“The Gospel For Those Broken By The Church” by Dr. Rod Rosenbladt
Rod Rosenbladt paints a fantastic picture in his presentation “The Gospel For Those Broken By The Church.” He discusses how the church can often push people away from the Gospel, and, by extension, God. He explains how pastors push people away from Christianity and why many of the “alumni of the Christian faith” are feeling how they do: why some of them feel angry, and why some others feel sad about the Christian faith. Rosenbladt’s presentation, in many ways, mirrors Paul's presentation of the Gospel in the first eight chapters of his letter to the Romans. In said letters, Paul explains how we are all God’s apostles, how we try to uphold the law, and even though we fail
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Among them are the first six verses of chapter seven, as well as the majority of chapter five. Almost all of the verses in chapter five deal with the reality of sin and death, as well as God’s grace and righteousness. Sin, as well as death, were entered into the world by one man, the first Adam. Through the corruption of our human morals by Satan, sin has reigned over the Earth for thousands of years. However, hope was not lost; God sent his only Son down to Earth to die in our stead. Through Jesus, righteousness has entered the world, and, when Christ returns, God’s grace and righteousness will reign over all once …show more content…
When you talk with them, you need to realize that they have been hurt by the church. You can’t try to talk about all the different traditions and doctrines with them, the only thing they need now is Jesus. These traditions and ways of the church can sometimes be overwhelming, especially for one who left because of the church. You have to take little steps to try and bring them back to the faith, you first have to bring them to accept Christ in their life again. We also need to understand their situation, and what they have experienced. It’s not easy to refresh someone who has been burned-out from the Christian faith. There are baby-steps that must be taken so that they, whether they belong to the sad or mad demographic, don’t abandon Christ entirely. Unfortunately, many people end up doing just that. Usually it is because of, when they were in the infancy of their faith, they were discouraged from Christianity because of the strictness of the church and their