In the first column, we considered the sad history of Harold Camping that led to his departure from the church. When the elders of the Alameda CRC censured Camping for his wild end time predictions, he refused to submit to their discipline. This facilitated a split in the Alameda CRC in which over forty percent of the congregation followed Camping and departed from the church. As we considered, pride and bitterness had so overcome Camping that he was able to declare that upon the year of his censure and departure from the church, God was done with the entire church, and from that time forward, God would only work in the “true believers” who were willing to take the stand with Camping and come out of the church. In this column, we evaluate the fruits of Camping’s teaching. We also address why predictions of the end world dangerous, and how Christians are to live in preparation for Christ’s return. Keep Reading>>>
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