U.S. Evangelicals in Freefall: Fewer Accept Core Christian Beliefs
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- Опубликовано: 23 июн 2023
- Fewer people are "capable of defending biblical perspectives in the public square." Christians pollster George Bana, Director of Research at ACU's Cultural Research Center discloses what his latest findings mean for the church and American society.
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People are getting sick of the manipulation- spiritual, emotional and financial
Not all churches are american mega churches please i beg of you open your mind to a more traditional high church
@@eeroraute281shut your face and stop spreading lies, falsehoods and contradictions
Couldn't agree more
@@eeroraute281Like Copeland's?
@@eeroraute281 Not all churches need to be 'mega' in order to dupe their followers.
These nomadic psychopathic pastors are everywhere!
“You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.”
~Anne Lamott
The reason for that clause in the first amendment. It was meant to protect people from religious bigots. And many of them are politicians.
@@reidwhitton6248 Yep, they knew how corrupt and untouchable the Catholic Church was, and they couldn't stand against them back in England because "God" and "Magic"
Wonderful and true comment
What these so called evangelicals doing is DEMONIC.
Until Henry VIII decided it was time for a change.
I was a Christian for 40 years. I left it when I finally saw that it wasn’t true.
Same
So happy for you. 👏👏🤘🤘🤘
Same here.
God is not true? You let people influence your relationship with God ,, you are just like them the church is the people not the building , God is building a people of power , who are called by his name , those who want to be transformed . Read Eze 36:26 -38, that’s the transformation God is doing with Israel and us the gentiles , when we believe In him. With out his gift of salvation you are not saved , and they were not saved either , they are lost too! when God gives you his Holy Spirit only then you can make a difference. John 3:16 You must be Born again . Christianity is true when you choose to follow only Jesus .
@@amoyjoyce1117 You do sound sincere. However, less and less people are buying what you are saying. And I can't blame them.
Every time I feel depressed about the state of America, the year by year decline of religion in America lifts my spirits. And gives me hope for the future.
Amen to that!
Yep.
Freedom of religion also means freedom from religion. Unless you’re a mAGa indoctrinated fool😊
The younger generations tend to be less religious and more progressive in their thinking. My only concern is that we will be leaving them more of a disaster than they can handle.
Lmao you realise the decline of America as religion declines....but you don't make the connection 💀that's brutal...Good thing you're probably not breeding either
As far as I am concerned I feel the church left me not vice versa. The majority of churches have stopped preaching the truth of the gospel. The title of this video says it all. Fewer Christians accept core beliefs. My question is how can you be a Christian if you don't believe the truth in Scripture?
No excuse! You just have to look harder. I had to do the same thing a couple years ago, but I found one.
@@thefriesens1071 good for you
@@theodosios2615 thank you for your deep insight into my life. I'm sure you have all the answers. A building is not the church by the way. Blood bought People who are called out and born again are literally everywhere. So I am sure that fellowship is happening outside the walls of buildings.
There are still churches that preach the Truth, please pray that the Holy Spirit lead you to the right church. In the world we are living in we need to be part of a community that will help us be grounded on God's way and truth.
@@theodosios2615
Tell me then, what does an ‘authentic’ church teach and believe as per how one is saved?
There are a lot of believers out there that can't find a church that preaches the uncompromising Word of God.
What the modern Church needs is a New Covenant Revival (Heb. 9:10) in which members of various denominations are willing to re-examine everything they believe and see if it agrees with the Bible, instead of the traditions of men. We need to be like the Bereans. It will be a battle between our flesh and the Holy Spirit. It will not be easy. If you get mad and upset when someone challenges your man-made Bible doctrines, that is your flesh resisting the truth found in God's Word.
Nobody can completely understand the Bible unless they understand the relationship between the Old Covenant given to Moses at Mount Sinai and the New Covenant fulfilled in blood at Calvary.
What brings all local churches together into one Body under the blood of Christ? The answer is found below.
New Covenant Whole Gospel:
Let us now share the Old Testament Gospel found below with the whole world. On the road to Emmaus He said the Old Testament is about Him.
He is the very Word of God in John 1:1, 14. Awaken Church to this truth.
Jer 31:31 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:
Jer 31:32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by husband unto them, saith the LORD:
Jer 31:33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Jer 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Is the most important genealogy in the Bible found in Matthew 1:1 (Gal. 3:16)? Is God's Son the ultimate fulfillment of Israel (John 1:49)? Why has the modern Church done a pitiful job of sharing the Gospel with modern Orthodox Jews? Why would someone tell them they are God's chosen people and then fail to share the Gospel with them? Who is the seed of the woman promised in Genesis 3:15? What did Paul say about Genesis 12:3 in Galatians 3:8? Who is the "son" in Psalm 2? Who is the "suffering servant" of Isaiah 53? Who would fulfill the New Covenant promised in Jeremiah 31:31-34? Who would fulfill the timeline of Daniel chapter 9 before the second temple was destroyed? Why have we not heard this simple Old Testament Gospel preached on Christian television in the United States on a regular basis?
Once a person comes to understand the New Covenant promised to Israel and Judah in Jeremiah 31:31-34, which is found fulfilled by Christ during the first century in Hebrews 8:6-13, and Hebrews 10:16-18, and specifically applied to the Church in 2 Corinthians 3:6-8, and Hebrews 12:22-24, man-made Bible doctrines fall apart.
Let us now learn to preach the whole Gospel until He comes back. The King of Israel is risen from the dead! (John 1:49, Acts 2:36)
We are not come to Mount Sinai in Hebrews 12:18. We are come instead to the New Covenant church of Mount Zion and the blood in Hebrews 12:22-24.
1Jn 3:22 And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
1Jn 3:23 And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
1Jn 3:24 And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
The following verses prove the Holy Spirit is the master teacher for those now in the New Covenant.
Jer 31:34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Mar 1:8 I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
Joh 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Act 11:16 Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
1Co 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
1Jn 2:27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Watch the RUclips videos “The New Covenant” by David Wilkerson, or Bob George, and David H.J. Gay.
Most "Christians" do not look.
Read Jeremiah 16 and also Romans 11
For Yehovah is so merciful with us that he will fulfill Malachi 4:5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD. 6And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”
@@ednadiaz4193 Romans Chapter 11:
In Romans 1:16 Paul said the Gospel was taken "first" to the Jews. This time period can be found in Matt. 10:5-7, and Acts 10:36-38, and Gal. 1:14-18. Many try to claim God never gave the Jews a chance to accept Christ, so there must be some Plan B of salvation before or during the Second Coming of Christ. Romans 1:16 proves they are wrong, since Paul said the Gospel went "first" to the Jews. Many ignore the fact that Peter addressed the crowd as "men of Judea", and as "men of Israel", and as "all the house of Israel" on the Day of Pentecost, when about 3,000 Israelites accepted the New Covenant fulfilled in blood at Calvary. The Gentiles were not grafted in until several years later. This passage proves Paul was right about the Gospel being taken "first" to the Jews.
Paul reveals two different groups of Israelites in Romans 9:6-8. There is an Israel of the promise, and an Israel of the flesh. This is part of the context of Romans 11.
Paul speaks about the "remnant" of Israel in Romans 9:27. This is also part of the context of Romans 11.
Paul starts Romans 11 with two different groups of Israelites. In verse one Paul reveals he is still an Israelite, even after his conversion. Then Paul refers to two different groups of Israelites during the time of Elijah. There were the Baal worshippers, and there was the faithful "remnant". In verse five Paul says there is also a faithful "remnant" of Israelites during his time. This must be the Israelites who have accepted Christ, as on the Day of Pentecost.
Paul uses the two olive trees as a symbol of the New Covenant Church made up of believing Israelites, and believing Gentiles grafted together into the same tree. The unbelieving Israelites have been broken off but can be grafted back in through faith in Christ in verses 23-24.
Verse 26 is the problem for many modern Christians. What does the verse actually say, and how is it changed by many in the modern Church.
I have heard two of our nations famous preachers say the following.
"And then all Israel will be saved..."
I have heard another say the following.
"And all Israel will be saved..."
What does God's Word, recorded by the Apostle Paul actually say?
Rom 11:26 And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
The English word "so" is translated from the Greek word "houto", which is an adverb of manner, instead of an adverb of timing. Some have changed the word from "so" to "then", in order to change the meaning of the verse.
How will all of the "remnant" of Israel from Romans 9:27 be saved? The answer is found in the verses that precede verse 26 and are found below.
