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DISCERNMENT IS NEEDED IN THE TIME WE LIVE IN !!!
The word discern and its derivatives are translations of the Greek word anakrino in the New Testament. It means “to distinguish, to separate out by diligent search, to examine.” Discernment is the ability to properly discriminate or make determinations. It is related to wisdom. The Word of God itself is said to discern the thoughts and intentions of one’s heart (Hebrews 4:12).
A discerning mind demonstrates wisdom and insight that go beyond what is seen and heard. For example, God’s Word is “spiritually discerned.” To the human mind without the Spirit, the things of God are “foolishness” (1 Corinthians 2:14). The Spirit, then, gives us spiritual discernment.
King Solomon was known for his power of discernment, making many wise decisions and moral judgments (1 Kings 3:9, 11). Christians today are to be discerning as well. Paul prayed for believers “to discern what is best . . . until the day of Christ” (Philippians 1:10).
A discerning person will acknowledge the worth of God’s Word: “All the words of my mouth are just; none of them is crooked or perverse. To the discerning all of them are right; they are faultless to those who have knowledge” (Proverbs 8:8-9). Seeking discernment is a goal for all who desire to walk righteously: “Who is wise? He will realize these things. Who is discerning? He will understand them. The ways of the LORD are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them” (Hosea 14:9).
We are commanded to “hate what is evil; cling to what is good” (Romans 12:9). But, unless we have true discernment, how can we determine what is “evil” and what is “good”? In order to maintain the purity of the gospel, the church must distinguish truth from heresy. Wisdom also demands that we properly discriminate between what is “best” and what is merely “good.”
Discernment has many collateral benefits. “My son, preserve sound judgment and discernment, do not let them out of your sight; they will be life for you, an ornament to grace your neck. Then you will go on your way in safety, and your foot will not stumble; when you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet” (Proverbs 3:21-24).
Just as Solomon sought discernment and wisdom (Proverbs 1:2; 1 Kings 3:9-12) to explore the handiwork of God (Ecclesiastes 1:13) and seek the meaning of life (Ecclesiastes 12:13), so should believers seek “the wisdom that comes from heaven” (James 3:17). We must study the Scriptures which are “able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus” (2 Timothy 3:15).
May our prayer be “I am your servant; give me discernment that I may understand your statutes” (Psalm 119:125).
Discernment is defined as “the quality of being able to grasp and comprehend what is obscure; an act of perceiving something; a power to see what is not evident to the average mind.” The definition also stresses accuracy, as in “the ability to see the truth.” Spiritual discernment is the ability to tell the difference between truth and error. It is basic to having wisdom.
Arguments and debates surround spiritual truth because it is obscure. Jesus, speaking to His disciples about the Pharisees, said, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given” (Matthew 13:11). Satan has “blinded the minds of unbelievers” (2 Corinthians 4:4), so God must shed light on the human mind to enable us to understand truth. It is impossible to attain wisdom without God. He gives discernment or takes it away (Job 12:19-21).
Some have mistakenly defined spiritual discernment as a God-given awareness of evil or good spiritual presences—the ability to tell if a demon is in the room. While some people may possess this capability, it is not the biblical meaning of discernment. Spiritual discernment ultimately has to do with wisdom and the ability to distinguish truth from error.
Wisdom is personified in Proverbs 1 and described as someone that we can “get to know” (vv. 20-33). The Bible says that Jesus Christ is “wisdom from God” (1 Corinthians 1:30). Therefore, wisdom, or spiritual discernment, is something that comes from knowing Jesus Christ. The world’s way of getting wisdom is different from God’s way. The learned of the world gain knowledge and apply reason to knowledge to solve problems, construct buildings and create philosophies. But God does not make the knowledge of Himself available by those means. First Corinthians 1:18-31 says the “wisdom of the wise” is frustrated by God who delivers wisdom to the “foolish” and the “weak” by way of a relationship with Jesus Christ. That way, “no human being can boast in His presence” (verse 29). We learn to be spiritually discerning by knowing Him.
It is not wrong to possess knowledge or have an education, and it is not wrong to use reason and logic to solve problems. However, spiritual discernment cannot be attained that way. It must be given by the revelation of Jesus Christ to the believer, and then developed by way of training in righteousness (Hebrews 5:14) and prayer (Philippians 1:9). Hebrews 5:11-14 shows how spiritual discernment is developed. The writer speaks to those who had become “dull of hearing,” meaning they had fallen out of practice discerning spiritually. The writer of Hebrews tells them that everyone who lives on “milk” (rather than the “solid food” desired by the mature) is unskilled in the word of righteousness; however, the mature Christian has been “trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.” The keys, according to this passage, are becoming skilled in the Word of God (by which we define righteousness) and “constant practice” (through which we gain experience).
