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Saturday, April 5, 2014

The Mercy-Ministry Mandate: Stopping Short of Real Mercy

The current mercy ministry ideology was summarized in an article recently:
“Seeking holistic thriving helps us keep the created dignity of those we serve at the heart of our efforts—.” 
There it is! The preservation of the ‘created dignity’ of sinful man is not only deemed possible without calling men to repentance and faith, but is viewed as “the heart” of the church’s mission to the culture.  Instead of gospel-proclamation, the holistic thriving of society is advanced by scores of people who apparently no longer believe that man’s primary need is reconciliation with God.  Helping our communities achieve sociological and psychological wholeness seems the new definition of Christian compassion.   Continue at Jerry Wragg

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