Deception poses a major problem because those in its grip believe they are walking in truth. Paul described the latter days to Timothy: “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables” (2 Tim. 4:3–4 NKJV). One definition of the Greek word for fables in verse 4 is “falsehood.” If falsehood is represented as truth long enough, many will stand by it with their very lives.
THIS GENERATION OF Christians should more clearly understand the sometimes confusing positions taken by the mainline Protestant Church in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. A good example of the confusion can be seen in my own denomination, The United Methodist Church. Most of our denominational leaders would claim that our official position on abortion is that we are pro-choice. However, as one looks at our official United Methodist statement on abortion in the Social Principles of our Book of Discipline, the current statement has much more about it that affirms life than affirms abortion. It is not totally accurate to say the official United Methodist position is pro-choice. Let me explain why. Click to Download

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