{"id":711,"date":"2007-11-18T19:00:13","date_gmt":"2007-11-19T00:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drslewis.org\/camille\/2007\/11\/18\/see-im-not-the-only-one\/"},"modified":"2007-11-18T19:00:13","modified_gmt":"2007-11-19T00:00:13","slug":"see-im-not-the-only-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drslewis.org\/camille\/2007\/11\/18\/see-im-not-the-only-one\/","title":{"rendered":"See? I&#8217;m not the only one."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sfpulpit.com\/2007\/11\/15\/the-flaws-of-a-fad-driven-church\/\" title=\"Fad-Driven Church\">Phil Johnson<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The evangelical movement right now, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, is in a spiritual condition not very much different from the medieval church just before the Protestant Reformation. Think about it. Luther had to deal with Tetzel, the charlatan fund-raiser who went through Europe promising people miracles in return for money so that the Pope could build St. Peter\u2019s church in the Vatican. We\u2019ve got at least a dozen Tetzels appearing daily on TBN, promising people miracles in exchange for money so that Jan Crouch can make the sets of their television studios gaudier than any room in the Vatican while she adds enough pink hair extensions to rival the Dome of St. Peter\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>The medieval church was overrun with superstition and ignorance. We\u2019ve got people reciting the prayer of Jabez every day who are convinced that it\u2019s a magic formula that will bring them wealth and good luck.<\/p>\n<p>The medieval church had Leo X and Machiavelli. We\u2019ve got Bill Gothard and Gary Ezzo.<\/p>\n<p>The medieval church saw a decline in doctrine and morality in the church and a corresponding increase in corruption, scandal, and man-centered worship. All of that is true today.<\/p>\n<p>Worst of all, in the medieval era, the gospel was in eclipse and people were so woefully ignorant of biblical truth that men in Martin Luther\u2019s time could complete seminary and enter ministry without ever having learned \u201cthe first principles of the oracles of God.\u201d We\u2019re well on the road to that same situation today. Many seminaries are deliberately eliminating biblical and theological courses and replacing them with courses in business and marketing. And Christian leaders who call themselves evangelical are actually encouraging these trends.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>And the solution isn&#8217;t to be more conservative, more hard-core, more punishing. 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