NotMAGA Loc: Upstate NY - in a very red county

An interesting article written by Russell Moore, former head of the public-policy wing of the Southern Baptist Convention, who left the denomination two years ago after decades of membership and service.

"The American Evangelical Church Is in Crisis. There’s Only One Way Out.
Evangelicals can have revival or nostalgia—but not both."

"As The Guardian noted in an editorial after the 2016 presidential election,
“In the end, a market-driven religion gives rise to a market-driven approach to truth, and this development ultimately eviscerated conservative Christianity in the US and left it the possession of hypocrites and hucksters."

"In a country exhausted by the quest to make America great again, perhaps what we need is to make evangelicalism born again.

And, in the end, that’s not a strategy. It’s a prayer."

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/christian-evangelical-church-division-politics/674810/

Zemirah Loc: Sojourner En Route...

There are millions of Evangelicals.

Evangelicals derives from the Biblical Greek word, "evaugelion" meaning "the good news" or the "Gospel."

Remove this from Christianity, you have nothing.

The Evangelical faith is the good news, the Gospel of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

Those who believe themselves to be in trouble, spiritually, likely are. (Romans 1:17; Habakkuk 2:4; Galatians 3:11)

God gave each of us a conscience.

NotMAGA Loc: Upstate NY - in a very red county

"The No. 1 question that younger evangelicals ask me is how to relate to their parents and mentors who want to talk about culture-war politics and internet conspiracy theories instead of prayer or the Bible. These young people are committed to their Christian faith, but they feel despair and cynicism about the Church’s future. Almost none of them even call themselves “evangelical” anymore, now that the label is confused with political categories. “Sometimes I feel like I’m crazy,” one pastor said to me just days ago. “Does no one see that the Church is in crisis?”

A whole generation could be lost. "Do as I say not as I do" doesn't work anymore. These young people are not stupid.

Zemirah Loc: Sojourner En Route...

"Do as I say, NOT as I do" never has worked, NM.

Professing Christians have been trying it for 2,000 years; the Jewish people tried it for 2,000 years before that.

Forty years ago, in a setting of upperly mobile housewives nestling down for their weekly Bible study, the priorities were similarly eskewed.

No interest in the meanings of Biblical phrases, verses or chapters, but a lot of conversation regarding their newest appliance (the color was Avocado) at that time, or gold drapes for the living room picture window, or the latest trending film.

This generation must do what every generation has done...

That is to personally build a relationship with Jesus Christ through faith in His death, crucifixion and resurrection.

For many, that's too simplistic.

The Bible says "Work out your own salvation with trembling and fear."

This generation is in the most perilous times any generation has been since the first century.

We Are Told to be courageous and to stand fast, no backtracking and no surrender.