Two Views of Pietism

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Christian sabotage: How 'loser theology' is poisoning the church | Blaze Media

As the church declines in the West, pietism is the coping mechanism some Christian leaders use to feel superior for losing.

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"Pietists assume the best way to glorify God is to lay down our power before our pagan overlords and subject ourselves to God-hating, abortion-loving, child-transing perverts. And when those people have all the power — and we have none — they will surely persecute us for believing what the Bible says about them, which, of course, gives us the opportunity to demonstrate how Christlike, gentle, lowly, and radical we are. We should not resist this, they tell us. In fact, we should welcome it as the means God uses to purify his power-idolizing church.

In the meantime, we’re told that we should be agreeable, compliant, maximally nonconfrontational, syrupy sweet, and winsome. Don’t push back. Don’t oppose them while they invade and colonize our churches, seminaries, publishing houses, and institutions. Don’t push back while the radical feminists, drag queens, and gays take over our local school boards and city councils. We should let them sideline and marginalize us, so then we can attract them to Christ with our faithful presence.

And then, that magical moment will arrive.

Like the prodigal son, they’ll come to their senses and say to themselves, “What have I done?” And they will say to us, “I was sooo wrong about you! Please tell me why you’re so different! How do you have such joy and peace in this dark world? What’s the reason for the hope that is in you? Why are you, your wife, and your children so healthy and happy? And why am I, my wife, and her boyfriend so miserable? Is there a way we can find peace?”

Then you’ll think to yourself, “I knew it would work! I’ve been actively losing my whole life for just this moment! Now I’ll share the gospel with them, they’ll all get saved, and mass revival will break out! Then they can join me and we’ll all go back to losing together!”