The Harsh Reality of Identity
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Complicit Christian Leaders
Every Christian pastor is implicitly, if not explicitly, asked to be complicit in lies that people want to believe about themselves. Namely, the lie of the carnal Christian. Each of us has in our covenant communities a number of individuals who want to live as worldly people, yet refer to themselves as Christians. Men who look at pornography, women who slander their neighbors, children who disrespect their parents, old people who justify their pettiness—the church has every demographic of sinner. This in and of itself is not scandalous; the church has always been a spiritual hospital for sinners. The problem is that the hospital is now often full of people who don’t self-identify as sick. “Oh I’m fine, Doctor. You don’t need to treat me. I’m here for so-and-so over there. I’m here for my kids or wife. I’m here just because it is how I was raised. But I don’t need your attention. Thanks.” Continue Reading……..