THis is a fairly good depiction of the church I grew up in.
Yep. And my intent was and is to demonstrate that modern American conservative Protestantism is guilty of the very same things of which the heresiologists accused the Gnostics -- "salvation through knowledge" (IOW believe the right things and you are saved) and elitism.
Then, of course there is always Jesus' speech about "I never knew ye", where he explicity states the only people going to heavan are those who are generous and compassionate towards the less fortunate, no matter who they call God.
Somehow that never comes up when discussion about salvation tends to focus on things like, "If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved" (Romans 10:9).
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Date: 2004-03-07 07:04 am (UTC)Yep. And my intent was and is to demonstrate that modern American conservative Protestantism is guilty of the very same things of which the heresiologists accused the Gnostics -- "salvation through knowledge" (IOW believe the right things and you are saved) and elitism.
Then, of course there is always Jesus' speech about "I never knew ye", where he explicity states the only people going to heavan are those who are generous and compassionate towards the less fortunate, no matter who they call God.
Somehow that never comes up when discussion about salvation tends to focus on things like, "If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved" (Romans 10:9).