The Gospel is P.C.?

Why is it that so many Christians in the public eye (or not) act as if the Gospel is politically correct? it truly makes me wonder if they really know what the Gospel is.

The Gospel is a scandal! Repent and believe! That's it...repent and believe. However, today's Gospel has nothing to do with repentance and doesn't even fully require you to believe. just sort of acknowledge that Jesus is the Son of God and is "A" way...when, in fact, He is "THE" way and the only way to Him is through repentance and belief.

Joel Osteen ticks me off beyond belief and if you enjoy listening to him, we are no longer friends (just kidding). The guy, for one, has no "Gosp-balls" to speak the honest truth of what he actually believes and focuses too much on prosperity and blessings than on having the evidence of fruit in your life! And it bugs me that he views prosperity in the Bible as earthly prosperity instead of heavenly prosperity. Where should our treasure lie but in Christ. In Joel Osteen's interview by Piers Morgan on CNN, he was blaming God for having an issue with homosexuality instead of defending the scriptures. The man has people in his congregation that are of other faiths going straight to hell and he is proud of that! Instead he should be telling them to repent and believe!

I don't hate the guy nor do I blame him for having such crappy theology...but I do hope he realizes God will hold him responsible for all those who listened to him preach and never heard the truth about sin and repentance. And on no level am I perfect in how I speak the Gospel to people. I've walked away from chances to tell people about the Love of Christ...sure...but on no level will I let myself agree or affirm someone's heretical or just wrong beliefs.

I guess that's about it. Not much else.

On a side note, my daughter calls windmills "pokey turney things"... really cute.

Quote of the Week...

“There are so many homosexuals, both active and celibate, at all levels of clergy and Church hierarchy that the church would never be able to function if they were really to exclude all of them from ministry.”

– Father Alberto Cutie (his real name), in his new book which slams the Catholic Church as misogynistic and hypocritical.

(Found @ Jesusneedsnewpr.com)

Well here we are...

In reading a blog written by a fellow blogger, it amazes me how much we regress in ourselves and in our integrety as Christians by trying not to be a "cookie cutter Christian." The blog was pertaining to the fact that, as Christians, we don't need to look happy all the time...which I am all for! I don't disagree with what was said one bit. However I do feel like we tred on a very thin line when we start making those statements to others trying to be Christians.

We start with an innocent statement such as, 'as Christians we don't need to be happy all the time," and go on to make other statements such as, "as a Christian I don't always need to pray...or go to church...or read the Bible." And granted, to go to heaven, we don't NEED to go to church...but that in itself is even more of a thin line. It starts with making true statements and leads to a line of destructive compromises that ultimately bring us to a place of not showing any fruit of a Christian at all. The only way people know that we are then Christian, if you are so then bold to call yourself that, is if we tell them which is no good testimony for God or an example of what Christ does in believers.

'Jesus Needs New PR' is a blog, that at first I was all for. It made sense. He showed how crazy Christians make Christianity out to be. But after awhile, I realized...He should not be Jesus' PR! Compromise brings liberalism and liberalism brings a whole new breed of false prophets who are leading the majority of Christians astray.

But I guess, who am I to talk...I'm not perfect either.