Rom 11:23 And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
Rom 11:24 For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree?
Paul quoted from the OT in referring to the Deliverer coming out of Sion to pay for sin. Did this happen at Calvary, or will Jesus die again for His people in the future?
Rom 11:27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
Verse 28 can only be understood by looking at how Paul started the passage. He started with two different groups of Israelites and he ends the passage in the same way. There are two different groups of "they" in verse 28. One group of "they" reject Christ and are the enemies of God, and another group of "they" are the election which accept Christ through hearing the Gospel and faith.
Rom 11:28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.
Based on Luke 21:24b-28, the times of the Gentiles comes to fullness at the Second Coming of Christ. This agrees with what Paul said in Romans 1:16 about the Gospel going “first” to the Jews.
Time to check out the Catholic faith
When half the preachers act like rock stars and the other half bore the people to tears with their sermons and none of them understand the Bible a tenth as much as they think they do, is it really surprising? We have been taught to worship church and not to worship GOD.
Exactly.
Sadly, you're not wrong. There are preachers in the US earning multi million dollars while Christians in many persecuted nations meet in secret and live in poverty. I know Christians who've been to Uganda and the Middle East. The churches there are thriving and the people are happy. In the west, everything is stagnating. It would appear that the west is materialistic and we've too much to give up to follow God.
100%%% it’s now about Performance, Muscles, Looking like the world!!! No challenging Word for a persons walk with Christ! Water downed Word to appease the people. Fear of what people would say if they really heard truth to change their ways. Feel good messages! Pastors who no longer spend the week in prayer and receiving from the Holy Spirit what Word they should bring to the people. It has become nothing but Show and how big can your church get, NOT the concern for the souls of the people. Deliverance!!! Moving in the Gifts of the Holy Spirit!!! Milk fed congregations!!! I have been in church all my life my dad was a Pastor. It’s so sad too see the churches of today.
Jesus said, "I tell you the truth no one will see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through me." For God so loved the world that He give His only Son that whoever believes in Him will not perish but will have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world but to save the World through Him. For all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God. For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord, and All who call upon the name of the Lord will be saved. " If you want to be sure of Heaven and avoid the other place below say the following prayer sincerely from your heart." Lord Jesus I repent and am sorry for my sins forgive me. I forgive all who have offended me. Come into my heart and save me. I accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Fill me with your Holy Spirit and baptise me with your Holy Spirit. Fulfill your plan and purpose in my life. "I recommend you read John's Gospel especially chapter 3.Gbu.John 3v3v22,John 14v6.
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Many will be on the broad path, but few will be on the narrow
If the parable of the 10 virgins is about the Church, only half of the virgins are prepared for the bridegroom - only half of the professed Church
yes
@@terristraub-nv1oc And what about the 4 soils? Only 1/4 of the seeds grow!
@@terristraub-nv1oc - Amen! These days in The West, it's impossible to find half who profess Christ & who know what's going on prophetically. The percentage is far less, sadly. Years of false prophets & teachers have numbed many into deception and/or complacency. But, The Bridegroom is coming back...Very soon! Don't be caught without oil in your lamp. ❤
@@terristraub-nv1oc You can't apply that as a statistical absolute, there are way less than half.
Church needs to avoid any politics and not embrace politicians they know are leading immoral lives. Young people see the hypocrisy and it makes them simply not want to be there. Just my perception.
Donald Trump wasn't exactly the picture of a man who was loyal to his wife. An essential part of being a model of a good husband.
He certainly wasn't loyal to the Constitution either. Too many Christians were willingly conned by that charlatan.
so true
Politics needs to avoid religion and not embrace religious persecution. Just my perception.
Christians has to be involved i politics and the church is there to intervene when governments are passing laws that will affect lives . They are ambassadors for Christ. Don’t repeat what others say . We need leaders who are bold to speak up for the people .
The same people that drove me out of the church are the same ones that stayed. If even a fraction of the people I've met in this life who've claimed "christian values" are who I'm fighting to spend eternity with in heaven...then hell is the place for me. Why would I want to spend eternity with such cruel people.
Praying to a god for all of eternity in a heaven sounds like a very special hell.
What I suggest is why don't you people accept Hinduism as your way of life and witness a positive change
@@kenny87ification Because Hinduism currently has no more way to be detected or verified than does Christianity. It commits the same mistake of positing a god (often referred to as consciousness) where there is no evidence to believe one exists. Appealing to intuition is the best Hinduism can do. I am extremely familiar with the different schools of thought within Hinduism, and have had hundreds of hours of discussion with Hindus concerning its various beliefs and understandings of reality.
A proposition arrived at and accepted through credulity is not evidence for truth. It is simply an assertion, just as with other gods. I certainly don’t claim to know everything about any religion, but I’d venture to guess that I’ve taken enough interest in Hinduism to understand it to a very good degree.
@7ification Too many gods to keep track of. If any it would be Sikhism as they do not define exactly what god is plus they do good works feeding the hungry. Simple god, less complex, less dogma to defend.
@@timothyirwin8974 Well you can try Sikhism, Sikhism afterall is a part of Hinduism
After being in church for decades, church was more a social club and less a church. The pressures of the world are squeezing out the unbelievers or corrupting church's
@@SaushaR-ur5tj Wel, eh... church as a building IS NOT SCRIPTURAL.
Congregations are home gatherings.
The West has lost the right way for centuries.
It's true that the Church is and was not what it really should be, but we should have a personal relationship with God, and it should be strong. The pandemic should have brought people closer to God, being at home, but surprisingly it did not. That more says something about the individual, than about the Church.
Look for a church that focuses on sound doctrine and teaching and has serving and ministry opportunities and get involved. 🙏
Look up Within Heaven's Gates by Rebecca Springer 😇
my thoughts exactly. It has become a social center for baby boomers regardless of whether they are protestant or Catholic. Priests and pastors are supposed to be the captain of the ship to ensure that you get to your final destination instead they have become Julies McCoys (the cruise director from the old tv show "The Love Boat") ensuring that you have a good time on the voyage.
God’s Word states that there will be a falling away from the faith in the end times.
That's actually true.
Exactly and I believe that Covid and mandatory vaccines are just the beginning of the new world order.Not only were Christians denied to praise and worship God in church during pandemic but they couldn’t work and idle hands are the devils workshop.The economy is awful and food prices are extremely high and people STILL don’t want to work.I believe this will lead to the mark of the beast.
yes
A FALLING AWAY, and a GREAT DECEPTION!🤔....
If the enemy were really smart he would come up with a huge lie to cause everyone to believe God's Laws are done away with! If he could cause people to serve Himself and lawlessness while worshipping like the pagans in the Old Testament, under every green tree, that would be a serious strong delusion! Or how about making CALENDARS with all sorts of false god names so we say them ALL the time and even teach our children. Nope, it wouldn't work, no one reading the front of the Bible would fall for ANYTHING like that! Unless he tells them the front of the book isn't relevant
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Islam is a religion who makes us to Believe in Jesus,
We Muslims 100% Believes in Jesus,
We Muslims Believes that Jesus is the Christ,
We Muslims Believes that Jesus will Come Again to this World,
Jesus did Miracles by the Permission of Allah,
Jesus himself Never said “Im God” also Never he said anyone to “Worship Me”
Jesus was Just a Prophet and Messenger Of Allah Only to Guide The People of Israel,
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*Jesus Denies Being God* | Read ⬇️
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"My Father is greater than me." [John 14:28]
“I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to My God and your God.” [John 20:17]
“Jesus said: 'Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.” [Mark 12:29]
“Jesus, Fell with his face to the ground and Prayed.” [Matthew 26:39]
“Jesus said, “My teaching is not my own,
It comes from the one who has sent me.”
[John 7:16]
“I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgement is just because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father who has sent me." [John 5:30]
“The crowd answered, This is Jesus, the Prophet.” [Matthew 21:10-11]
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*The Coming Of Prophet Muhammad In Bible*
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“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When he the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come, He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.” [John 16:12-14]
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*Allah Clears About Jesus*
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[Quran:- 5:72]:-
“Jesus has said, "O Children of Israel, worship Allah, my Lord and your Lord."
[Quran:- 19:30]:-
“Jesus has said, "Indeed, I am the servant of Allah. He has given me the Scripture and made me a Prophet.”
[Quran:- 4:171]:-
“Christ Jesus the son of Mary was no more than a messenger of Allah, So believe in Allah and His messengers. Say not "Trinity" desist: it will be better for you: for Allah is one Allah:
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People are waking up and realize that their beliefs are nonsense.
