[–] webster_warrior 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
You are right about that, especially the reference to terminal illness. That same Presbyterian Church I went to briefly was under a regional office maybe 350 miles away. The minister had to visit there several times a year to get briefed on the latest talking points. A the time, the hot topics were gay ministers and gay marriage. The minister would return home with handouts, position papers, and sermon ideas. In the meanwhile, Presbyterian was the fastest shrinking denomination in the country. As for weakening the church, what better way than to rewrite the Bible?
Look at who, what, and where they are:
https://www.presbyterianmission.org/ministries/theology-formation-and evangelism/theologicaleducation/presbyterian-theological-seminaries-glance/
Along with this takeover comes huge bequests that may now be used to promote socialist causes, just as happened to the Ivy League. The smooth move of the churches being convinced to sign their property over to the central committee is another sad story. One church in Dallas had to pay them $3M to buy back their own church property. That's a whole 'nother story.
[–] StormWarning [S] ago
I don't know if you have seen it, but our President just called out CT on their stunt. Even Franklin Graham responded to CT, which had originally started by Billy Graham.
The Presbyterian church was the pinnacle of the reformation in England back in the day. So much excellent material came from that era. Today's 'scholars' cannot even touch the work done in that generation. Late 1800's-early 1900's. Those men knew Greek and Hebrew so well that they themselves studied manuscripts. They were in their own league of research.
Now compare to modern Christianity and try and convince us that we are not indeed in the throws of APOSTASY. These people at CT would not even comprehend it.
[–] webster_warrior 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
I saw the Franklin Graham response. I've also noticed CT is huge in support of the Jesuits, otherwise known as the treacherous Office of Inquisition, Vatican Assassins, Pope's Marines, and other descriptive. Yeah, CT is all over the Party Line on Jesuits. What Catholicism is doing in a Christian mag is a good question. When I was researching infiltration of the Main Line, CT turned out to be a good source.
You have to hand it to them, really. Not only did they take down the most militant denomination of the Main Line, they would up with all the endowments, all the property, the pulpits, and the retirement & benefits. All by clever application of Christian guilt, boldness, and infiltration of the upper echelon, McCormick being the big one.
Here's where you meet the cucks and lily whites, in process of shutting down. https://layman.org/
They had a discussion board, but I don't think they were hearing what they wanted to hear. Either that or they plan to move on and disrupt the Evangelical Presbyterians, which is one of the split off new denominations.