The Cult of "Do not Judge" The cult of “Do not Judge” This article is being written on behalf of all the ministries and people that defend the faith with the truth and are accused of judging because they test those who teach falsely with the Word of God. The premise-Does God tell us not to judge? The Bibles answer-No He does not. John 7:24 Jesus says: “Do not judge according to appearance, but judge righteous judgment.” What Jesus does tell us is not to judge by our own opinions, but instead judge by the word of God, that is what it means to judge righteously. He always encouraged the people to judge.
Lets let God decide whose right or wrong. There has been a trend going on for a number of years that has dulled the spiritual senses of the church and leavened the convictions of many a Christian. What is ironic is that to tell people they are judgmental is to judge them. One person wrote, “Whether _______ is right or wrong is not up to you to discuss with anyone.” What Has God said? What about love? Mail Online - Peter Hitchens blog. There is nothing more dispiriting than an English middle-class audience, especially one in the gentler, more prosperous parts of the country. They calmly believe all kinds of ideas which menace, most profoundly, the lives they lead. Oxford, I think, is worst of all - though I once faced a roomful of supposedly crusty Tories in Windsor, all of whom had been brainwashed (presumably by newspapers they erroneously thought to be conservative) into believing that cannabis should be decriminalised.
That was when I realised how bad it has got. The word ‘demoralised’ now has a rather weak meaning, weaker than I intend to convey. But forget its modern connotations, and use it literally, and I can think of no other which so exactly describes what has happened to this class of person. After the discussion, just one person bought my book. My own generation’s view on most subjects is, I think, usually a manifestation of what I have decided to call Selfism.
They’re all there, these people. Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Beggars Daughter | Help and Grace for Women Addicted to Pornography and Lust. Episcopalian leader Schori bashes on St. Paul, opposition to homosexual relationships. U.S. Episcopal Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori (far left) is seen next to Episcopal Auxiliary Bishop Nerva Cot in this 2007 photo. (CNS) The Anglican Ink site reports: The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church has denounced the Apostle Paul as mean-spirited and bigoted for having released a slave girl from demonic bondage as reported in Acts 16:16-34 . In her sermon delivered at All Saints Church in Curaçao in the diocese of Venezuela, Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori condemned those who did not share her views as enemies of the Holy Spirit. The presiding bishop opened her remarks with an observation on the Dutch slave past. She continued stating: “Human beings have a long history of discounting and devaluing difference, finding it offensive or even evil.
Schori then states: But if different is not the same thing as wrong, then how can views that are different from hers be wrong? Mail Online - Peter Hitchens blog. Give Me An Answer.