Woe to You Shepherds!
Christian Elitism & the Corruption of the Christian Religion
“Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of my pasture!” declares the Lord. —Jeremiah 23:1
Woe to the world because of the things that cause people to stumble! Such things must come, but woe to the person through whom they come! —Matthew 18:7
How unorthodoxy infiltrates, influences, and alters the Church, the people of God, can often be obscure. Nevertheless, any honest history of the Church tells us that corruption of the faith, delivered once and for all, happens. But by what process such corruption comes, and through whom it is usually transmitted, is difficult to discern. To examine the way corruption happens is useful, if for no other reason than to identify and stop the infection at its source.The Christ-of-Culture Christian
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Anthony Costello holds a BA in German from the University of Notre Dame, and two master’s degrees from the Talbot School of Theology/Biola University (MA Christian Apologetics, MA Theology). An Evangelical, he also served five and a half years in the U.S. Army, with one deployment to Afghanistan. He is the founder and president of the Kirkwood Center for Theology & Ethics (kirkwoodcenter.org).
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