Friday, February 13, 2015

Why I Am Skipping Church on March 29th

The short answer is because Tony Campolo is returning as a guest speaker.

I was introduced to Tony – former spiritual advisor to Bill Clinton and "Progressive Evangelical" - in 2013 when it was announced he would guest speak at my home church. Billed as "one of North America's most respected Christian leaders", Tony gave a message on July 21st entitled Missions: Getting Beyond the Kingdom of Ticky-Tack.

I quickly became concerned about some of the things he was teaching the congregation and consequently e-mailed my pastor before the following Sunday in the hope that his erroneous teaching would be addressed to the church so they could be sound in their doctrine. Being a discerning disciple (Acts 17:11; 1 John 4:1; 2 Timothy 2:15, Philippians 1:9-10, Psalm 119:125, Jude 1:3), I spent two and a half months thinking about Tony and working on a thorough message to my pastor explaining why Tony's views are unbiblical and dangerous. It has yet to be replied to, but I don't expect it will be.

I was willing to forget about all this since I figured he wouldn't be back and the flock would be a little safer because of that. However, after learning last month that he is returning, I feel a strong need to rehash those emails here for the flock.