Decline.

The decline of the Church is not just a failure to remain relevant in the 21st Century.

It has been systematically undermined by evil forces in our popular culture.

Satanism in rock music, entertainment, literature, and sports turn you away from the Church to idle pleasures.

That being said the traditional teachings of the Church no longer make sense to an educated public.

Sin, punishment, atonement, and judgement offend modern sensibilities.

The child sexual abuse scandal was just the last straw.

And so the Church is under attack from all sides.

If the Church cannot embrace change and reform its teachings then it will die.

But there is always a remnant.

And this remnant will take the form of progressive theology.

Only then will we see new life.

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