Islamic Ideology Flourishes Because Christians Deny Biblical Orthodoxy, Pastor warns

May 13, 2017 by Jill

by Samuel Smith, Christian Post:

One of the most important keys to Islamic ideology’s success in spreading all over the world is a vacuum of Christianity created by Christians who abandon the inerrant teachings of the Gospel, Egyptian-born pastor and author Dr. Michael Youssef believes.

Youssef, senior pastor of the Church of the Apostles in Atlanta and president of the global Christian media ministry Leading the Way, spoke with The Christian Post on Thursday while attending the first-ever Summit in Defense of Persecuted Christians hosted by the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association this week in Washington, D.C.

Youssef, who recently released the book The Barbarians Are Here: Preventing the Collapse of Western Civilization in Times of Terrorism, told CP that even though he has written dozens of books on the subject, this book was something he waited over 20 years to write.

But as he witnessed more and more Christians being killed and persecuted at rates in which the world has never seen, and more and more born-again Christians denying biblical truths, Youssef explained that he couldn’t wait any longer.

“Islamic ideology flourishes whenever there is a vacuum. If there is a Christian vacuum, Islam fills it,” the evangelist contended. “Historically, from the first century … that is the Islamic first century, the seventh century for us, all the way to this day, if you study history — whether it be the Church in North Africa or the Church in the Byzantine empire that has become Turkey now — it is the same story.”

“Christians turn their back on biblical orthodoxy and turn their back on the truth of the Gospel and begin to think, ‘Well, there might be other ways to God. God is so big and so vast, how can He limit himself to one way?'” Youssef continued. “Just as Barna has been warning us, it is happening today. [Forty-eight] percent of so-called born-again Christians believe that there are other ways to God, that [those] of other religions can be saved.”

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