Youth are surrounded by social media, entertainment, ideals taught in school, and things they hear from peers which feed the false gospels. Maybe it will not be as easy to get taken captive by a fake gospel if we do not have such itching ears for fake news. Counselor: “What does it mean to ‘please God’?” Teen: “It means that I have to do things the right way so that He won’t be disappointed in me or punish me.”, 4. “Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. But I don’t feel happy.”, 2. (Colossians 2:8, NRSV), For the time is coming when people will not put up with sound doctrine, but having itching ears, they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own desires, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander away to myths. Ellen Castillo is the founder of Word of Hope Ministries, located in Cypress, Texas. XD. Teens might believe that if they can do the right things, they will earn salvation. (2 Timothy 4:3-4). I do not believe naming Harry Potter or pop music evil was the best use of our time, but naming and dismantling personal and social sin in rampant racism, misogyny and all forms of prejudice sounds like good gospel ministry. Facebook pages and Twitter accounts and more from generally non-partisan news organizations, even if they have a bit of a partisan flavor we disagree with. 1. For a biblical counselor, reversing these errors is not easy. At the very least, Trump’s fake gospel was tolerable despite its opposition to the Christian message. There are plenty of exciting things in our world to entice our youth, and it is easy to see how attention, fame, money, and status appeal to a teenager. Counselor: “Explain your understanding of the gospel.” Teen: “I sometimes wonder if I even understand the gospel. I consciously try to take people at their word when they are talking about their religious convictions rather than assuming their beliefs are politics or some other ideology in thin religious trappings. Like maybe what I believe is just fake. While Harry Potter and pop music were the most frequently bludgeoned piñatas of these verses, their use spoke to a far broader passion for intellectual purity or a sort of cultural circling of the wagons. We should never assume that because a teen professes to be a Christian that they can articulate a clear gospel. A Self-Esteem Gospel In this gospel, the teen’s identity is wrapped up in self instead of in Christ. Sloppy concepts like these can sneak into our counseling and take root in the teen’s heart if we are not very clear with them about what the gospel is and isn’t. Belief in a fake gospel can lead to anxiety and depression. 1:6-7). “Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid,” it said. And many of these folks are Christians. Various streams of disinformation and outright lies propagated by fake news websites and social media accounts wrought havoc on the American public in the months-long campaign following Trump’s lies about Jersey City Muslims. Trump’s call for a Muslim ban was preceded by his erroneous and blatantly false claim that “thousands and thousands” of Muslims cheered in Jersey City on 9/11. so many fake sites. In addition to testing everything, we need to remind ourselves of our gospel. Alongside this cosmic vision of a world made right, Jesus’ teaching proposes an ethic that eschews violence and coercion in favor of self-sacrifice and mutual care. They are usually nestled into diatribes about political correctness, liberalism or any other ideology incompatible with conservative evangelical teaching. Maybe we need to be reminded that our gospel hinges on hospitality to strangers and relying on God for our salvation. Award-winning gospel artiste Amb Mercy Masika is without a doubt the most talented artiste we have. That means, like the evangelical preachers of my past advocated, we must be careful about what we read, listen to, watch and believe. eBook includes PDF, ePub and Kindle version. Fifty-eight percent of Protestants voted for this gospel on Election Day along with 52 percent of Catholics. 3. #mc_embed_signup
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. But we cannot neglect the fact that, for many, Trump’s gospel had persuasive power — and it was more powerful than the gospel of the New Testament in their lives. In more recent years, her roles as a Women’s Counselor and Women’s Ministry Director formed her passion for discipleship of younger generations.
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