AN EVANGELICAL MANIFESTO FOR AN INTERFAITH WORLD
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"...we repudiate those who believe their way is the only way..."[1,p.18] Evangelical Manifesto
"...making the world safe for diversity, is one of the greatest tasks we face in the global era...."[2,p.60] Os Guinness, The Case for Civility
"Evangelicalism is about renewal, and renewal brings transformation." David Neff, editor-in-chief of Christianity Today and a member of the Manifesto's steering committee. [3]
"All too often we have concentrated on great truths of the Bible, such as the cross of Jesus, but have failed to apply them to other biblical truths, such as creation. In the process we have impoverished ourselves, and supported a culture broadly careless about the stewardship of the earth and negligent of the arts and the creative centers of society." [1,p.12] Evangelical Manifesto
This "Manifesto" is full of contradictions. While its authors claim to trust the Bible, they flout God's warnings. They claim to exclude no one, yet they redefine and "repudiate" fundamentalists. They claim to speak for themselves, but their message demands global transformation and prophesies disaster if not obeyed.. They claim to follow "the narrow way," but they call for a broad, interfaith "framework" (new rules) for participating in the "public square" without offending anyone.
By whose authority did this Evangelical steering committee draft this new social contract? It's not Biblical! Though it tells us that the Gospel freed us from legalism, it imposes man's rules and restrictions on God's people! That's legalism!
"An astonishing and horrible thing has been committed in the land:The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own power; And My people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?" Jer. 5:30-31
and then there's old chuck colsons book "Evangelicals and Catholics together, the christian mission for the third millineum." from back in the early 1990's now ole Rick warren has jumped on the band waggon with his "World Peace Plan-What Ever it Takes" so we are surrounded by nincumpoops...
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ReplyDeleteMatthew 6:23b .. If therefore the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
nothing new under the sun. it happened with Israel and with the early church constantine and now to u.s.
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