So, how does one increase spiritual discernment? First, recognizing that God is the only one who can increase wisdom, pray for it (James 1:5; Philippians 1:9). Then, knowing the wisdom to distinguish good from evil comes by training and practice, go to the Bible to learn the truth and, by meditation on the Word, reinforce the truth.
When a bank hires an employee, he is trained to recognize counterfeit bills. One would think that the best way to recognize a counterfeit would be to study various counterfeits. The problem is that new counterfeits are being created every day. The best way to recognize a counterfeit bill is to have an intimate knowledge of the real thing. Having studied authentic bills, bank cashiers are not fooled when a counterfeit comes along. A knowledge of the true helps them identify the false.
This is what Christians must do to develop spiritual discernment. We must know the authentic so well that, when the false appears, we can recognize it. By knowing and obeying the Word of God, we will be “trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.” We will know God’s character and will. This is the heart of spiritual discernment – being able to distinguish the voice of the world from the voice of God, to have a sense that “this is right” or “this is wrong.” Spiritual discernment fends off temptation and allows us to “hate what is evil; cling to what is good” (Romans 12:9).
The gift of discerning spirits, or “distinguishing” spirits, is one of the gifts of the Holy Spirit described in 1 Corinthians 12:4-11. Like all these gifts, the gift of discerning spirits is given by the Holy Spirit, who disperses these gifts to believers for service in the body of Christ. Every believer has a spiritual enablement for a specific service, but there is no room for self-choosing. The Spirit distributes spiritual gifts according to the sovereignty of God and in accordance with His plan to edify the body of Christ. He gives His gifts “just as he determines” (1 Corinthians 12:11).
When it comes to the gift of discerning spirits, every born-again believer has a certain amount of discernment, which increases as the believer matures in the Spirit. In Hebrews 5:13-14 we read that a believer who has matured beyond using the milk of the Word as a babe in Christ is able to discern both good and evil. The maturing believer is empowered by the Spirit of God through the Scriptures to tell the difference between good and evil, and, beyond that, he can also distinguish between what is good and what is better. In other words, any born-again believer who chooses to focus on the Word of God is spiritually discerning.
There are certain believers, however, who have the spiritual gift of discerning spirits—that is, the God-given ability to distinguish between the truth of the Word and the deceptive doctrines propagated by demons. We are all exhorted to be spiritually discerning (Acts 17:11; 1 John 4:1), but some in the body of Christ have been given the unique ability to spot the doctrinal “forgeries” that have plagued the church since the first century. This discernment does not involve mystical, extra-biblical revelations or a voice from God. Rather, the spiritually discerning are so familiar with the Word of God that they instantly recognize what is contrary to it. They do not receive special messages from God; they use the Word of God to “test the spirits” to see which line up with God and which are in opposition to Him. The spiritually discerning are diligent to “rightly divide” (2 Timothy 2:15) the Word of God.
There are diversities of gifts in equipping the body of Christ, but those diversities are meant for the edification and building of that body as a whole (Ephesians 4:12). And the success of that body is dependent upon all parts of the body faithfully fulfilling their tasks as God has enabled them. No spiritual gift should be used to domineer others or claim for oneself a special anointing from God. Rather, the love of God is to guide our use of the spiritual gifts to edify each other in the Lord.
The letter to the Hebrews was written to a group of Jewish Christians who were in danger of returning to their old religious practices. The writer of Hebrews encourages them to persevere in their faith to advance beyond the basic teachings about Christ and move forward into spiritual maturity: “You have been believers so long now that you ought to be teaching others. Instead, you need someone to teach you again the basic things about God’s word. You are like babies who need milk and cannot eat solid food. For someone who lives on milk is still an infant and doesn’t know how to do what is right. Solid food is for those who are mature, who through training have the skill to recognize the difference between right and wrong” (Hebrews 5:12–14, NLT).
“Solid food is for the mature” is part of a metaphor comparing the human dietary progression to the Christian growth process. Babies must drink milk. They have no teeth to chew solid food, and their delicate digestive systems cannot process it. But as infants grow up, they develop the necessary internal structures to chew, break down, and assimilate the nutritional benefits of a more complex diet. The same is true of spiritual growth and maturity in the Christian life. The Hebrew recipients of the epistle were like spiritual babies who needed to be bottle-fed. They had to be taught repeatedly the fundamental teachings of the gospel when they should have been feasting on the solid food of advanced biblical truth and then teaching it to others.
