Dear @scripture-union,

Although refusal to participate in guild festivals would bring economic hardship to Christians, the members of the church at Thyatira performed good deeds of service and demonstrated their faith and love by their perseverance. After Christ commends the congregants of the church in Thyatira for evidencing their faith by performing loving deeds, they are sharply rebuked for tolerating that woman Jezebel who was a self-proclaimed prophetess.

Today, many mainline churches have adopted a liberal philosophy equating love with tolerance. They have tolerated the teachings of secular humanists that embrace the theory of evolution and deny God as Creator. They have tolerated the teachings of the so-called modern critics who deny the inspiration of Scripture. The liberals are tolerant of the teaching of radical feminism which supports the right to choose but denies the personhood of the unborn child and the right of that child to be birthed alive. Tolerance no longer implies allowing for a forum to discuss both sides of an issue. Today, in order to be tolerant, one must be politically correct. Those who embrace Christian principles of morality are the only group in society not to be tolerated.

Shalom, Steven Sherman @lastdays