“What can Christ’s congregations do to ameliorate this situation? How can the pockets of paganism be purged? First, the church’s leaders must recognize that a problem exists. Second, they must recognize embedded paganism cannot be remedied by a retreat, conference, rebrand, or other quick fix. Rather, leaders must implement strategies and tactics that supplant paganism with the beauty of orthodoxy. Here are some ways of doing so.”
(Jeffery J. Ventrella – truthxchange) Truthxchange exists to (1) Inform the Public; (2) Equip the Church; and (3) Protect the Next Generation. Sometimes accomplishing No. 2 requires taking a candid inventory – warts and all – of what Christians, particularly evangelicals, actually believe, as opposed to what their paper statements of faith profess to affirm. We must look in the mirror honestly if we are serious about addressing and redressing the pressing paganism which threatens the Gospel.
For the past decade, Ligonier Ministries in conjunction with LifeWay Research has conducted a “State of Theology” survey of the US Population, including a segment of American Evangelicalism.[1] The most recent results (compiled in 2022) reflect vast swatches of error and paganism within evangelicalism. Because “it is time for judgment to begin with the house of God,”[2] Christians need to soberly be aware of – and remedy – the plague of paganism in the pew, correcting errant brethren with gentleness.[3] Let’s get to the gist.
Bible Resources & References – On Solid Rock Resources
CRN has compiled a list of false teachers and several other professing Christians we’ve warned you about over the years. The list also contains those we must keep an eye on plus movements, organizations and “frauds, phonies and money-grubbing religious quacks” to mark and avoid as per Romans 16:17-18