The subject of apostasy in the Christian churches is one I have been interested in and concerned about over the years – mostly because there seems to have been so much of it even in my lifetime.
a·pos·ta·sy; noun
~ the abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief.
In his book Idols for Destruction Herbert Schlossberg has dealt with some of this and he has taken in back into Old Testament times. He quoted Malachi 2:8 “But you (priests) have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble by your instruction; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the LORD of hosts.” And he says, further down on the same page (233) that “Placed in the midst of a society sinking into desperate wickedness, the priests and teachers failed to sound the call to repentance and fell into the same low state as the community over which they were given charge. Thus the prophets were called to fulfill the role the religious establishment had spurned.” Continue reading