & post-abortion counseling. Abortion remains legal in Colorado.
When it comes to the overturning of Roe, "they" did not do this, meaning the "religious right," although pro-lifers of all stripes should be thanked for their prayers & actions. Instead, SCOTUS ruled against Roe, just as SCOTUS previously ruled for Roe. This was a legal issue.
Theology 101:
If your progressivism is a vehicle to advance sin and unrighteousness, it has to go.
If your conservatism is a vehicle to preserve sin and unrighteousness, it has to go.
If your centrism is a vehicle to be neutral on sin and unrighteousness, it has to go.
Happy first Sunday of Advent.🕯️ Our sermon was on Jer. 33 and my pastor, who is very much not on Twitter, quoted Craig Barnes: "History has proven that the church is never more wrong than when it is certain it is right. Humility, not certainty, is one of the great virtues."
While churches in the USA bite and devour one another over race, justice, masks, and vaccines, churches in Afghanistan are in the sights of the Taliban.
Please pray for your pastors and ministry leaders. We've never led during a global pandemic, divisive, ugly, political tribalism, racial unrest, strategic disinformation campaigns, conspiracy theories, or online church services. This is not to mention normal spiritual warfare. 🙏🏿
I'll never understand why wearing a mask or getting the vaccine is "living in fear" but having a security team at church services on Sunday morning is "taking appropriate precautions"
Two seemingly contradictory currents mark our society
1. There is a denunciation of all claims of absolute truth
2. Yet there is also a fanaticism in which one position or group is absolutely right, nothing is ambiguous, and divergent views should be destroyed
Theology 101: The question should never be, "Is this action leftist or right-wing...liberal or conservative...socialist or capitalist?"
The question should be, "Does this action love my neighbor...look out for their interests more than my own...manifest the fruit of the Spirit?"