The statement that solid food is for the mature draws a sharp contrast between spiritual infancy and maturity. The metaphors of “milk” and “solid food” represent different levels of spiritual teaching. Just as infants begin with milk and gradually progress to solid food, new believers in the Christian faith start with basic teachings (see Hebrews 6:1–3) and later advance to more complex doctrines (see 1 Corinthians 14:20; Ephesians 1:17–18; 3:16–19; Colossians 1:10).
Milk symbolizes the fundamental principles of Christianity, which are essential for new believers. These basics include teachings about salvation, repentance, faith, and the resurrection. While these are foundational and essential, surviving only on milk indicates a lack of growth and a failure to develop deeper insight.
Solid food represents advanced doctrinal teachings that require a more mature understanding. This consists of meatier insights into theology, ethical living, and the application of biblical principles in complex situations. Mature believers are expected to digest and apply these teachings, demonstrating growth in wisdom and discernment.
Spiritual discernment, perseverance, and consistent practice are key to Christian maturity. Hebrews 5:14 emphasizes that mature believers “have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil” (ESV). The training process involves regularly reading and studying God’s Word (Romans 15:4; 2 Timothy 3:16–17), spending time in prayer (Luke 18:1; Ephesians 6:18), and applying biblical principles in daily life (Titus 2:12; Romans 5:3–5; 12:2; James 1:3–4). Practicing discernment means making decisions that align with God’s will, rejecting sinful behaviors, and embracing actions that reflect Christ’s character (see 1 Timothy 4:7–8). To do this, we must grow in knowledge and understanding of God’s Word and depend on guidance from the Holy Spirit (see 1 Corinthians 2:6–16).
Several factors can hinder spiritual growth, including complacency (Hebrews 6:12; 1 Corinthians 10:12; 2 Corinthians 13:5), lack of discipline (see Hebrews 12:11), and distractions (1 Corinthians 9:24–27; 2 Timothy 2:4–5; 4:10). To continue growing up, believers must actively pursue spiritual disciplines such as Bible study, devotions, prayer, fellowship with other believers, and service (see Ephesians 4:11–32; 1 Corinthians 9:24–27; Philippians 3:12–14). “Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind” (Ephesians 4:14).
The assertion that solid food is for the mature in Hebrews 5:14 is a powerful reminder of the importance of growth in the Christian life. Remaining in spiritual infancy prevents us from being useful for God’s kingdom. Instead of teaching and equipping others, we are continually coddled and bottle-fed. Just as physical growth requires progression from milk to solid food, spiritual growth means moving beyond elementary teachings to embrace deeper, more complex doctrines. By practicing discernment and engaging in spiritual disciplines, believers can grow in their faith and live a purposeful life that reflects the character of Christ.
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And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.
—Romans 8:28
The real issue in our lives is not God’s faithfulness and goodness but ours. The history of God’s faithfulness to Israel and his promises is found throughout the Scriptures. We can depend and rely on him to do what he promises despite the apparent circumstances of our lives. The real issue is whether or not we choose to truly love him and live for his purposes when our lives become unbearable and faith becomes hard. This verse is no platitude or easy answer. It is the life ring of hope for those with gritty faith who choose to persevere when there is no easy reason for doing so. Faith like this is rooted in a Savior who triumphed over death, Satan, sin, and hell by voluntarily giving his life for our salvation. But he remained in the grave a second day. There appeared to be no hope, but hope burst forth as Jesus rose from the dead on the third day. So, will we choose to keep loving God and living for his purposes when things are hard — when we are caught on our own “second day” while waiting for the dawn of the third day and our complete salvation?
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Please give me courage, faith, and character, O Lord, and may I never outlive my faith and hope in you as I love you and live for your purpose in my life. In Jesus’ name, I pray. Amen and Amen
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Can Technology Detect Who Bows to the Antichrist? Introducing 6G That Can See Through Walls:
For generations, students of Bible prophecy have asked a fascinating question about Revelation 13:15. How could the Antichrist and False Prophet possibly know whether someone, anywhere in the world, actually bowed down and worshiped the image of the Beast–or refused to do so?
Revelation 13,17, and 18 describe an unprecedented system of global political, religious, and economic control. The False Prophet will cause an image of the Antichrist to be constructed and will demand that the world worship it.
