Agreed here.
One of the interesting things that is worth sharing in the context of Frank's observation is that the clergy is full of non-Christians. I realize this sounds ironic but it has been systematically infiltrated by folks whose intention is to weaken it from within. The more I learn the more I know this to be true.
Just yesterday a family member revealed something telling about someone we know well: a Christian youth pastor for 10 years who recently moved on to another career. He recounted on social media that he was an atheist the whole time. Ironically, from the day I first met him, I sensed that this could be the case.
So Frank is right that there are many in the clergy that will openly deny their own faith. This is the reason I rarely spend time in physical churches, and also the reason why I claim no Christian denomination. I am simply a Bible-believing Christian. I am priest of my own house, and I have fellowship everywhere I go.
The sad thing is that "baby Christians" tend to join local churches. Too often they get chewed up by and end up having less faith than they would have had if they had simply read their Bible, spent time in their prayer closet and/or just talking to God like he was right there.
And on a related note, earlier this evening my wife was watching the Bachelorette. The Christian candidate ends up looking like an idiot, and is portrayed by the editors as being something like a cave man with the crowd vilifying him for attempting to govern himself by a Christian standard.
It is not so easy being a Christian these days. The Bible prophesied this stage about 2000 years ago:
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