There was a time once when Methodists were absolutely despised as warmongers. During the American Civil War, the Methodist and Lutheran churches recruited and trained hundreds of Union Army Chaplains.
Their preaching was tailored to the circumstances at hand, and they were very effective. Ultimately the Civil War had a spiritual element to it. In particular it destroyed the Quakers. Pretty much every Quaker man who enlisted knew he was breaking the peace testimony, and the Methodists were very eager to convert them over to their more belligerent interpretation.
The churches that exist today lack the conviction, and frankly, the chutzpah, to try something like that.
Man seeks answers and comfort when times become tough.
Some at the bottom of a bottle or the end of a needle, but others through religion.
We will experience a resurgence in the church as secularism proves to provide only debauchery and destruction.
I can't say it's the right answer, however don't be surprised if you see a more emboldened class of worshipers -- a more emboldened clergy -- that runs counter to the establishment as the later clamps down harder.
I might even have to join a good church, if only to shout out authoritarians
who dare to challenge their worship.
don't be surprised if you see a more emboldened class of worshipers
Yeah.
Muslims.
If Christianity is going to be salvaged there is going to have to be another Luther-like figure, this time to reconcile the excess of unconditional compassion and inaction. Another Cromwell, if you will.
Yes.
There was a time once when Methodists were absolutely despised as warmongers. During the American Civil War, the Methodist and Lutheran churches recruited and trained hundreds of Union Army Chaplains.
Their preaching was tailored to the circumstances at hand, and they were very effective. Ultimately the Civil War had a spiritual element to it. In particular it destroyed the Quakers. Pretty much every Quaker man who enlisted knew he was breaking the peace testimony, and the Methodists were very eager to convert them over to their more belligerent interpretation.
The churches that exist today lack the conviction, and frankly, the chutzpah, to try something like that.
Man seeks answers and comfort when times become tough.
Some at the bottom of a bottle or the end of a needle, but others through religion.
We will experience a resurgence in the church as secularism proves to provide only debauchery and destruction.
I can't say it's the right answer, however don't be surprised if you see a more emboldened class of worshipers -- a more emboldened clergy -- that runs counter to the establishment as the later clamps down harder.
I might even have to join a good church, if only to shout out authoritarians who dare to challenge their worship.
Yeah.
Muslims.
If Christianity is going to be salvaged there is going to have to be another Luther-like figure, this time to reconcile the excess of unconditional compassion and inaction. Another Cromwell, if you will.
I've been looking for such a figure for a while.
As someone in the same boat, if you find one, I'd love to hear about it.