Blame it on trump. They stopped following Christ and started worshipping trump.
Best news I’ve heard this week.
Haha I know right??!!
It’s called waking up to reality
I have stage 4 cancer and my little church has paid for my trips to the hospital for radiation treatment. Churches need to follow this example of faithfulness to doctrine and faithfulness to doing good works. Salt and light is exactly the answer. I hope people reading this embrace what's being said here. That's the only way to lift the Christian Church out of the pit of unbelief.
Bless you❤
Jesus said, "I tell you the truth no one will see the kingdom of God unless he is born again. I am the way the truth and the life, no one comes to the Father except through me." For God so loved the world that He give His only Son that whoever believes in Him will not perish but will have eternal life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world but to save the World through Him. For all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God. For the wages of sin is death but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord, and All who call upon the name of the Lord will be saved. " If you want to be sure of Heaven and avoid the other place below say the following prayer sincerely from your heart." Lord Jesus I repent and am sorry for my sins forgive me. I forgive all who have offended me. Come into my heart and save me. I accept you as my Lord and Saviour. Fill me with your Holy Spirit and baptise me with your Holy Spirit. Fulfill your plan and purpose in my life. "I recommend you read John's Gospel especially chapter 3.Gbu.John 3v3v22,John 14v6.
We didn't even get a pastor visit when my husband was dying. So disappointed with church today. You are blessed to belong to a caring church.
@@graceweber2822 that's so wrong. Did you say something to the elders? It doesn't have to be a big scene, just a matter of fact discussion where improvements can be made.
I am blessed- and so is everyone else this faithful church has helped over the years.
I knew a person Years Back, who was very Sick. In The hospital 1 month, home 6 or 7 months? Her Church Paid The Mortgage on her house. When she was back to work, she tried to pay The Church back. The Pastor refused to take It, Told her to place It in The collection plate, whenever she can
The way the Evangelical church behaved during Covid was reprehensible. And the pastors where telling lies about it. Some of them died. Who wants to be part of that?
The sooner we get rid of christianity the better.
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful."
~Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Seneca? A pantheist, or living and swimming in gods and demigods with no power.
Fratteli tutti
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Seneca? A pantheist, or living and swimming in gods and demigods with no power.
Fratteli tutti
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@@RCEmichaelreavey That's a nice genetic fallacy you got there, fundie. Is that how you ALWAYS roll or just when triggered by a powerful yet profound ancient quote?
I don't give much to Seneca. Again, categorization of people is bound to fail, people surprise you.@@hadara69
The poor believe, the rich believe not, but the King finds God very useful.
I love hearing good news!
Great isn’t it?
35% to go
Yes it is good news ! The Great falling away is upon us. It will separate the chaff from the wheat.
@@danven1256 Or your cult is just dying in the West like all cults before it.
I’ve not gone back to church because I can’t find a church where the music isn’t blasting your eardrums, lights aren’t flashing into your eyes, and the pastor lets the Holy Spirit speak through him. Too many preachers aren’t even preaching about the soon coming of Jesus and the prophetic in the Bible. I read my Bible, lead a Bible study group and to get spiritual food watch the preachers online that are preaching what they should!
Agree on the "music"! I grew up with the old hymns/hymn book, choruses, negro spirituals, Southern Gospel and all that is gone to nothing more than ROCK AND ROLL BANDS AND SO CALLED "MUSIC" that has NO HARMONY, MELODY AND AND COMMON SENSE RHYTHM!
There are still true churches out there - be open 🙏
And we live at a time when there is much good sound teaching on RUclips
I know groups who meet in a class or in a home and study through the Bible using the videos and RUclips posts that many churches are posting on line.
Curious what area of the country you are 🙏
@@terristraub-nv1oc I already do what you suggested, I watch different churches on RUclips, I am a Perry Stone partner and have used his dvd studies, and am part of a ministry that does deliverance.
Sadly, Uebert Angel preaches the prosperity doctrine which is not scriptural. Please do your research on him.
Please do not be deceived by Uebert Angel
When churches start preaching politics, what did you expect?
When Christians stopped being involved in politics - what do you expect?
Wait a minute!!! You mean to tell me that the masses have finally found out that talking snakes, immaculate conceptions, resurrections and walking on water were not real?
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Trump. The praising of trump in the church turned people away.
That may be part of it, but it's not the root of the problem. People have been leaving the church well before Trump came along.
I love Trump.
I'm a Christian man who was raised as a Christian and we went to church every Sunday. As an adult just like many of us in my younger years my attendance was on again off again. Then I got back to going regularly. I've noticed that most people in the mega churches that are typically non denominational would never visit a Church like we visited in 'the good ol days'. They don't want to 'hear' what the 'preacher man' has to say.. especially our Baptist or Pentecostal Pastors. Most people today seem to want to 'belong' to a club. They are 'soft' and think we must 'accept' people rather than TEACH THEM Christian principles. They no longer want to hear hymns that have been sung by congregations for CENTURIES.. They're too cool for that. 😏 Addendum: to clarify, I like contemporary Christian music as well. I've been part of worship teams and played guitar.
Acts 2:38 is God's Bible Plan of Salvation. "Men and brethren what shall we do?" the Scripture records this question. Peter's answer was Acts 2:38. Acts 19 Paul asks
"Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed?"
We're not all like that, some of us actually want to learn and appreciate the word of God spoken over us
An old Pastor of mine used to say "Christianity in the US is 3,000 miles wide, but only an inch thick...."
I'm with you all the way-except for the hymns. Whether you sing dignified and respectful contemporary songs or traditional hymns, it doesn't matter. All that is a man made creation. Just let everything be done decently and in order as the Bible says.
So true! And a majority of the Churches have a band, and choirs have gone away.
People are not going to church because people want proof instead of just believing. What a concept.
It's called progress. Tolerance and love are virtues, not sins.
Preach 🙌🏽
Indeed!
There is no decline in religion. It's just that a spiritual religion that is based upon trying to be a good and moral person in the community ... is now being replaced by Left-wing Cults that are based on being a selfish and sexually perverted predator in the community. And other Left-wing Cults based on the blind faith that CO2 causes Climate Change (when it is scientifically proven that is does not !), and that ! .... you can change your biology when you change clothes ! That one really astounds me. I believe all these Left-wing Cults refer to themselves as "Progressives."
Jesus never tolerated sin. He called people out for it, and then showed us how to live, even dying for our sins. That is love.
@@RS54321 Jesus never existed to even begin with.
This is great news.
As an ex evangelical and deconverted Christian who served in the Christian ministry, I can tell you that the availability of knowledge was a big contributing factor.
All it takes is a quick Google search about the validity of the story of Noah's flood, and the whole doctrine of the inerrancy of scripture comes crumbling down, and with it, the divinity of Christ.
It's crazy that the church doesn't realize that it can be fact checked in real time.
Richard Carrier explained it well....i.e Christianity is a big historical institution where many people's livelihoods are heavily invested. Some have mega churches that bring in millions and others have their public images/social circles tied to the institution. So deconverting would be a severe loss
Letting the internet and fact checkers guide you to a deeper understanding of the mysteries of the Universe? Perhaps the Bible would make more sense to someone if they dug a little deeper into the thoughts and customs of the writers and understood that how they communicated back then was different than the way we communicate today. If we really are possessed of immortal souls, it seems like a pretty important thing. Consider the words of T.S. Eliot -
Where is the wisdom we have lost with knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost with information?
A quick Google search is great for confirmation bias ... but just like you would be in bad shape confirming or denying complex legal matters with a quick Google search, may I humbly suggest you cannot get a sense of Scripture's inerrancy from there? You can find all of your fellow apostates through the centuries with a quick Google search, but you would have to have done at least TWO, and given faithful scholarship equal time, to have any sense of a matter that important.
I have been expeditions that have dug shark's teeth out of mountains too far from the sea for that to have happened except in one way ... and should you climb Mt. Everest, you will find that one of the proofs you will be encouraged to bring back with you to authenticate where you were are rocks that NOTABLY are marine in origin. Now, a quick Google search won't give you that information ... nonetheless, it is true.
@@hymnodyhands Christians think the flood happened, it did not. You think Soddom and Gommorah were destroyed, they never existed. You believe that thousands of people came back from the dead and wandered the streets, obviously there is no evidence for that
My path to reason started when I asked leaders questions about how free will can work with an all powerful deity. To say that their answers left much to be desired is an understatement. It became clear to me that growth was impossible under their tutelage as, they didn't know much themselves. I was 13 or 14 at the time. Such people should not get authority, and yet ...
