The Truth Axiom Part 2

Fear of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom. This is where deceit has made the greatest strides. In a generation that disdains discomfort, pain or consequence, the love and grace centered emerging church has provided a place for Believers to feel good about themselves while downplaying the judgement and consequence part of the equation. Invariably, the larger emerging churches will bring messages that shy away from inductive methodology, in favor of bullet point, sound bite teaching. But its allure besides being unchallenging, this lunbalanced theology has been the harbringer of errors that is ever so subtle. For example, instead of courtship, we see ministries espousing purity in dating. This is despite the fact that there is absolutely no Scriptural precedent for dating. We find healing ministries, well-meaning and with genuine purpose, clogged with people who seek validation for the woundings in their lives. Instead of growing past their pain, they become defined by it. They believe the lies of what wounded them instead of the truth of their sinful response to it. You see, in both examples, the veering from the True path is only a subtle variance of the truth. Throughout these dissertations, I will be referring to the Truth Axiom to discern both the grossly obvious errors and the more insidious small errors that have caused us to stray from the Way. The church in America is not struggling. Indeed, it is fat, wealthy and opulent. It's message is tepid and falling off the ears of the world as if off teflon. What truths have we missed? Is the desperation of martyrdom the only way the Church will truly center itself on the Truth?