Last weekend, Joshua Harris shocked evangelicals with his announcement that he had left the Christian faith. Harris’ faulty theology that led to his spiritual downfall has been discussed previously, but many questions are raised when someone who seemed to be a believer for so long falls away.
Harris’ walk played out much like Paul’s companion Demas. Demas was a fruitful helper of Paul, but later in his second letter to Timothy, Paul writes, “Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica” (2 Timothy 4:10).… Read more
