God solved that problem, graciously, through the act of Christ upon the cross.'Īccording to LaBerge, when Christians strip away the acceptance of the full nature and character of God, because there are parts that they don't like, believers 'fall into a very real and very dangerous spiritual trap of creating a religion for ourselves – a God of our own making.' 'The wrath of God is God's own holy righteous response to the reality of human sin.

And what God has chosen to reveal about His nature and character in the scriptures includes His anger toward the reality of sin and the manifestation of that through what scripture describes as His wrath,' LaBerge continued. 'God chooses to reveal about Himself what He chooses to reveal. 'For the denomination to decide, intentionally, to remove 'In Christ Alone' from the hymnal, in my view, bares evidence of serious erosion of the denomination's theology related to the atonement,' LaBerge asserted. The Presbyterian Committee on Congregational Songs for the Presbyterian Church (USA) has decided to not include the hymn 'In Christ Alone' because one phrase speaks about God's wrath.Ĭarmen Fowler LaBerge, president of the Presbyterian Lay Committee, told The Christian Post on Friday that the Congregational Songs Committee's decision is evidence of why churches are leaving the PC (USA). Facebook Twitter Email Print Img No-img Menu Whatsapp Google Reddit Digg Stumbleupon Linkedin Comment 0

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