All members of cults, sects,
false churches love only members of their group, or people which they want to convert.
Not exact matches
In True and
False Reform in the
Church (a seminal 1950 work disappointingly never mentioned in any of the books under review), the Catholic theologian Yves Cougar argued that the first condition for genuine church reform was charity — caritas, that selfless, unsentimental love that wills only the good of the
Church (a seminal 1950 work disappointingly never mentioned in any of the books under review), the Catholic theologian Yves Cougar argued that the first condition for genuine
church reform was charity — caritas, that selfless, unsentimental love that wills only the good of the
church reform was charity — caritas, that selfless, unsentimental
love that wills only the good of the other.
Even within the
churches, there truly a lack of
love, for the Bible also says that many would be «having a form of godly devotion but proving
false to its power.»
Furthermore, this culture war has presented people like Justin, and people like Cindy — a mom who contacted Justin in a panic after learning her son was gay, knowing that her
church was the last place she could turn if she wanted her son to feel
loved and supported — with a dangerous
false dichotomy: It's gays vs. Christians.
Today we have plenty of cults, sects and
false churches replacing practical
love and righteousness in daily life (that would require the true faith) through ridiculous rituals (for example, the Muslims keep the 5 Pillars of Islam; that is enough to be a good Muslim, but they are not required to
love all people independent from belief, nationality, etc.) The cults, sects and
false churches make their members practicing a biased
love.
The
church, while not perfect in all cases especially when
false teachers are in control, has provided me with a
loving and caring group of fellow believers.
You seek to bring disunity and
false teaching into the
church by spreading lies and satanic teachings about the goodness of humanity and God's
love for every person.
The
church for too long as beared a
false witness, essentially lied about the true nature of God, by committing itself to everything else, BUT
LOVE!
Belief in a God who is all
love and no wrath, all grace and no justice, all forgiveness and no condemnation is idolatry (worship of a
false god invented by men), and it inevitably leads to universalism - which, of course, is what many liberal
churches have been preaching for generations.
False love in harmony with bad example has been the cause of many leaving the Church while retaining those who are complacent with the false teachings and bad examples of legal only pr
False love in harmony with bad example has been the cause of many leaving the
Church while retaining those who are complacent with the
false teachings and bad examples of legal only pr
false teachings and bad examples of legal only priests
Love is the only credible witness... it's a
false antithesis to set up the communal life of the
church as something that exists over and against proclamation.