Comments on: Cultural Faith: Is It Real?

By: Keith B.

Keith B. — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:23:22 +0000

I just heard a great message from Phil Johnson about post-modernism and the “Emerging Church.” This cultural “faith” fits post-modernism to a T.

By: Rod

Rod — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:38:22 +0000

“Today the term faith is used to say that a person believes in something of their own choosing; it does not rely on an external source but each creates his own truth.”

Sadly that is the way that many approach “religion” today, even some within the ranks of what they would call “Christianity.”

Amen brother. Thank you for this post.

By: WayneDawg

WayneDawg — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:37:49 +0000

*True faith submits to the Word of God; it is God’s view that we follow, His Word that we obey, and His will that we seek.*

That nailed it!

BTW – Another example is “My faith tradition”. Uh-huh, and your faith tradition allows you to have a good conscience when it comes to “a woman’s right to choose”…that’s a very convenient faith.

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:09:52 +0000

Once again, Americans have proven they are looking to another “American Idol” instead of the ONE who said “Thou shalt have no other gods before me.” Many in this nation look to the religion of politics/government to solve their problems. The problem of the moment is often selected from the all-you-can-eat menu of personal felt needs and the gosepl of psychology has been shoved down the throats of those who believe it is all about them how the envirnoment affects tier lives. The distored truth of “spirituality” has robbed us of our greatness because we have neglected and turned out backs on THE GREAT I AM. God and He alone must be the source of every answer as revealed in His Word. Only those who worship Him in Spirit and Truth will be able to have the commitment to stand in HIM alone!

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:57:35 +0000

Thanks, Lee! Your comments are spot-on. Bible-believing Christians need to be very wary of the election-season spin-doctoring on both sides, but especially the Republicans. We should not be too quick to jump on the McCain-Palin bandwagon in the hope that they would be “pro-life” or more biblically oriented.

Voddie Baucham has some interesting thoughts on this, much in line with my own.

By: Joyce

Joyce — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 11:22:17 +0000

Amen! Read the following from Wikiquote this morning ~

If religious books are not widely circulated among the masses in this country, I do not know what is going to become of us as a nation. If truth be not diffused, error will be; If God and His Word are not known and received, the devil and his works will gain the ascendancy, If the evangelical volume does not reach every hamlet, the pages of a corrupt and licentious literature will; If the power of the Gospel is not felt throughout the length and breadth of the land, anarchy and misrule, degradation and misery, corruption and darkness will reign without mitigation or end…

…If there is anything in my thoughts or style to commend, the credit is due to my parents for instilling in me an early love of the Scriptures. If we abide by the principles taught in the Bible, our country will go on prospering and to prosper; but if we and our posterity neglect its instructions and authority, no man can tell how sudden a catastrophe may overwhelm us and bury all our glory in profound obscurity.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Daniel_Webster