From what I see this is true in most evangelical churches. Christianity has lost its intellectual roots going back to at least the Jesuits, and likely much further. Intelligence and expertise is seen as dangerous.
An institution that rejects knowledge deserves to be replaced.
I do agree with a lot of that but I also see young people online who are hungry and grasping the TRUTH
Just as it says that there will be a falling away of many because of love for the Truth will grow cold mainly because believera have been fed lies and traditions along with some Truth. And Gentiles have become conceited and moved away from the root of the vine. Read Jeremiah 16 and Romans 11.
The scriptures also say that Yehovah will work his will to bring those who will be saved by showing them the truth once more. So as to fulfill Malachi 4: 5Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD. 6And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers.d Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”
@@ednadiaz4193 Christ told the apostles that John the Baptist was the Elijah to come. God is pulling people out of Babylon (the harlot Catholic church and her prostitute daughters- the prostitute churches). Pulling people out of organized churches does not mean that His people have turned away from God but have turned toward God and away from falsehood in counterfeit Christianity.
Which is why more and more of these young people find the truth. The simple truth that there is no god.
@@gerdforster883 why are you so angry at the Lord?
@@loriemarshall2655 Why should I be angry with something that doesn't exist?
I grew up going to church every Sunday morning and night and on Wednesday. Also, visitation on Tuesday, youth group on Thursday. Did all I was "supposed" to do, genuinely loved God and his Word. As I became an adult, I went to Liberty University and Mid-America Seminary. I was also a student of history and as I studied Scripture for myself and put it in context, I realized that the evangelical church was peddling their own interpretation apart from the actual teachings of Jesus. Then, the conservative church became politicized, and everyone had to pass a "litmus" test to be a "real" Christian. Anyone that thinks independently from what is expected is shunned. Evangelicalism is losing people because chooses to...much more like the Pharisees and Sadducees than Jesus.
The former President of Liberty University Jerry Falwell Jr and his wife Beckie had some weird practices in sexauality with the pool boy. Young people notice hypocrites.
I don't like most of the liberal agenda, but the conservative agenda certainly has its issues. It's ridiculous beyond belief to imply that someone must not be a good Christian if they voted against Trump.
Thanks for your peace
Thanks for your salvation
Thanks Lord for your Bible study class
This.
@@theboombody -- Thinking Christians/conservatives don't vote for a [failed] casino owner who pays hookers $130k in hush money. For a man that has cheated on all three of his wives. Who held massive rallies during a pandemic. Who wouldn't honor the fallen at Aisne-Marne American Cemetery because of inclement weather. For a draft dodger who says POWs aren't heroes because they were captured.
I went to church before the pandemic faithfully 3-4 days a week: Sunday worship, Tuesday prayer, Thursday choir rehearsal, Friday Bible study. When the pandemic hit my mother passed then my spouse a few months later all unexpectedly. NO ONE from the church reached out to me or was reachable. I went through ALONE. When churches were free to reopen, almost all delayed opening and specifically mine delayed even longer. During my time alone, I grew spiritually and knew that I could not longer endure the vanities within the church that is not what God would prescribe or approve. I sought and still seek the unadulterated word of God. Churches are so vain and off the path even lighting up their pulpits or stages like a concert hall with flashing lights and entertaining worship leaders . God is speaking. He's moving in another direction and judgement is coming to His house.
yes me too. i never made true friends in any church i have been to. there are many tares and lukewarm people out there, meddling into the true Ecclesia affairs. Without negating the fact there are true believers in churches, the majority are just copied of this world, with music and other programs and do not start me on the prosperity gospel, music industry gospel which is another form of prosperity gospel. You keep your churches if you want open, I will go when I can to light a candle, do a zoom and so on , all that with my heart fully in love with Him
Sadly true. We can do better.
I left churches a long time ago. It was gradual, but I never found people that cared about me, except a few true Christians. When I told our minister I would not be attending his church in future, he berated me and accused me of being "Buddhist." I corrected him, but he just got angrier. Before this he was hostile to me, and, at that time, I didn't know people were slandering me all over the church. I caught a mother, her mother, and the mother's son--who was a son of an elder--all gossiping about me, or slandering me, quite openly--as long, for the mother and the grandmother, that I wasn't there. These people are not of Christ, and, somewhat ignorantly, I assumed if I went to another church things would be different. They're all the same!!
I few years ago I was diagnosed with autism (I was a late diagnosis because I learned to hide my traits so well). Christian friends on social media who loved me before the diagnosis began isolating themselves from me after the diagnosis because I chose to try looking at autism in a more positive light and embrace it as part of who I am. They've also alienated me for using medication for depression and anxiety. One of my friends had a similar experience to mine... was diagnosed ASD later in life, was an evangelical, and had similar problems with people at his church. He ended up leaving the church and questioning the faith altogether. I don't blame God at all for how they act, but I've truly seen a dark side of people who claim to believe in the love and grace of Jesus Christ yet are quick to disown fellow believers for stupid reasons. They don't realize they are pushing people away. "The love of many will wax cold..."
I'd like to invite you to check out a Catholic Church. You won't get fancy sermons, jazzy music, or bright stage lights for sure......We may not seem overly welcoming or friendly at first, because we are more focused on being in the presence of Jesus and talking with Him than we are about who is arriving or going- but you will find peace and quiet love in the community and most importantly, a steady , full relationship with Jesus. God bless to all of you on your journey 🙏!
Many are sick of 40 minutes rock music with a light show and autotuned worship singers, and then a 25 minute Ted Talk by the pastor.
Hahaha ha so true
Die to self. Put away all sin that so easily besets us. Christ is King. Love him more than your own life.
There is no god
As a Christian I see a whole host of problems with Christian culture at large and what is taught. I take no issue with Jesus but I do take issue with a lot of traditional, extrabiblical, and misunderstandings of the scriptures that are almost impossible to question without getting kicked out of a church. Jesus often opposed the religious people who used the scriptures to do exactly the opposite of what the scriptures meant!!! When people arent allowed to ask questions, use their brains and ask difficult questions, and what is found is legalism and a lack of love, people arent going to stick around. It saddens me because what could be something good... the church... in many ways causes harm.
What I suggest is why don't you people accept Hinduism as your way of life and witness a positive change
Well said. Churches could be institutions that promote love, tolerance, forgiveness, and hope. They could "proselytize" by encouraging their members to be humble examples of imperfect people with an imperfect understanding, but who try to live their best lives with a heavy emphasis on the aforementioned virtues.
Instead, I have the impression that many churches claim a disdainful infallibility. Any doubts or questions are due to YOU being inadequate in some way, and are responded to with bromides like "pray about it" or "just have faith." Not to mention the steaming hypocrisy, especially in the era of tRump.
Thank you, no.
As he said, this has been a trend for over 25 years. I think a lot of it is due to the Internet. Christianity, or any dogmatic supernatural religion thrives on its members being inducted, when they are too young to know the difference between truth and falsehood, and then being in an insulated environment, where everyone else believes the same thing. I left the church 30 years ago because I was studying to be an apologist. I basically found the other sides arguments more compelling. First, I lost faith in the infallibility of scripture. Eventually I came to be an atheist.
Yup. Actually Reading the Bible made me an atheist...
@@stevevincent2264reading the Bible is what led to my deconstruction as well.
The government went well beyond anything we've ever seen in history when, along with satanic rituals, carefully schemed to brainwash the world into slavery. You fell for it.
I no longer attend church but I read the Bible and pray together with my family. I used to faithfully attend church every Sunday and give generously in the offering. The last church I attended (The Chapel, Grayslake Illinois) The senior pastor Scott Chapman asked me to stop attending when I would complain about the loud volume of the music that would hurt my years over 92 decibels. And also when I would discuss by email any points in the sermon that I disagreed with. Church in America is just a business. There is not justification for the office of a pastor in the Bible. A pastor is just a role or function not an office. The American church pastor role model is actually an Old testament model and not too different from the Roman Catholic Church model. It is not a New Covenant Church model. It denies the priesthood of the believer.
I totally agree!!!
Sir, I'm sorry to hear you're no longer in a fellowship. We were created by God to be in fellowship. It can be hard with some churches, but let me encourage you to seek a bible-based church that will feed your faith and allow you to feed others.
