Today, many Christians cling to the experiential while denouncing doctrinal truth. (I am not suggesting that Christians are to be emotionless) Whether you categorize it as emergent or liberal the reality is that the western church is enduring a crisis; that which stems from a lack of confidence in the power and accuracy of the Word of God. Pastors pump out media and illustrative sermons which barely scratch the penetrating power and centrality of the Bible. New movements claim to have secret and new insight that has just miraculously been discovered. We no longer confront sin but rather confront a persons self-esteem.
Ravi Zacharias, a well respected Christian apologist addressed members of the UN in a talk on "Navigating with absolutes in a relativistic world." In his talk, Ravi described the four areas in which we search for absolutes: evil, justice, love and forgiveness. He argued that all four converged at the cross of Jesus Christ.
Isaiah 66:2 - All these things my hand has made,
and so all these things came to be, declares the LORD. But this is the one to whom I will look: he who is humble and contrite in spirit
and trembles at my word.
That is my prayer and I hope it is yours
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