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Originally Posted by aron
What caused the decline of the church? Please try to make your answer simple enough for a 10-year old, which is about my theological level.  |
The cute. simplistic answer: Eve caused it.
The woman in the parable is us. No matter what we do, we bring leaven into the mix. There is not another woman who is kneading in flour.
One of the doctrines that have been deLeeted from my mindset is that an "unleavened" church in this age can exist. It is impossible.
We can, and should, identify and purge impurities in the church. But to think or hope that we can deal with all impurity is naive.
But I have come to learn to be OK with this. The underlying purpose of the church environment is to make us grow. This requires an environment of both the positive and the negative, both to comfort and to discipline.