For awhile now Churches have reduced the amount of talk about sin
why - because sinners don't like being told they're sinners
and Churches don't want to offend and scare off seekers
(seekers- totally an unbiblical idea Rom 3 no one seeks for God)
which has now led to Post-modernism - people who don't think
they're sinners so they don't need a Savior.
people don't think of themselves as sinners, and because the Church
has feared Men instead of God and not told them they're sinners in
need of Mercy, people who don't think they're sinners
don't need a Savior.
I couldn't agree more, the fear of man is way more prevalent than the fear of God and as a result the message the church presents has become watered down, dull, and powerless. I totally disagree with a “seeker sensitive” model for the church; it is not consistent with the life Jesus exemplified, (not that I would ever try turning over tables in the Temple as He did). It also goes along with the quote from your previous post by Helmut Richard Niebuhr
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