Revelation 13:15 says: “He was granted power to give breath to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak and cause as many as would not worship the image of the beast to be killed.”
Notice what the text says. Those who do not worship the image are identified and killed. That raises an obvious practical question. How would the system know? For most of human history, accomplishing something like this on a massive scale would have seemed almost impossible. Not anymore.
Introducing 6G That Can See Through Walls:
An article published by TechNext24 examining the privacy implications of 6G technology describes an emerging capability that should get our attention. Future wireless networks are being developed not simply to transmit information but potentially to sense the physical environment around them. This is known as Integrated Sensing and Communication, or ISAC. Instead of radio waves merely carrying information between devices, the same wireless environment can potentially function somewhat like radar. Signals interact with objects and people, and sophisticated systems analyze changes in those signals.
Researchers describe future 6G networks as potentially capable of performing localization, activity recognition, and even monitoring certain vital signs. In other words, the communications network itself could become a sensing network. And we are not merely talking about recognizing that somebody is in a room. Researchers are already working on systems capable of recognizing human activities through walls.
A 2025 study using MIMO radar tested activity recognition through 24-centimeter brick walls and reported 97.1% classification accuracy in its experimental environment. Researchers at MIT have previously demonstrated radio-frequency systems capable of reconstructing human skeletal positions and recognizing human actions even when people are behind walls or otherwise visually obstructed. Other research has demonstrated through-wall recognition using Wi-Fi signals. Think about what that means. The system doesn’t necessarily need to “see” you with a camera in order to determine what your body is doing.
Your Body Disturbs the Wireless Environment
When wireless signals encounter the human body, those signals are altered. Those changes can contain information. Researchers can analyze them to determine things such as whether someone is present, where that person is located, whether the person is moving, what type of activity the person is performing, aspects of body posture, respiration, and potentially heartbeat-related information.
An ETSI report on integrated sensing and communications describes a future 6G scenario in which sensing data includes information about a person’s arms and legs, stride frequency and step size, while a device estimates heart rate and respiration. Researchers have also experimentally demonstrated integrated communication-and-sensing systems capable of detecting respiration and heartbeat from reflected wireless signals. A 2026 discussion of ISAC privacy warns that future networks using millimeter-wave and sub-terahertz frequencies could infer location, movement, activities, and physiological information, such as breathing or heart-rate data.
This creates enormous privacy implications. Your walls may eventually provide far less privacy from electronic sensing than people assume. But for students of Bible prophecy, it raises another remarkable possibility.
Could a System Determine Whether Someone Bowed?
Now go back to Revelation 13. The issue surrounding the image of the Beast isn’t simply identification. It is behavior. The world is commanded to perform an act of worship. Revelation 13:8 says: “All who dwell on the earth will worship him…” Then Revelation 13:15 identifies those who refuse to worship the image and says they will be killed.
For years people have wondered: How could a government actually know whether millions–or potentially billions–of people bowed before an image? The emerging technology gives us at least a conceivable answer. If wireless sensing can distinguish between standing, sitting, walking, falling, and other body positions and movements, then technologically it is no longer difficult to imagine a future system trained specifically to recognize the physical motion associated with kneeling or bowing.
This distinction is important: Current research does not demonstrate an Antichrist “worship detector.” But the underlying capability to detect and classify human posture and movement already exists in experimental settings. Through-wall research has demonstrated systems capable of classifying multiple human activities, while broader wireless sensing research is investigating human posture recognition. The technological barrier that once made Revelation 13 seem impossible is disappearing.
Now Combine Sensing with Digital Identification
But Revelation 13 goes further. The same chapter connects worship of the Beast with another system–the Mark of the Beast. Revelation 13:16-18 says:
He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man: His number is 666.
Notice the convergence. Revelation describes a system capable of controlling: Identity. Worship. Commerce. And ultimately life and death. We should not claim that today’s biochips, AI, digital IDs, or 6G systems are the mark of the Beast. Scripture does not tell us what technological mechanism the Antichrist will employ. But consider what becomes theoretically possible when these technologies converge.
Imagine a future system in which a person’s digital identity is permanently associated with them. The sensing network identifies the individual’s location. Artificial intelligence determines what the individual is doing. A digital identity system determines who the individual is. A financial system determines whether the individual can buy or sell. And an authoritarian government determines what happens to those who refuse to comply. Suddenly Revelation 13 doesn’t sound technologically impossible. It sounds frighteningly conceivable.
