“We have not forsaken the faith, but we may have redefined it in ways that are fundamentally different from the gospel laid out in Scripture. This redefinition of the faith does not happen all at once. It may not even surface in the public theological discussions of the church. Rather, the redefinition is a process of subtle steps at the practical level of the church’s fellowship, life, and ministry. Hope in Christ gets replaced with Christian activity, emotional experiences, Christian fellowship, or something else, without anyone consciously redefining or forsaking the faith.”
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Timothy S. Lane,
How People Change
