The Dilemma of the Twenty First Century Church (ePub)

The Church has the formidable task of molding people's lives. God made the Church to last eternally. The Church must continue to fulfill its purpose and to guarantee a haven for the lost world to find a sense of faithfulness and fight the enemies of God. It must develop a real loyalty and adherence to God, in that it agrees and embrace Jesus without amends. It will invariably produce faithful obedience and rekindle the charges which Jesus has appointed with no mental reservations or purpose, but to fulfill the obligations, design, and mission forever (Matt. 28:19-20). 'And upon this rock, I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it' (Matt. 16:18). The local church has become a casualty. Denominations and teaching problems have mingled with spiritual craving have divided the Church into separate groups that decline to acknowledge Jesus as sovereign and supreme. The author will scrutinize what the Church is doing in the twenty-first century for a disoriented world. Does the same attitude exist today that the world had decades ago about the Church? Why is the Church the first to get off the boat when the ride gets rough? Where is the cry reverberated through the century for decency, delight, and reverence as the fundamental spiritual institution in history?