A Potential Automated Enforcement System
Imagine the scenario. A person enters an area where allegiance to the Beast is demanded. The image commands everyone to worship. The sensing system analyzes the people in the area. Person 1 bows. Person 2 bows. Person 3 bows. But Person 4 remains standing. The system recognizes the difference in posture. It connects that behavior with the person’s digital identity. The person’s economic privileges can be terminated. And under the regime described in Revelation 13, refusal ultimately carries the death penalty.
Again, the Bible never says the Antichrist uses 6G, artificial intelligence, radar sensing, or implanted microchips to accomplish this. Those would be possible guesses at technological mechanisms, not biblical claims. But for the first time in history, we can see that technologies capable of producing this level of automated surveillance and enforcement are becoming plausible.
The Walls May Not Hide You
There is another sobering aspect to this. A person might think: “I’ll simply refuse privately.” But what happens when surveillance no longer depends upon a visible camera? Through-wall sensing research changes the equation. If radio-frequency systems can identify human activity behind physical barriers, hiding an act of resistance becomes considerably more difficult.
The same infrastructure delivering communications could potentially participate in sensing the physical environment. That is one of the revolutionary–and potentially dangerous–ideas behind integrated sensing and communications. The network doesn’t merely connect the world. The network can potentially perceive the world.
Did John See the System 2,000 Years Ago?
We need to be careful here. John did not describe 6G. He did not describe artificial intelligence. He did not describe microchips. He would not have understood those technologies even if he had seen them in his vision. What John described was the end result.
And that end result indicates that something would have to be in place technologically for one man to exercise this kind of control over the world. John described a worldwide ruler, a global religious authority, an image that must be worshiped, a system capable of identifying those who refuse, economic exclusion for those who reject the mark, and ultimately the execution of those who refuse to worship the Beast.
For nearly two thousand years, readers could understand what the passage said while having little idea how such comprehensive surveillance, identification, economic control, and enforcement could actually be achieved on a global scale. There was a gap between the result John described and our understanding of how such a system could function in practice.
Today, technology is filling that gap. Our generation is beginning to see technologies that make such a system conceivable, giving us a possible answer to how the global system John described could function
Technology Is Not the Prophecy–But It Can Make the Prophecy Possible
6G is not the fulfillment of Revelation 13. Wireless sensing is not the Mark of the Beast. Artificial intelligence is not the False Prophet. And today’s identification technologies should not automatically be labeled as prophetic fulfillment. But technology is rapidly removing the practical obstacles that previous generations would have encountered when reading Revelation.
What I am saying is that we are living at a time when technology is making the fulfillment of these prophecies increasingly possible. Technology is paving the way for the result the Bible describes.
A system that can know who you are. Know where you are. Determine what your body is doing. Potentially sense you without a camera and even behind certain walls. Connect your identity to a digital economic system. And automatically enforce penalties for noncompliance.
The pieces do not prove that Revelation 13 is being fulfilled today. That would be wrong to say, since we are not in the Tribulation period. But they demonstrate something extraordinary: The kind of surveillance and control described in Revelation 13 is no longer technologically unimaginable. They demonstrate that the days described in biblical prophecy are rapidly approaching because the technological capability to make such a system possible now exists.
And perhaps one of the most remarkable developments is this: For centuries, people asked how the Antichrist could possibly know whether someone actually bowed before his image. We may now be living in the first generation capable of answering: The technology can potentially know whether you bowed–even when it cannot physically see you.
The Bible told us the system was coming. Technology is showing us how such a system could work. So, what does this mean?
That is the good news. As Jesus said:
“Now when these things begin to happen, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption draws near.”– Luke 21:28
From Scripture To Queer Tarot-The United Methodist Church’s Theological Collapse
There was a time when the controversy inside the United Methodist Church centered primarily on homosexuality, same-sex marriage and the ordination of practicing LGBTQ clergy. Those battles were serious enough to fracture one of America’s largest Protestant denominations.
But what is happening at one United Methodist congregation in Omaha, Nebraska, illustrates how much further theological drift can go once Scripture stops functioning as the final authority.
Urban Abbey is not a traditional church building. It operates as a United Methodist congregation inside a bookstore and coffee shop, describing itself as an intentionally progressive Christian community. Its founding pastor, Rev. Debra McKnight, is openly identified by the church as an advocate for “social justice, women’s rights, and the LGBTQ+ community” who seeks to “heal the wounds created by conservative Christianity.”
