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| Church Many Christians view their church as a bastion from which protection from the world may be safely obtained. This may not be the case for all churches. Some embrace the world and advocate for all of the issues such as abortion, LGBTQ, and political activism. These often have a low view of God and a high view of themselves and see their “Christian” life as dedicated to bringing what they call “social justice” to the world. There can be three main categories of problems for churches. The first are doctrines, the second are personalities, and the third is structure. Most churches operate as collectives which emphasize the process over the people. Sermons, classes, events, programs, and activities can define a church structure and seem to process people, but a deepening relationship with God and each other often seems irrelevant to church busyness. Denominational churches seem to offer a “package” of doctrine that is presented as complete such that the church member is required to accept the package. There is little left for the church member to do as he is often told that smart people have already discovered all of the truth. This is at odds with the biblical perspective of each church member maturing in faith, growing in knowledge, and walking by the Spirit. Many church traditions develop a sort of inertia that keeps them going in the same direction and doing the same things. Christian parents may need to seek out individual learning from older wiser Christians who clearly show the light and love of Christ in their lives as opposed to trying to get all that they need for the Christian life out of the somewhat mechanical nature of an organizational church system. Some churches measure their “success” in terms of growth, income, or prominence. A more accurate measure might be the degree to which the members are each becoming more like Christ. Since most churches do not know how to make this happen, most churches might be seen as failures. This leaves the parents trying to establish a traditional Christian family at a real disadvantage as they are going to have to learn how to compensate for the lack of effective Christian instruction. |
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