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After all... we're not in this alone. In heaven, we'll be with all the Christian saints throughout history who died in the faith and are reborn anew. Might as well get involved living with some of those saints now, here on Earth! Otherwise, why would you want to go to Heaven? It's not an uninhabited island....
@@sidwhiting665 you left out an important point, the most important point. In heaven we will be with Jesus and God will not allow any abusive pastors nor abusive leadership manipulating us for money and power for themselves. Nor will there be any misinterpretation of the Bible and heresies because we will have the Living Word in heaven
@@sidwhiting665 " In heaven, we'll be with all the Christian saints throughout history who died in the faith and are reborn anew..."
And we will all sing kumbaya while enjoying watching the billions and billions of non Christians burning, tortured and anguished in the fire of hell forever and ever 'til the end of time!
Such a good example of what true loving Christians not only strongly believe in but, worst, happily adhere to without a question.
What, are they trying to damage people's hearing?
People are tired of Christians preaching love but yet they're too inconvenienced to really GIVE IT. They come out of church and then give their waiter a hard time in the restaurant. They'll be there for people or family members who they're close to, but then make excuses when others ask for help.
Being a follower of the teachings of Jesus Christ and being an evangelical Christian are not one and the same.
You might be young. Many years ago, people actually cared for and loved each other. Then the war against God and Christianity happened. The modern secular religion is destroying the hearts of many.
What I suggest is why don't you people accept Hinduism as your way of life and witness a positive change
@@nyeahgarner2420I think you are over glorifying our past. People didn’t seem very loving during segregation, slavery, or other major movements of bigotry. At no point in the past did Christians show live in any significant numbers to LGBT people either. What I think you mean to say is white straight people cared about other white straight people.
@levkamenev3904 LGBT is hate. I promise I know you don't understand that. Fear and selfishness leads to hate. They also, by their actions, are claiming to hate God.
"It is not the aim of science to open a door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error."
-Bertold Brecht
The difference between a religion and a cult is how much real estate it owns.
Excellent news. The faster the downfall of Christianity and of religion in general, the more humanity stands to gain.
Amen to that😂
You can't be more wrong. We need more Christian beliefs than ever before. If only to offset our moral sinfulness and selfishness.
@@michaelverbakel7632no, we need Christian views BACK. It’s not Christianity that needs to die, but Conservatism. Jesus preached us to love one another above all. He taught us to feed the poor. He taught us to turn the other cheek. Evangelicalism is the disease. Christianity is only the host and it’s first victim.
Yet contemporary culture conflates the sexes despite the obvious... touting that men can become pregnant and menstrate while ignoring the dangers to women by opening their private changing facilities to include biological men. So much for the benefits of the lack of belief in transcendent morality.🙄🤦♂️
Yeah so don't complain when murders, mass shootings, and anything immoral happens around you lol.
It is time for religion to go. Remember, what we call Greek mythology, they believed wholeheartedly. Someday they will look back and say the same thing about Christianity.
Thats because biblical perspectives are horrendous and shouldn’t be defended. Glad we’re seeing the decline if religion.
Educations kills ignorance
"I will build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it.".(Matt 16:18)
Which would in turn cause false revival before falling away. Or apart.
which church and what is "the gates of hell" ? God bless
Many people are accepting Christ, but not going to brick and mortar churches because devils have infiltrated them so badly. Any church that owns valuable real estate is suspect. The devil is too deep in the system. Too many preachers advocating LGBTQ, other ways to heaven, and the jab.
The Annointed Yehoshua, Je'sus Christ is King of Kings, the only salvation, and my first love.
how is the covid vaccine anti-christian?
@@babs_babs The word for SORCERY and WITCHCRAFT in the New Testament is PHARMAKEIA in Greek. Healing comes from the Great Physician, not mixing magic potions.
@@LightSeekers777 pretty sure the original bible wasn’t written in english or greek.
etymology is a weak argument mate
@@babs_babs The New Testament was in Greek friend.
The church's bigotry is one of the numerous reasons I left (along with a long list of theological problems). And this video is reinforcing the message: At 3:35 he says "...do we see the culture starting to creep into the churches...?" backed by an image of Christians wearing LGBT-affirming symbols.
He doesn't come out and say "gay people aren't welcome here", but he doesn't have to say it. The message comes across loud and clear. As a Christian, I was taught (in subtle and not-so-subtle ways,) that if was affirming of my queer friends, that I was not a true Christian.
This put me in a bind because the church was demanding that I VIOLATE MY CONSCIENCE.
And then every time the church asked me to search my heart and confess my sins to God, the biggest thing I felt guilty about was the way I had treated LGBTQ people in my life, in the name of this God. "love the sinner, hate the sin" never felt loving to me; it felt awful to both me and the person on the other end of that relationship. But then I felt like I wasn't allowed to feel guilt about that, because (allegedly) I was following God.
I wrapped myself in knots doing the mental gymnastics it took to maintain the evangelical theology. And eventually, I just couldn't do the mental gymnastics anymore.
I stopped, and life is so much better on the other side. And now I am free to actually love people unconditionally, which was only lip service when I was in the church.
"In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own."
~Founding Father *Thomas Jefferson,* in a letter to Horatio Spofford, 1814
No, wrong. That you can read this thank Roman Catholics effort to educate.
The Roman Catholic Church always in your corner for you to prosper
Fratteli tutti
Para 15
@@RCEmichaelreavey The RCC has only RECENTLY (thanks to LIBERAL Pope Francis, who I'd wager you despise) started to get a clue.
Why not ask the THOUSANDS (or is it millions?) of RAPED CHILDREN if the RCC was "in their corner"? Think you could handle that without glitching, fundie?
That's more true now but it wasn't in the late Roman Imperial period
This is wonderful news! We have to get those numbers even lower. Hopefully this means people are moving towards more rational views.
It doesn't.
It is wonderful news, most people don’t know that the happiest countries/societies are usually non religious.
Yep. Made my week.
Yeah moving toward Islam
@@smooth2477 Well, that wouldn't be moving towards a more rational view at all.
I left church when church embraced blindly Donald Trump who behaves exactly what i was taught against, and yes CBN News is not going to to tell you anything about it, it's pretty deceiving. Besides the crazy views from its founders.
The politicization of Christianity is destroying the faith.
Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition, 2 Thess 2:3
45 is the AC
@@remnant1496 You hit the nail on the head with that one. He sure is.
If 45 gets reelected, all hell will break lose after that. Like the Bible says: Tribulation like never has been seen before, and never will be seen again.
we are in the great falling away now, with churches FAILING to preach salvation and instead doing EVIL THINGS like hmsxl pastors, women pastors, halloween etc.
@@bobblacka918 he will be the last president of the USA and he is the Antichrist
We were warned that the love of the people would grow cold, that people would be lovers of money and themselves only - even some of the elect will be tempted away
I respect the way you put it😊 most people who are more defenders of the respective religious denomination they profess say "stay in the(...) church" and not "Stay in the Will of God or in stay in his word "
Definitely Yehovah will raise up godly men to lead us to all and encourage us to stay in the Truth.
@@ednadiaz4193 Thank you, my Dear :) The Word is the safest place we can be - Jesus Christ told us the He IS The Word and if we are in Him, we have all we need. If you can find a Bible-Proclaiming Chapel with a strong Gospel Preacher, you are in safe, Kingdom building hands xx
"Religion is a form of escapism from the responsibility of reality. It is a means of avoiding the need to think for oneself. It is a way of surrendering one's mind to the authority of others. It is a way of abdicating one's power to choose." Ayn Rand
@@Justin_Beaver564well, that's religion. We're talking about a relationship with Christ. The one whose sanctified,pure,blood wiped away our sins and who rose from the grave and walks with us throughout our trials, good times and brings us immense joy!
Only this isn't that. It's the corruption that's in the house of God. God is sifting everyone inside or out the walls of the church.
These beliefs are from the bronze age though. They've been outdated for years so this shouldn't be surprised that younger generations just aren't buying it anymore. I actually feel kind of lucky to be able to live during the generation that christianity finally lost its stranglehold on society. I can only imagine how that must feel for you, but it had to happen.
More people are choosing not to be bullied by cults who use Christ's name for political leverage.
The adversary is hard at work. His time is nearly up.
They've been saying that for 2,000 years. In fact, Jesus said that first, didn't he?
