Posted by
ValiantForTruth on Sunday, June 21, 2009 9:35:19 AM
Only one thing can counter a weak and flabby Protestantism that does not know what it believes, and that is a biblical and doctrinal Christianity. [Martyn Lloyd-Jones, 1961]
Mr. Schaeffer did say that ‘God is there’; he also said that ‘God has spoken’. He reveals Himself in Creation and in the Holy Scriptures. The modern Protestant Church has compromised both leading to weakness and irrelevancy.
Re: http://townhall.com/columnists/JaniceShawCrouse/2009/06/19/picking_a_fight_with_fellow_evangelicals
Many are saying that the Reformation is over and some call the evangelical movement “the richest, most powerful religious movement in history”. But herein is the problem. Our people do not recognize that the Reformation was the act of the triune God reforming His Church. What we have now is a religious movement that has exchanged truth for the wisdom of men.
Who will call for a return to Reformation doctrine? That is, a belief in the absolute sovereignty of God over all things including salvation;
a belief in a victorious and powerful Christ who has all authority in heaven and earth so that nothing is able to prevent Him from accomplishing His will;
a belief in the sufficiency of Scripture for the rule of faith and practice for the Christian and the churches;
a belief in the New Covenant promise that all believers are priests and kings to their God through the merits of Christ alone with the great privilege to read and study the Scriptures for themselves.
Herein are the foundations of liberty that are the first things that led to what we now refer to as conservatism.
If our doctrine is no different than Rome, then why not return to Rome for the sake of a hollow unity? We who call ourselves evangelical would do well to consider 1 Kings 18…
And Elijah came to all the people, and said, “How long will you falter between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him.” But the people answered him not a word. [1 Kings 18:21]