In exchange for recognition and an appearance of legitimacy, in practice, coopted leadership acts to minimize the influence of "true believers." Members that are the most earnest and serious are marginalized.
Read morePreaching in Hitler's Shadow—Kirkpatrick Reacts, pt. 1
And so, we should be interested in the messages given to believers trapped under Nazi oppression. We should learn from their failures and successes in living their faith, for today's society is free-falling into a new totalitarianism.
Read moreWhat About These 'Official Statements' of The Church? (Part one)
This unsolicited two-part series on the history of church statements is interesting, and we invite you to consider its implications as we seek to be the Remnant of God and a representative working body of our Advent Message.
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