Pope to be Featured at Evangelical "Together 2016" Event
A good friend of mine made me aware of this.
Some harebrained "Evangelicals," including Hillsong United, as well as the President of the SBC, folks from the AOG and "famous" speakers and pastors, will be praying together and celebrating unity at an event in Washington D.C on July 17th.
They're hoping for a total of one million Christians to attend and pray for Christian unity. I'd be surprised if they got that many, but you never know.
His "holiness" the Pope (quoting the organizer) will be involved as well, addressing the unwashed masses through pre-recorded video to be played at the event. The red flag can't get any bigger and brighter.
Check out the story for yourself.
I've never really understood the obsession for breaking down denominational barriers, particularly with the Roman Catholic Church. Denominations exist for very good reasons: doctrine. While there is less of a problem with real Christians who agree on the essentials of the faith (The Solas, the Trinity, etc.) praying and working together as equals in the faith, it's something else entirely when you're joining hands with heretics who assert that salvation is mediated through created beings, or that we must merit our salvation by our own two hands.
This was one of the reasons I became so disillusioned with the Republican party and mainstream "conservatives" during the 2012 Presidential race. So many people claimed to be committed Christians, but were more than happy to pray with Mormon Bishops or cleanse their websites of references to Mormonism as a cult. The moment you put the Truth secondary to political or secular goals, you can hardly claim to be a Christian.
While I don't really have a problem joining together with people (in a certain sense) for political/secular reasons, it's another matter when you raise them up as fellow Christians, equal to the truth faith regardless of their teachings, and praying with them as if all worship the same God.
I suspect this obsession with Ecumenicism is a symptom of Biblical ignorance and apathy. Most "Christians" do not know the scripture and do not care to know. It's like this debate I recently had (well, I attempted to have) with someone who turned out to be an Eastern Orthodox believer. I cited the scripture, to which she replied: "I don't want to have a scripture debate. There are so many different interpretations..."
Some harebrained "Evangelicals," including Hillsong United, as well as the President of the SBC, folks from the AOG and "famous" speakers and pastors, will be praying together and celebrating unity at an event in Washington D.C on July 17th.
They're hoping for a total of one million Christians to attend and pray for Christian unity. I'd be surprised if they got that many, but you never know.
His "holiness" the Pope (quoting the organizer) will be involved as well, addressing the unwashed masses through pre-recorded video to be played at the event. The red flag can't get any bigger and brighter.
Check out the story for yourself.
I've never really understood the obsession for breaking down denominational barriers, particularly with the Roman Catholic Church. Denominations exist for very good reasons: doctrine. While there is less of a problem with real Christians who agree on the essentials of the faith (The Solas, the Trinity, etc.) praying and working together as equals in the faith, it's something else entirely when you're joining hands with heretics who assert that salvation is mediated through created beings, or that we must merit our salvation by our own two hands.
This was one of the reasons I became so disillusioned with the Republican party and mainstream "conservatives" during the 2012 Presidential race. So many people claimed to be committed Christians, but were more than happy to pray with Mormon Bishops or cleanse their websites of references to Mormonism as a cult. The moment you put the Truth secondary to political or secular goals, you can hardly claim to be a Christian.
While I don't really have a problem joining together with people (in a certain sense) for political/secular reasons, it's another matter when you raise them up as fellow Christians, equal to the truth faith regardless of their teachings, and praying with them as if all worship the same God.
I suspect this obsession with Ecumenicism is a symptom of Biblical ignorance and apathy. Most "Christians" do not know the scripture and do not care to know. It's like this debate I recently had (well, I attempted to have) with someone who turned out to be an Eastern Orthodox believer. I cited the scripture, to which she replied: "I don't want to have a scripture debate. There are so many different interpretations..."
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