We started learning more about Rob Bell when we Googled a statement a former pastor of ours made about Jesus having more faith in us than we have in ourselves. That statement sounded quite "off" so we wanted to check it out. Back then, only one person was credited with that kind of psycho-spin: Rob Bell...looking then in to his theology enlightened us quite a bit, sadly, to where this former pastor was getting his ideas.
People sitting in pews need to pay attention to the authors their leadership promotes, especially in this day of 'reinventing Christianity'. But too many sit back barely listening in these sort of churches because the messages are so thin, the hungry true believers just go through the motions, or they teach and serve so they feel useful to the Lord, still starving and quite unfulfilled.
No church is perfect, we're a body of human believers, but leadership subtly changing direction often goes unnoticed, like heating up a frog slowly in a pot of water. It is our responsibility to know what we're being taught, where the money goes, what our children are taught in their classes (purposefully and by worldview of the teacher), and what the leadership actually believes. Let it be a warning if you find prideful reluctance to answer your sincere, in love, questions.
"Be sober of spirit, be on the alert, your adversary the devil prowls about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour." 1 Peter 5: 8
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