Russell Moore of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary has described the Obama administration's grab at a new state church that "requires a 'license' of embracing sexual liberation in all its forms", that is, before you can do just about anything in a public way.
Notably absent from his comments is any criticism of Giglio's emerging "evolved" theology, failure to reiterate the true Christian position against homosexuality and other deviant behavior as described in the Bible as he did 15+ years ago, failure to explain why he has avoided preaching on this subject for the last 15+ years, and why it "hasn't been in the range of my (his) priorities" for this time period.
Why doesn't Moore press these issues with Giglio publicly when the time is ripe? Is it that pastors like this are used to being exempt from public accountability because they are now the new leaders (not shepherds or ministers) of the flock who are above and beyond reproach? Or is this just another example of pastoral timidity or cowardice too? We would venture to say both, i.e., when faced with an opportunity to clearly define boundaries they won't broach the subject for political correctness, leaving God's Word maligned by failure to act when appropriate. As Chris Rosebrough said, it is like a soldier being AWOL from the battlefield.
Clearly, when there are so many pastors behaving like this for all the world to see (in name only, who only see themselves as lords over people), there is fertile ground for fascism in both church and state now. They are nothing less than complicit with an evil, corrupt, anti-Christian state. Shades of Hitler's Germany once again. A public rebuke is in order for these types.
Here is Moore's article:
http://www.russellmoore.com/2013/01/10/louie-giglio-and-the-new-state-church/.
David Cloud of Way of Life has a lengthy article citing 12 categories of what will be illegal when homosexuality is legal: http://wayoflife.org/index_files/what_will_be_illegal_when_homosexuality_is_legal.html
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
LOUIS GIGLIO, CHOOSING THE WIDE GATE, KNUCKLES UNDER TO THE NEW STATE RELIGION
LOUIS GIGLIO LOST HIS "PASSION" RIGHT AFTER HIS "PASSION 2013"!
We let a few days go by before addressing this issue so we could see and hear what others wiser than us could offer. Nevertheless, certain themes have risen to prominence like fat in the soup when chilled in the refrigerator. Those of us Christians who are still faithful to historic Protestant/Reformed Christianity and the 5 Solas, remember a day when pastors as well as ordinary Christians would, could, and wanted to defend the faith, confront/expose false gospels and teachers, and clearly and publicly identify sin and its types.
This is a new day, a new page has turned, in the life of Christians and Christianity. In case you haven't been noticing for the last few decades what has been the great slide downward into rampant heresy and apostasy, you may still think this is trivial and only affects a select few, but not you. You are wrong.
Now with the likes of Louis Giglio, and his like-minded, one-in-the "spirit" church leaders (no longer "ministers"), i.e., the neo-calvinist, neo-reformed, hyper-charismatic, word of faith, new apostolic reformation, dominionist, pentecostal, neo-evangelical, purpose driven, continuationist, emerging, new paradigm, new age, occult, Druckerite, fascist, "higher order Christian" pastors, are gleefully merging their efforts into this rich BOUILLABAISSE STEW/SOUP of the new way of doing church. Sometimes there is the fat that needs to be skimmed off if we are to eat healthy! What's to be done with the useless fat if you have no use for it, or better,you are on a back to basics, lean and disciplined diet of Bible alone! Could be that the soup itself is toxic!
Chris Rosebrough of Fighting for the Faith has some really good insights into the "rejection/resignation" of Louis Giglio from Obama's 2013 inauguration and the implications for us as Christians as the State Religion of Obama is now implemented:
http://www.fightingforthefaith.com/2013/01/this-message-is-banned-by-the-state-religion-of-the-united-states.html. This audio of Chris is added:
And Todd Rhoades of Leadership Network, being interviewed by a Giglio "supporter, has not missed the opportunity to inject his sympathies and worries about the "fundamentalist" camp stirring up inordinate concerns about the homosexual agenda:
Wherein Chris references Al Mohler's article on the same subject from the "McCarthyite" point of view (anti-Communist inquisition), titled "The Giglio Imbroglio" (like the Italian scandals):
http://www.albertmohler.com/2013/01/10/the-giglio-imbroglio-the-public-inauguration-of-a-new-moral-mccarthyism/.
