DISCERNMENT: SPIRITUAL SURVIVAL FOR A CHURCH IN CRISIS


In this time of growing spiritual blindness and rampant apostasy the number of voices speaking Truth in the Lord continues to shrink. However, one teacher of God’s Word that Apprising Ministries feels we can still listen to is Dr. John MacArthur.

MacArthur begins this important piece:

The conquering of the city of Troy is one of the famous stories of ancient history. Greek soldiers had laid siege to the city for over ten years, but were unable to conquer it. In exasperation Ulysses, a brilliant strategist, decided to have a large wooden horse built and left outside the city walls as a supposed gift to the unconquerable Trojans…

Throughout its history, the church has embraced many Trojan horses. Satan has effectively used enemies disguised as gifts to lure people away from the truth of God into destructive error. Today’s church is in a particularly severe state of confusion… Today’s church is like the religious leaders of Jesus’ day, who could tell the difference between superficial things like pleasant and stormy weather, but not between truth and error (Matt. 16:1-3)…

You can read this article from John MacArthur in its entirety right here.