The question Christians should be asking is: heal people from what?
If “conservative Christianity” means believing that Scripture actually establishes boundaries regarding sexuality, worship and the nature of God, then what McKnight appears to be offering is not healing from Christianity’s abuses. It is liberation from Christianity’s doctrines.
Consider what Urban Abbey itself promotes.
The congregation proudly hosts Drag Story Hour, describing it as an event where drag performers read to children so they can encounter people who “defy rigid gender restrictions.” The church says it provides an “affirming environment” for what it calls “gender creative children and adults.”
Urban Abbey’s spiritual experimentation extends considerably further. Its own spiritual-formation page advertises “sound baths and singing bowls,” Mandala meditation and other practices presented as ways of expanding one’s spiritual journey. A past event specifically promoted a meditative “Sound Bath” using crystal singing bowls, chimes and other instruments to facilitate what organizers called healing and spiritual renewal.
Recent reports have also highlighted merchandise reportedly promoted through Urban Abbey’s bookstore, including Pride items, LGBTQ-inclusive literature and Queer Tarot: An Inclusive Deck & Guidebook.
For Christians, tarot is not simply an edgy lifestyle product. Scripture consistently warns God’s people against divination, sorcery and attempts to seek spiritual knowledge through occult practices. Deuteronomy 18:10-12 could hardly be more direct.
Yet perhaps even more revealing is McKnight’s approach to Scripture itself.
A widely circulated 2024 sermon drew attention because McKnight attempted to reconsider the biblical portrayal of Jezebel and the religious environment surrounding the worship of Baal and Asherah. Conservative critics who documented the sermon noted that she presented Jezebel far more sympathetically than the biblical narrative traditionally has and challenged conventional Christian interpretations surrounding Asherah worship.
That is an extraordinary theological road to travel.
Throughout the Old Testament, Israel’s accommodation of Baal and Asherah was not presented as beautiful religious diversity. It was apostasy.
Judges repeatedly describes Israel provoking God by serving the Baals and Asherahs. Elijah’s confrontation on Mount Carmel was not an interfaith dialogue between equally valid spiritual traditions. It was a confrontation between the living God and false worship. Jezebel’s campaign against the prophets of God is hardly incidental to her biblical reputation.
The danger here is larger than one controversial sermon.
Once biblical villains must be rehabilitated, pagan worship reconsidered, sexual boundaries overturned and practices historically associated with occult spirituality incorporated into church life, Christians eventually must ask what remains that the church is actually willing to call false.
That question now hangs over the United Methodist denomination itself.
More than 7,600 American United Methodist congregations left the denomination during its recent disaffiliation process–roughly 26 percent of its U.S. churches and approximately 24 percent of its members.
Then, at the 2024 General Conference, the UMC formally removed its prohibition against ordaining practicing gay clergy, eliminated restrictions surrounding same-sex weddings and removed longstanding language declaring homosexual practice “incompatible with Christian teaching.” Those changes are now fully in effect.
Urban Abbey therefore should not simply be dismissed as an isolated progressive congregation that wandered off on its own.
It represents the logical danger facing any denomination that gradually replaces the question “What does Scripture say?” with “How can Scripture be reinterpreted to affirm what contemporary culture already believes?”
There is an enormous difference between welcoming sinners and affirming sin. Jesus welcomed people considered moral outcasts, but He did not redefine holiness so they could remain unchanged. Christianity offers grace precisely because it recognizes that every one of us needs repentance, forgiveness and transformation.
That distinction is disappearing across much of progressive Christianity.
For Methodists who still believe in biblical authority, however, the collapse of one denomination does not mean the collapse of Methodism.
The Global Methodist Church officially launched in 2022 with an explicit commitment to the authority of Scripture, historic Christian doctrine, Wesleyan holiness and the transforming power of the Gospel. It continues to define marriage as the covenantal union of one man and one woman while welcoming everyone to experience Christ’s redemptive grace.
That offers Bible-believing Methodists an increasingly important alternative.
John Wesley did not launch the Methodist movement because Christianity needed fewer doctrines, fewer calls to holiness or greater accommodation with the spirit of the age. Methodism grew because Wesley preached repentance, conversion, sanctification and “scriptural holiness.”
The tragedy of today’s United Methodist crisis is therefore deeper than disagreements over sexuality.
A church can survive changing music, changing buildings and changing cultural circumstances.
What it cannot survive spiritually is changing the authority that determines what Christianity is.
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