@@Scott_works Since Jesus is God manifest in flesh, the use of the word soon or nearly is not relative to human standards. However, end times prophecy gives clear markers for the build up to the literal end of history. For example many people during WW2 considered Hitler to be THE anti-Christ referenced in Revelation. It is very clear in scripture that the nation of Israel must exist, as it does now. The rapture is the next prophetic event to take place. The disappearance of millions of people from the Earth is the event that will usher in the one world government with the technology necessary to include or exclude people at will from engaging in commerce.
@@Scott_works Looks like my comment was deleted. Jesus gives clear markers for the end of human history. The existence of the nation of Israel is essential to end times prophecy being fulfilled. Beyond that multiple passages in scripture mention the great apostasy in the end times. So while there have been fluctuations world wide in the number of believers, the various conditions written about concerning the end times in Scripture did not exist. Soon is a relative term, and does not mean the same thing to God who exists outside of time as it does to a human who is bound to it.
It is called apostacy. It was foretold by the Lord Jesus Christ Himself. It would be one of many signs of His return. Matthew 24.
That started with the Trinity
@@cc3775 The denial of... yes.
@@bballman the first century Christians knew nothing of a trinity nor was it taught
@@cc3775 Let "us" make man in our own image. "Us" is plural. The Godhead aka The Trinity. Try harder. Genesis 1:26
“And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”
@@bballman you do realize that trinitarian scholars say that there’s no trinity in Genesis 1:26. So you may want to try harder.
Many Bible readers note the plural pronouns (us; our) with curiosity. They might suggest that the plurals refer to the Trinity, but technical research in Hebrew grammar and exegesis has shown that the Trinity is not a coherent explanation.
Michael S. Heiser, The Unseen Realm (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press 2015), p. 39.
He continues in a lengthy footnote:
Seeing the Trinity in Gen 1:26 is reading the New Testament back into the old Testament, something that isn’t a sound interpretive method for discerning what an Old Testament writer was thinking. Unlike the New Testament, the Old Testament has no Trinitarian phrases (e.g., “Father, Son, and Holy Spirit”; cf Matt 28:19-20). The triune godhead idea is never transparently expressed in the Old Testament. Since…other references to divine plurality involve divine beings who are lesser than Yahweh, we must be careful about attributing the language of divine plurality to the Trinity. Doing so will get us into theological trouble in other passages….The answer to the plurality language is also not the “plural of majesty.” As Joüon-Muraoka notes, “The we of majesty does not exist in Hebrew”…The plural of majesty does exist for nouns…but Gen 1:26 is not about the nouns-the issue is the verbal forms.
Reading the bible cover to cover and all the atrocities it promotes is what made me an ex christian
Same lmao and I was raised Catholic
I have no idea why so many people think following Jesus has anything to do with Jewish mythology.
People who say "I read the bible cover to cover" are always biblical illiterates
@@nonyadamnbusiness9887Yeah. It's almost as if these people aren't literate and can't differentiate between a historical narrative, poetry, lawbook and the life of Jesus.
I'm pretty sure people don't follow the actual laws in the bible. Most twist the words to their benefit. Thu shall not kill is no respected, that's a law in the bible. Most people that say they are Christians are fake, I'd recommend you instead of "reading" the bible try to understand it. The message is clear serve the lord Jesus Christ, love your neighbor, be honest and fair, don't kill God's creation, honor your mother and father. We all fall short of being true Christians but at least we don't twist the message to our benefit and pray for every brother and sister so they would understand and follow the message.
This is fantastic news.
Hebrews 12:14
These are THE Last Days. I got saved as a backslider in August 2020. God delivered me from homosexuality and pride and wickedness from all of MY sins. Jesus is returning soon. There were 10 virgins, 5 were wise and 5 were foolish.
I think the reason why the church is losing attendance is because we've accepted too much sin within our own house! We're not walking our talk. We've become too much like the world, and accepted/embraced the world too much thinking it would draw more people. The result is the exact opposite! If we don't offer anything more than what the world offers, why would people go to church and be surrounded by a bunch of "hypocrites"? We've got to purge our own house of sin & hypocrisy as well as get our own house in order by living holy & acceptable unto the Lord. Until that happens, we'll never get back to being the church God needs us to be.
I almost didn't like your post. You are exactly right. People are comfortable in the ways of the world. We have a lot of work to do.
We also need to become One. There's One Creator, One Word, One Savior. We need to have One Body, One Church being of One Mind. All this denominational division is doing exactly what was predict; 'a house divided will fall's.
Nope. People are leaving Christianity because they can see the hypocrisy of the church in America. Hundreds of preachers have told us for YEARS that "We are in the end times" and that "The antichrist is coming and he will deceive many." "Any day now", they said. But now, when someone with all the signs of the antichrist arrives, these same people say that "He is chosen by God" . They deceived many into believing this lie. They told us that God Himself told them and showed them signs that Trump would "win 2020 in a landslide" and that "Biden will NEVER be president." They said that. And they fooled MILLIONS of Christians into believing it. Make no mistake, this was the prophecy of 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 that came true. You all did NOT have the love for Truth.
Trump supporters IDOL WORSHIP Trump. No idol worshipper can be an "elect." You have been fooled. And then Trump re-tweeted a tweet that compared himself to God. SHAME on you guys for idol worshipping him . SHAME. Trump supporters are the reason why people are leaving the church
@@paulwiederhold7629 good luck with that
@@jalRVA Yeah I know, it was worth a shot but had to be said.
The moment I realized I had no religious affiliations... I was stationed in Iraq on behalf of the US. Occupying other people's lives and culture! I realized that they just happened to be born there! And me here! From an early age being indoctrinated on what to believe. Not just knowing but having to be taught! Some would have you believe that all of the other people not born believing what you were taught to believe, are destined for a pit of fire for eternity.... I just can't go along with that! There are good people everywhere no matter what some other person taught you when you were 3! 🤷🏾
I left the church when asking simple questions to church-goers couldnt answer So i left & feel much better now.
Keep being salt and light until the day of our redemption.
But trivial stuff like church music becomes big issues.
I'm not surprised. People have become "wise in their own eyes', taken in by the lies of the culture instead of being "fools for Christ" and submitting to Christ's ways.
Not always. If you cannot tell what is the origin of certain keywords like EL, Javid, Yahweh, or Tetragrammaton…you should not be preaching at all.
In view of the unBiblical and frankly HORRIBLE condition of American "churches" (more accurately described as Christian-flavored community centers), a decline in attendance is possibly a good thing. I left organized churchianity years ago because I could not grow there. And believe me, I shopped around. My daily life is centered on the Bible and striving to become the man God wants me to be. The "church" does not help.
The new Christians savior has gone from being Jesus of Nazareth to Orange Jesus of Mara Lago in just a few short years.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition,
Sadly, hardly anyone understands what it means for mankind to repent. 😞
If you tell someone Jesus 'loves' all sinners, that's not an incentive for them to change
@@freedomsong9747 really?
@@remnant1496 yup.....see for yourself. You got men now getting married to men in churches and the preacher blessing the union in the name of Jesus. What did you expected
@@freedomsong9747 that’s nothing new, it’s been going on for thousands of years
@@remnant1496 then the church has been a fraud for thousands of years if they've been blessing men marrying men
Evangelicals in freefall. Maybe there's hope for America after all.
Let the free fall continue !!😊
"For the time will come when they will not tolerate sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance with their own desires."
2 Timothy 4:3
Maybe if they didn't live in Mansions and Buy Private Jets???
Or bow down to Israel??
There you are! I have been waiting for the anti-Semite to show up. Never fails! You don’t read your Bible do you?
That is a minuscule few. You're deliberately picking a few megachurches. Most people don't go to megachurches.
I doubt the majority of pastors own private jets.
Letting the people on television tell you all about Christianity?
People are sick of the greed of wealthy pastors. And not seeing any help for the poor and oppressed. Which is the core of what Jesus taught.
Just because the people are leaving the church is does not mean they’re leaving God. Most of us left the church 30 years ago. we’ve only become more spiritually connected to God through this effort. It turns out religion is a way to keep us away from God, as Jesus taught us. The religious leaders of his time would stand in the door and block the way and they wouldn’t go in themselves either.
They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us (1 John 2:19). The church is the bride of Christ. Those who are not apart of the church are not apart of Christ. Yes. Bad churches exist such that you want to leave that church. I am in that situation right now. But, I know that I must find a good church in which I can worship Christ as the Lord intended. So, I turn to the Lord to lead me to that church. I do not abandon the bride of Christ regardless of how many bad experiences I have. The Lord does not approve of that.
