These are the issues @costiwhinn and co have with @stevenfurtick and @Hillsong . It is a theological issue and I think that it is wisdom not to carelessly call another minister or ministry heretic because of your disagreement with what they teach . I will highlight them .
1. In the evangelical movement that @costiwhinn belongs to they teach that poverty and Prosperity can be Gods will . This means that God could actually send pack and poverty your way to “teach “ you something .
2 . They teach that sickness and disease can come from God . So for instance if a man has cancer that cancer could be Gods will for him . According to them God doesn’t always want you healthy at times he wants you sick .
3. They teach that christ was God in nature and power on earth . That all the miracles Jesus did on the earth he did as God not a man . Their christology is deeply flawed . It is rooted in the fact that they don’t really see miracles so explain it as they are not God .
The differences are doctrinal and deeply so . My issue is with this attitude some evangelicals have in maintaining an us vs them position because they don’t agree with a position. The flaws in their positions are at times gaping and theologically ridiculous !
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Let me start by saying that porn addiction is not a morality issue . It is a neurological issue . I didn’t say porn isn’t a moral issue , I said “porn addiction “ isn’t a moral issue .
A lot of shame and guilt
surrounds this addiction especially in the Christian community that most people suffer in silence .
Studies have shown in surveys of even clergy , that a high percentage of ministers are porn addicts . Now imagine what the percentage must be for the regular church guy .
One major challenge within the Christian community as it regards porn is that we have spiritualized it . We have made it about demons of lust because of the compulsive component of it without us understanding how addictions work .
I will attempt to explain as simply as possible
Africans became Christians long before Europeans .
Britain ( Britannia ) , France ( Franchia ) , Sweden , Iceland ( Vikings) where all idol worshippers when Ethiopia was a Christian Nation .
There where African Christians in the scriptures.
You have Simon the “Nigger “ in Acts 13:1 -3 who was from Cyrene . You had the Ethiopian eunuch who took the gospel to the nation and led his Queen Candace to Christ . The Ethiopian church even had a pope as far back as the third century !
Don’t make the marriage about your needs , your dreams alone . You must be ready to sacrifice for your significant other in the marriage . A self-centred man will frustrate his wife .
1. Secrecy - There is a difference between being private and being secretive . Anyone who doesn’t want people to know you are dating may have somethings they are hiding . It’s ok to be private but alarm bells should ring where there is secrecy .
2. Barter - The relationship is almost always about what is being exchanged . While there will be exchanges in every relationship, an undue focus on this will indicate that someone is there for something they can get and not what they can give .
1. You can actually have a wonderful love life if you understand a few important things . Every house is built by rules . As with houses so it is with relationships and marriages . If you violate the rules then there will be consequences. #maritalbliss
2. One major issue I have found many folks have in their relationship is that they don’t know how to handle conflicts or disagreements. Some even interpret having conflicts as a sign that they are incompatible #maritalbliss
It is not news that a lot of marriages begin to struggle after less than a year . Especially after the euphoria of the wedding has cleared from the mind and becomes a distant memory . When this happens it becomes clear that you made a choice you will live with .
There is no love in marriage neither is there peace in it . There is love and peace in people . This means that a great marriage is determined by the quality of the people in it . Marriage doesn’t have any special magic portion within it .