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What is a cultural Christian?

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  “Christianity—and Christianity alone —has the moral coherence to it that serves as a dam holding back the full force of progressive ideology,” writes Andrew Walker for Southern Equip. Cultural Christianity has been  increasingly affirmed by celebrities and people of notoriety. Tech mogul Elon Musk joined this new trend by calling himself a “cultural Chrisitan” in a recent interview. “We have seen progressivism hollow out civilizational decency and wear its skin as a suit,” writes Walker. The interesting development from this outcome is the beginning of the progressive exodus towards a morality more closely aligned with Christianity. “How evangelicals tackle cultural  Christianity is a careful balancing act.” C.S. Lewis once wrote that if you “Aim at heaven, you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth, and you get neither.” “We should view this as an opportunity for cultural apologetics and, even more, a hopeful opportunity that Musk would dig into something deeper than just surface-le

Surface Christianity and another Jesus

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If you truly care about his or her soul, you will get beyond “do you believe in Jesus?”. It’s not enough to ask someone if they believe in Jesus. Sadly, a lot of the time even if they answer yes, they are still a hell-bound soul.  Obviously, we can’t know people’s hearts, but we know what they say, and simply saying “I believe in Jesus” is not enough.  Perhaps there are some countries on earth, where simply saying that might be enough. Maybe in countries where there is strong persecution. Where false versions of Christianity are not prominent. But it is imperative if you care about the souls of those around you, that you learn how to ask the right questions to understand whether someone truly knows Christ or not.  Recently Kevin Max, a former member of dc talk, declared on social media that he is an “Exvangelical”. He declared that after being on a journey of many years, that he is no longer an evangelical and that he now has embraced the “universal Christ”. He is pro-LGBTQ, pro-BLM an