For the most part, I agree with you. The majority of churches preach some form of the health and wealth prosperity gospel or at the very least, sermons are designed to make congregations comfortable not convicted. Very little teaching on sinful living, hell, and demonic spiritual warfare. I attend a weekly Bible study meeting and I recently started going to a Sunday School class that has a very anointed teacher that doesn't shy away from talking about sin, hell, how we're really supposed to love one another and what that looks like according to Scripture. But the congregational teaching is extremely lukewarm and is a performance and that I do not let my ears be tickled!
@@DrWren-ei4no I think your statement exposes the flaw in your thinking. The word church means group of people. It does not signify a building or an organization.
The body of Christ is the church. And every member is a part of the body by nature. The body doesn’t exist based on the wishes of a hierarchy. The only hierarchy the body focuses on is Christ as the head. The pope is antichrist because he is trying to assert himself as Christ, or as God.
The Bible tells us we must meet together though. It's very important to sharpen your faith with other Christians.
@@thefriesens1071 I found that it discouraged my faith to be around so much compromise. Instead, one can meet in homes in smaller groups, where everyone is known and needs can be met. They met in homes in the New Testament, too. There are many advantages to this way. No building to maintain because people need a house anyway. The “facility” is used 7 days a week. Meetings can be rotated each month in different homes. It is like a FAMILY! ❤️
Love this way.
Perhaps the plunging figures mean we may eventually get religion out of government and public policy!
This report should have included: 70% music 20% teaching 10% announcements and/or chatter = Almost TWO HOURS
Maybe the decline in religious affiliation has something to do with evangelical christianity's increased involvement in politics?
Exactly. Or the institutionalized avarice? Surely it can't be either of those right ... lol
Get the beam out of your own eye folks.
Reading the Bible is what changed my thinking.
Amen to that!
@@timothyirwin8974 yep made me realize I can’t serve a god who condones making a girl marry a man who raped her. Life changing
Fear not, this is to be expected, all is falling onto place for our Lord's return. Praise the Lord amen!
Probably profit maker and care more about.
Praise the Lord!!!
Jesus is coming and boy is he pissed.
If god is great because both good and bad things happen, then what does great even mean? Sounds like the Morton’s Fork fallacy.
He ain't comin...
"Christianity started out in Palestine as a fellowship; it moved to Greece and became a philosophy; it moved to Italy and became an institution; it moved to Europe and became a culture; it came to America and became an enterprise."
~Sam Pascoe
Most People in Churches Today are More Lost than The Lost and Believe They are Born-again. They Will only Hear Depart from me You Workers of Iniquity.
False rapture, prophecy, service and worship before the final falling away.
Good Point, Evangelicals misinterpret this scripture to think that Jesus is only speaking to progressive Christianity, but in fact, He is speaking to both progressive and staunch evangelicals. Both sides have misinterpreted the Bible.
Yea this is very much a "remove the beam from thine own eye" situation. I'll grab the popcorn.
We are living in the great apostasy. The great falling away.
exactly thats what i see
exactly what I was thinking.
There are many turning back to God and OBEYING His Laws. Hundreds of thousands have started eating clean, keeping SABBATHS and God's ordained Feasts!
Woo hoo! Let's get nekid!
but what about Once Saved Always Saved?
There may be a significant difference between evangelical and truly being born again. A lot of people are more concerned and preoccupied with experience and emotion over truth and reality.
People are discovering how nice it is to sleep in on Sunday.
People dropped out because the churches did not stand up when the government said we could not worship.
The part government took was mostly advisory. Churches did the right thing for their congregations.
Nobody said you could not worship. You don’t need to be in a building to worship God. While fellowship is important,We were in the midst of a world wide pandemic which killed thousands of people. Wearing masks or avoiding mass gatherings as to not infect others was appropriate at the time. Churches started zoom meetings which, after the pandemic lessened, became important for elderly and disabled people to be part of a service.
@quakers200 The government abused its regulatory authority to close churches like everything else. The government did this without passing a law to allow for it. Most churches meekly submitted. Those that did not faced the full force of fury of the regulatory state. Fines, citations and criminal charges for not complying with regulatory mandates. Communal worship is a biblical command that churches and individual ignored in meek submission to the dictatorial power of the regulatory state.
@@garytorresani8846 The government abused its regulatory authority to shut churches down. Not a single state passed a law allowing for this. No existing statute allowed for this. Communal worship is a biblical command that churches and individual Christians ignored in meek submission to the dictatorial abuse of power of the regulatory state.
The government never said we could not worship, and no Biblically informed believer ever stopped or could be stopped in worshiping. The loss of four hours in a building stopped nothing for Biblically informed believers. The church began in homes, and returned there ... in my church, we hooked up the phones and Internet and had our Bibles and hymnbooks at home and did everything the believers in Acts did, four times a week, totaling about nine hours a week. The rest of the waking hours of that 168 in the week, we went on and worshiped the Lord daily EVERYWHERE ... just like before. Today, the church building is open, but the sick, infirm, and traveling have MORE OPTIONS to be part of hearing the Word and prayer and singing than they ever did, coast to coast. Nothing was hindered except for those that thought the building was NECESSARY. It is not, for as God said all the way back in the Old Testament, He does not dwell in buildings made with hands. In the New Testament, we learned of Immanuel: GOD WITH US, and so, available to be worshiped, EVERYWHERE.
The wheat and the tares will grow together until the harvest….not to be alarmed but pray that we may endure to the end for His coming.
I found that in the church I attended recently there was one particular man who seemed determined to search for people he deemed close to being a devout Christian but not quite there, (which he thought I was) and mentor them and monitor their every move in a very overbearing way and it was a major turnoff for me so I stopped going.
Why was he trying to make you guys into priests
That’s the way some are--they want to live out their comic book character fantasies on people by pretending to be some prophet or something. Best thing is stay away from churches and don’t believe in things that are not true.
The face of "Christianity" is TBN and Daystar which don't preach the Gospel or standard doctrines. Instead, they teach the prosperity gospel. "Come to Jesus. He'll make you healthy and wealthy." That's NOT the gospel. People need to come to Jesus, because He's the only one who can save us from our sin.
The one thing that is tru,e, you can't go to college to be a preacher. You are called by god,. To be a true Christian, you can do nothing the world does.
I know some that used online services to become a pastor and they are bad too.
Why disparage College? You don't like education?
I am not putting college down, I actually believe in good education. My thought is I have met preachers who get paid to preach. Preaching is not to make money but to spread the gospel. Most people who go to college to learn preaching are sinners. When you are called God will speak to you and say this is my plan for you. Then you are truly ready for college and whatever may come your way, for you now have Jesus Christ leading the way.
@@robertshipley6990 All Kinds of Certifications, Diplomas, etc. Hanging on The Wall, doesn't mean much of anything. A Person with no Education, that hears The Voice of The Lord Tugging on his Heart and Ask Forgiveness Will be Washed by The Blood of The Lamb, Baptized with The Holy Spirit, Changed ( 2Corinthians 5:17 ) Everyone Will know, Impossible Not to. Will Preach sermons and The Way of Salvation with Fire.
We’re all sinners. The Church is just those who recognize that and acknowledge their need of the Savior. God doesn’t always use perfect people - there are none.
The FEAR of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. It was for me. There's little conviction of sin in the church. Little mention of Hell. People pleasing is on the increase. Keep the truth of the word in your heart. God bless
I fully agree
There’s no teaching of what hell actually is, which is the grave.
@@cc3775 Yes there is
Jesus mentioned the lake of fire
What bible do you read?
@@johnhuggins1394 that’s a symbol not a place. Hell is the English word for Sheol which is just the grave.
@@cc3775 Hell exists and Jesus mentioned it several times,more then heaven
The story of the rich man ending up in hell due to the way he treated the poor man
How do you explain the book of revelation and the lake of fire?
Hell will be a place of eternal torment and separation from God
I was raised in a Pentecostal, fundamentalist, Bible believing denomination. It is the core of all that is good in me as an older adult. But. It certainly is no Christian to judge. We know that from Matthew 7:1-5. Yet, in the evangelical churches, it continues to be a serious violation, that certain "sins" are not only signaled out, but rabidly attacked. We seem to realize, that in the extreme, fundamentalism that abandons Christ's teachings of tolerance and acceptance, becomes ISIS.
What you said is very brave. I’ve been turned off from Christianity because of it’s hatred of minorities, and harsh judgement of people.
