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Klerk's avatar

Churches today teach a feminized gospel. They preach "love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her," but ignore the fact that He did that because she is BAD and requires His blood sacrifice in order to be with Him. He didn't die because the church is good, but because she is BAD and requires His righteousness to cover her until she is raised incorruptibe in a body like His.

So, instead of Lord and Savior, churches train women that their husbands are chattel slaves, and so is Christ. And that Christ is no Savior, really, so there is no gospel, and whatever is the point of church if that savior is just a chattel slave?

BTW, He gave Himself up for her that He might present her to...HIMSELF...on His terms, not hers.

The real gospel is effectual when the Spirit works saving faith and a person obeys the command to "Believe!"

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Jeffrey Allers's avatar

It's very important to "see" unreached people groups. That is the first step. Where the church in the U.S. often fails, though, is thinking that the answer is creating MORE extra-curricular activities aimed at them. The prevalence of an individualist, consumerist mentality drives churches to think of themselves as one-stop spiritual shopping centers (or recruiting centers). Or they are still operating und the illusion of Christendom (or "cultural Christianity"), expecting people to come to them. Instead, we need to see ourselves as missionaries, sent out to the people who need to hear the Gospel, living it side-by-side with them. If you want to reach white working-class men, then spend time where they are.

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