Gun control, health care, abortion, euthanasia; all topics that have little in common except their ability to almost immediately polarize and divide a crowd. In the same manner, Christianity is facing internal polarizing division as well. In the case of the Christian church, the division is not new. But with the ever increasing liberalization of the world, and the greater number of Christians who choose the liberality of the world over the biblically dogmatic moral absolutes, Christianity is facing some real issues, most especially in America. Sean Hollen, Sr. Pastor of Harbor CC in Aberdeen/Hoquiam, WA. once shared this analogy with me. He said that the church is supposed to be like a boat. The sea of water that the boat floats on is the fallen, sinful world. The purpose of the boat is to float ON the water. By staying on the surface of the water, where she is designed to be (by her designer), she will fulfill her intended purpose. What a great analogy. Digging into that of that a...
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