@@Videx19 What do they say about throwing away the baby with the bathwater? Christians are who and what we are regardless how others act, we love God more. Keep exploring. Keep studying. It is a lifelong journey my friend, and a most wondrous one, I might add.
Yes, when somehow the most important sins to focus on are the ones related to disenfranchised minorities, it’s not because you’re just following scripture, it’s because you’re just a bigot.
@@rutha1464When you love an invisible person by harming all the visible people around you, then you have a problem.
@@rutha1464 The title says that US evangelicals are in freefall with a disconnect with Christian core beliefs. I suspect the hypocrisy, racism, and anti-LGBTQ+ is a real turn-off for many people who know that such hate is not Christian.
This is good news. Perhaps we are beginning to leave tens of thousands of years of superstition behind us?
tens of thousands of years? Yes, if you're referring to man-made pagan belief systems. The Word of God doesn't fit into this category.
@@RS54321 there is no falsifiable evidence for your statement. Man-made biblical belief systems are an example of circular logic.
@@timreid6577 The Bible isn't man-made in that it's the living Word. Every other belief system apart from Jesus is man-made.
@@RS54321 if you believe that you’re delusional.
@@timreid6577 Well, that's your lovely opinion. God bless.
not sure why anyone would be surprised by this - it was literally prophesized - " . . . that day will not come until the falling away comes first . . ." the wheat & the chaff must be separated.
After being an Evangelical for 30+ years ( Calvary Chapel) I have returned to that of my baptism, Catholic. I go to the Latin Mass ( Traditional Catholism, not new modern) with gregorian chants, silence, kneeling, incense etc. There is a reverence for God there. Not a rock concert and a Ted Talk sermon which I was beset with in Evangelicalism. Do I believe everything they teach ? NO ! And I never will ! but I believe enough to keep me there, and God is being worshipped there.
Same thing has happened to me. Thank you for sharing & God Bless✝️🙏🕊
Gratz you have left the church of Laodicea and entered into halls Thyatira .... good luck.... I guess. :P
This is a protestant channel. Expect no congratulations here for firmly holding to your Catholic faith. Protestants hate the blessed sacrament which is "the source and summit of the Christian life." They hate the Blessed Virgin Mary and speak blasphemies against her when Our Lady herself said "all generations will call [her] blessed." They disobey Christ's command to take the Eucharist and they work to oppose Mary's prophecy.
@@tracywallis5387 As a Catholic here on this protestant channel, your faith you hold dear will be insulted and attacked. Protestants hate the Holy Sacrament and they insult the most Blessed Virgin Mary. Expect no solidarity here from them. The worldly culture will attack your Catholic faith from one angle and the protestants will attack from another.
I'm about as "Protestant" as they come, and although I wish you would have found fulfillment in your evangelical church, I'm glad you are where you are - a church with a spirit of reverence for God. (all this in spite of what flintwestwood said about what I supposedly hate and blasphemy) Just as many Catholics see "mainstream" Catholicism as too watered down, the Evangelical Church you describe is what I'm dealing with. "Amazing Grace" and "How Great Thou Art" put me in a much more worshipful spirit than a rock concert, or simply singing the same verse over and over dozens of times until I start wondering what's for lunch. So I just wanted to say I believe I understand, and am happy for you. All the best ...
The biggest financial con has always been religion.
50 years was to long to be a Christian for. I got tired of treating my wife like a sub human with no rights, got tired of over working the slave i owned. Got tired of being hateful towards LGBTQ people for no reason. And got overall tired of telling people how to live there life which is not American at all. I almost had to move out of the country to be a true Christian. But i changed my mind and decided to be a real American man and not care how others live their lifes and started focusing on my family.
Christianity is the most anti American thing you can do...
I’m confused by your anecdote. If the focus of Biblical Christianity is about spreading the Good News of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross, then what does that have to do with why you left Christianity? Perhaps the institution of the church was not a good one. People either can have a healthy fear of God or not. Our choice. We are all sinners so none can cast the first stone. No one succumbs for pressure sake.
The responsibility of Christians is to care enough to share the Amazing Grace we are given when we have a close walk, through our own conviction and repentance, to see how good it can be to live a righteous life and the fruits that it brings!
@@jillybean8587 What are you confused about? I did everything a Christian should do lol.
Also capatalism teaches individualism & not helping others & capitalism is teaching many churches to be selfish & greedy I herd one preacher who had his own personal airplane and I'm a lesbian never chose to be this way it's genetic there's animals that are gay and lesbian and hermaphrodites there's also animals that can mutate from male to female and vice versa human males can actually Lactaid milk they can release a hormone from the prostate gland it's been medically documented happening more so in poor countries where the mothers die more often this happens only on rare occasions when the mother cannot breastfeed the baby a pheromone kicks instant the baby releases and a man will start lactating milk even if they're not related which proves the Bible wrong cuz the Bible says men are not supposed to help raise the babies which is ridiculous and the Bible does cause oppression towards women from men and boys 2 lower their sympathy and men and boys and it's one of the leading causes of domestic violent crimes you should read the book inside the minds angry man why does he do that by Lundy brand Croft you look at Mother Nature there is a species a bird where the female in the male made in the female leaves and never sees the baby in the mail stays with you the whole time it's like a peacock to color egg I can't remember the bird species name but I know that seahorses certain species of fish frogs lizards octopus and squid can you take from male to female a swallow bird species has four chromosomes for genders humans can't mutate to that degree because the neurons are permanent inside the Inn blah glata gland but they can mutate like Lactaid milk and they can be born with a chromosome condition what happens with transgenders is the Y chromosome is there but the chemical doesn't kick in to make the male partner oh and this is the same for the X chromosome so genetically their male or female but biologically they are the opposite it's just a chromosome mutation and then gays and lesbians just have different types of neurons than a straight person trust me I tried to become straight and high school we can't make yourself straight and I was miserable I was desperate to try to make myself straight because I was getting beat up all the time and bullying and trust me it's not something you choose to be genetic and there's lots as men and women that get abused and they're still straight so abused doesn't like people that way and when I stopped pretending to be something I was not born when I was really happy and so I'm glad that you finally realized that hating on the gtpl community is not good and thank you for changing your life around I know that nature creates variances and so everybody's different I believe that were created differently also for Spiritual reasons we can all learn to accept each other's differences and I know chromosome mutations can happen otherwise hermaphrodites would not exist there's also intersex people they are born with both male and female chromosome but they're either biologically male or female so chromosome wise they are hermaphrodites but outwardly they are only male or female it's in medical documents if you look at the email there's and they protect their babies without a male Mother Nature is flexible and is not black and white I like to wear men's and women's clothes androgynous me look at Britain lots of androgynous men back in the Victorian era and most of them were not gay so I'm glad that you see the truth
You're suppose to love your wife like Christ loves the Church. It's not like in Islam where a women's testimony is valued half of a man's testimony. Or were beating one's wife is actually allowed with instructions how to do so.
According to Christ you're not suppose to hate anyone. That is akin to the sin of murder in God's eyes. You also can't call someone an offensive name either because that is just as bad.
You should live by God's standards and at the very least persuade others to do so. Not only is it good for their temporal well being, but also their eternal well being. If not then there is no real objective right or wrong just opinions. This would allow for men to think it right to beat their wives like in Islam. Are you cool with that?
In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes.
- Judges 21:25
@@sigma3064you are not a Christian in the first place. Your lie can be seen from what you are commenting.
"many are called but few are chosen"
"The Lord Knows those who are His" 🙏🕊️❤️✝️
Sheep!
@@linjicakonikon7666 Everyone? You mean all the Judas', murders, adulterers, sexually perverse abusers, liars, thieves, blasphemers, prideful & arrogant, idol worshipers, atheists, religious hypocrites etc...
Jesus the Christ came and died for the sins of the world, God's Holy Spirit, forgiveness & eternal life can be received by anyone " if" they truly believe and put their trust in Jesus Christ and what He has done for them/us on the cross.🙏🕊️✝️
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❤Authority of Church over God
❤Hate Sin not Criminal
The Lord called but many refused to be chosen.
Great!
"Rampant biblical confusion" is absolutely the case in America. It is a decline that began in the 1800s and continues today. I believe the causes are many, but that the neglect of a personal life with the Lord is most significant. It all become cerebral and at that point the supermarket of ideas becomes alluring. One idea has as much appeal as another and we choose what seems to fit our needs best. That is a prescription for disaster.
Plus, the removing of the Authorized King James.
Try saying the Lord Prayer with ten believers. Watch the confusion.