Erin Benzinger of Do Not Be Surprised has this very well written article as well, which includes some revealing statements by Giglio himself demonstrating his distaste for controversial subjects that might offend the anointed one and be in conflict with the new world order and our own anti-Christian State Religion:
http://www.donotbesurprised.com/2013/01/louie-giglio-living-martyr.html
We let a few days go by before addressing this issue so we could see and hear what others wiser than us could offer. Nevertheless, certain themes have risen to prominence like fat in the soup when chilled in the refrigerator. Those of us Christians who are still faithful to historic Protestant/Reformed Christianity and the 5 Solas, remember a day when pastors as well as ordinary Christians would, could, and wanted to defend the faith, confront/expose false gospels and teachers, and clearly and publicly identify sin and its types.
This is a new day, a new page has turned, in the life of Christians and Christianity. In case you haven't been noticing for the last few decades what has been the great slide downward into rampant heresy and apostasy, you may still think this is trivial and only affects a select few, but not you. You are wrong.
Now with the likes of Louis Giglio, and his like-minded, one-in-the "spirit" church leaders (no longer "ministers"), i.e., the neo-calvinist, neo-reformed, hyper-charismatic, word of faith, new apostolic reformation, dominionist, pentecostal, neo-evangelical, purpose driven, continuationist, emerging, new paradigm, new age, occult, Druckerite, fascist, "higher order Christian" pastors, are gleefully merging their efforts into this rich BOUILLABAISSE STEW/SOUP of the new way of doing church. Sometimes there is the fat that needs to be skimmed off if we are to eat healthy! What's to be done with the useless fat if you have no use for it, or better,you are on a back to basics, lean and disciplined diet of Bible alone! Could be that the soup itself is toxic!
Chris Rosebrough of Fighting for the Faith has some really good insights into the "rejection/resignation" of Louis Giglio from Obama's 2013 inauguration and the implications for us as Christians as the State Religion of Obama is now implemented:
http://www.fightingforthefaith.com/2013/01/this-message-is-banned-by-the-state-religion-of-the-united-states.html. This audio of Chris is added:
And Todd Rhoades of Leadership Network, being interviewed by a Giglio "supporter, has not missed the opportunity to inject his sympathies and worries about the "fundamentalist" camp stirring up inordinate concerns about the homosexual agenda:
Wherein Chris references Al Mohler's article on the same subject from the "McCarthyite" point of view (anti-Communist inquisition), titled "The Giglio Imbroglio" (like the Italian scandals):
http://www.albertmohler.com/2013/01/10/the-giglio-imbroglio-the-public-inauguration-of-a-new-moral-mccarthyism/.
Erin Benzinger of Do Not Be Surprised has this very well written article as well, which includes some revealing statements by Giglio himself demonstrating his distaste for controversial subjects that might offend the anointed one and be in conflict with the new world order and our own anti-Christian State Religion:
http://www.donotbesurprised.com/2013/01/louie-giglio-living-martyr.html
AMENDED ABUSE LAWSUIT VS SOVEREIGN GRACE MINISTRIES
The lawsuit against Sovereign Grace Ministries et al has been amended to include additional plaintiffs and defendants. Some of it is graphic. This has been covered before under this blog's post categories of "Abuse" and "Sovereign Grace". These, again, are still allegations yet to be proved in a court of law.
Peter Smith of the Courier-Journal reports on it here: http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130114/NEWS01/301140087/New-abuse-allegations-target-co-founder-others-Sovereign-Grace-Ministries.
Michelle Boorstein of the Washington Post also reports on this here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/lawsuit-accuses-neo-calvinist-church-movement-leaders-of-child-sexual-abuse/2013/01/14/6e671764-5e94-11e2-90a0-73c8343c6d61_story.html.
The amended lawsuit in its entirety is at: http://blogs.courier-journal.com/faith/files/2013/01/First-Amended-Complaint-as-filed-11.pdf.
Peter Smith of the Courier-Journal reports on it here: http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20130114/NEWS01/301140087/New-abuse-allegations-target-co-founder-others-Sovereign-Grace-Ministries.
Michelle Boorstein of the Washington Post also reports on this here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/lawsuit-accuses-neo-calvinist-church-movement-leaders-of-child-sexual-abuse/2013/01/14/6e671764-5e94-11e2-90a0-73c8343c6d61_story.html.
The amended lawsuit in its entirety is at: http://blogs.courier-journal.com/faith/files/2013/01/First-Amended-Complaint-as-filed-11.pdf.
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