{"id":72,"date":"2021-01-21T08:45:05","date_gmt":"2021-01-21T08:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcolminthemiddle\/?page_id=72"},"modified":"2024-04-26T13:53:40","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T12:53:40","slug":"the-slippery-slope-of-grace","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcolminthemiddle\/the-slippery-slope-of-grace\/","title":{"rendered":"The slippery slope of Grace"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More to follow, but two really good videos to begin with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First  John Cooper of Skillet:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dangers of poor theology; letting young worship leaders be your teachers; making Love and Grace your God.  The &#8220;Social Gospel&#8221; &#8211; Social Action as a religion in its own right!  &#8220;Critical Race Theory&#8221; and the damage it has doe to race relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Second:- Gavin Ashenden reflecting on the Baptism of Jesus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jesus as completely counter-cultural, devastating to the ideology of the &#8220;Left&#8221;;  Righteousness, yet forgiveness;  Christ standing in my place, taking on MY sin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deconstruction of faith: The woke culture: The 4 minute TED Talk world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Skillet&#039;s John Cooper is still asking: What in God&#039;s name is happening to Christianity?\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fZeVE5JZyC0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-gavin-ashenden wp-block-embed-gavin-ashenden\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"13V8eqdFdB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ashenden.org\/2021\/01\/18\/water-v-wokery-a-reflection-on-the-baptism-of-christ\/\">Water v Wokery &#8211; A Reflection on the Baptism of Christ.<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Water v Wokery &#8211; A Reflection on the Baptism of Christ.&#8221; &#8212; Gavin Ashenden\" src=\"https:\/\/ashenden.org\/2021\/01\/18\/water-v-wokery-a-reflection-on-the-baptism-of-christ\/embed\/#?secret=hqUfqslnmK#?secret=13V8eqdFdB\" data-secret=\"13V8eqdFdB\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"285\" src=\"http:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcolminthemiddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/11\/ben-john.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1043\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcolminthemiddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/11\/ben-john.png 380w, https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcolminthemiddle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2021\/11\/ben-john-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christiantoday.com\/article\/what.is.the.future.for.evangelicals.in.the.established.church\/137636.htm?fbclid=IwAR2GC5cBV300XeN26ZNzmTMYSHU0jysNZADvW7ONfVmk_O0cNz5jG6Etahg\">Christianity Today article<\/a> on Christian Dinstinctives and why they are important.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More to follow, but two really good videos to begin with. First John Cooper of Skillet:- The dangers of poor theology; letting young worship leaders be your teachers; making Love and Grace your God. The &#8220;Social Gospel&#8221; &#8211; Social Action as a religion in its own right! &#8220;Critical Race Theory&#8221; and the damage it has &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcolminthemiddle\/the-slippery-slope-of-grace\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The slippery slope of Grace&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-72","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcolminthemiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcolminthemiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcolminthemiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcolminthemiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcolminthemiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcolminthemiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1590,"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcolminthemiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72\/revisions\/1590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/crosstownservices.co.uk\/malcolminthemiddle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}