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RADICAL GENESIS EVANGELICALS
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1. An R.G.E. POWERFULLY REJECTS the "GOD IS A MELLOW CALIFORNIAN" concept:
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. a. God IS NOT LAID BACK
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. b. IS NOT content as long as you're sincere in what you
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. believe
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. c. IS NOT SLOPPY or LAZY in communicating His will
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. d. Is not a God of Errors, Myths, or Mistakes
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. (a laid-back, sloppy & lazy god might be content
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. with an error filled bible but the great I AM would not)
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. e. Would NEVER BE a T.V. EVANGELIST.
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. f. Has laid out an EXACTING & SINGULAR way for man to be
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. saved. There is only ONE-WAY by which man can be saved:
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. Faith in Jesus Christ.
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2. RGE's hold firmly to SOLA SCRIPTURA (Scripture Only). The
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. Bible is WORD-FOR-WORD EXACTLY CORRECT IN ALL IT SAYS.
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. God's Word IS COMPLETE in the 66 books of the N.T. & O.T. Canon.
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. There is NO OTHER or new revelation beyond the BIBLE ITSELF.
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. a. An R.G.E. actually believes Jonah was swallowed by a
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. big fish,
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. b. believes Adam & Eve were the first humans; they did
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. not evolve, they were created by God and ALL HUMANS
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. are descended from Adam & Eve
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. c. believe that God, in His infinite wisdom, had the
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. Israelites totally destroy other nations.
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. d. A RADICAL GENESIS EVANGELICAL may not always under-
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. stand, but he DOGGEDLY BELIEVES.
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3. RGE'S believe in a literal Heaven & a literal Hell.
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. A minority of people who have lived on Earth will be in
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. Heaven, the majority will be in HELL.
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4. RGE'S believe God is Self-Existent - no beginning no end.
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. God is also Triune; Father, Son (Jesus Christ), & Holy Spirit.
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. a. God exists whether or not man does
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. b. God IS NOT a Chameleon forever changing to please man
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. c. Man's subjective thoughts/feelings about God are only
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. correct if they agree with the objective Scriptures.
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. D. the CREATED cannot totally understand the CREATOR;
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. it is ARROGANT & FOOLISH to think he can.
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5. God IS NOT Sentimental or Sloppily Emotional in His love
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. for His children. HE IS a God of love but also a God of
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. Implacable and AWESOME WRATH. Those people who think HE
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. is a Mellow Californian will find they are DEAD-WRONG,
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. in Hell.
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. a. God never smiles at small sins
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. b. Chastises his children with alarming regularity
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. c. And does not listen to the prayers of unbelievers except
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. when they call out in REPENTANCE for Salvation.
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6. RGE'S think ALL mankind is incredibly evil and self-deceived.
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. An RGE think the "biggies" are still Sins of the Heart more
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. than behavioral misdeeds. Our society today suffers from:
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. a. Pride (we think we're okay and we can take care of
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. ourselves)
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. b. Arrogance (especially some theologians who think they
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. are smarter and more knowledgeble than the Apostle Paul)
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. c. Incredible Materialism (the Christian community has
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. bought into rampant materialism Hook, Line & Sinker.
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. (Owning a BMW and a 5000 sq. ft. house is obscene.)
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. d. Unrestrained Selfishness (I want, I think, I feel,
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. I gotta be me, take care of # 1, etc. ad nauseum)
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. e. Lack of Courage (how many of us will stand up to the
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. taunts and ridicule of family & friends; of the media?)
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7. An R.G.E. doesn't hate Gays, Adulterers, Liars,
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. Politicians, Murderers, the Sexually Warped, liberals,
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. Abortioners, T.V. Evangelists, and those who think RADICAL
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. BELIEVERS are to be ridiculed and laughed at. Those
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. individuals suffer the devastating consequences of their own
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. sins here on Earth (and in Hell if they reject Jesus
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. Christ). One doesn't have to be an R.G.E. to get to Heaven
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. but there is NO BETTER WAY TO LIVE.
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. (OBVIOUSLY, R.G.E.'s are not sinless. We also struggle with
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. lust and all those other debilitating & destructive sins.)
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8. R.G.E.'s believe that God, in His infinite wisdom, chose
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. women to be subject to men. This IN NO WAY IMPLIES MALE
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. SUPERIORITY in God's economy. But female dominated societies
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. are NOT God's Plan. Women who seek equality or superiority
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. are doomed to be frustrated and miserable (the men also).
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9. R.G.E.'s believe that in the Culture:
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. Divorce and remarriage are wrong except for:
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. 1. Chronic sexual infidelity/perversion of a spouse
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. 2. Desertion by an unbelieving spouse
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. 3. If one was married & divorced before salvation.
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. (Certainly, there can be family situations so destructive
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. that marital separation might be the best alternative.)
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10. R.G.E.'s STRONGLY BELIEVE "If anyone DOES NOT PROVIDE FOR
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. HIS RELATIVES, and especially for his immediate family, HE
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. has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever."
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. Bar-hopping, beer guzzling, TV-addict husbands who selfishly
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. spend money on their own WANTS are a CANCER in our society.
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11. R.G.E.'s STRONGLY BELIEVE younger women (wives) should
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. love their husbands and children, be self-controlled and
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. pure, BUSY AT HOME, be kind, subject to their husbands so
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. that no one will malign the Word of God. Titus 2:4,5.
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. a. Mother's are ultimately happier and more fulfilled at
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. home and
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. b. KIDS WEREN'T CREATED FOR DAY CARE CENTERS.
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. c. God placed the ultimate, responsibility of educating
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. our children in THE PARENT'S HANDS not the State's hands.
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12. Finally, RADICAL GENESIS EVANGELICALS:
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. a. Will Never be in the majority: always be UNPOPULAR
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. b. Under constant attack; mostly by people CLAIMING to
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. be Christians,
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. c. But striving to PERSEVERE; FIGHTING FOR THE FAITH!
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LIVE 100%, FLAT-OUT for JESUS CHRIST. There "ain't nuthin'" else worth living
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for on this planet.
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LIVE RADICALLY!
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