By: Thomas F. Booher Egalitarianism is the heresy that runs through Nation and Church alike today. As such, we don't merely have a theological issue, but a societal one. Indeed, one as basic as "what is a man?" and "what is a woman?" and "what is a family/nation/people?" Getting this right will bring not just a "revival" in our churches, but a full-scale Reformation. That is what so many so-called conservatives, whether political or pastoral, are actually afraid of. This needed reformation will bring a return to hierarchy. But for the "egalitarian conservatives" (sorry for stuttering), hierarchy of any kind -- except for their own elite "credentialed" class which lords itself over the egalitarian flatline masses beneath them -- is the real heresy and demon that has to be kept out of the land. Egalitarianism is defined like this by Merriam Webster Online: Either definition is problematic, though our knee-jerk reaction is ...
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