My last post got me thinking. Here’s my passion, and the basis for most of my criticism of a lot of what is going on in evangelicalism:
I think that the church in our consumer-driven culture has focused more on attracting people to “our church” than we have to Jesus. The Gospel is not attractive to [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Full Disclosure
Posted in Church, Religion on September 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Taking it to the streets.
Posted in Church, Religion on September 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
My friend Scott has a great idea that he is challenging his church with. He’s trying to show them that the Christian faith is not about joining a church and then attending services until a. you die or b. Jesus returns.
There are a lot of people who will never step foot into a church to [...]
Reform or conform?
Posted in Church, Religion on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just read a great quote:
“The relation of the church/synagogue to culture is, at least in part, supposed to be reforming rather than conforming.”
True dat.
Paul Williams: “Has the church lost its soul?”
Posted in Church, Religion on September 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Wow, talk about timing. Paul (the Apostle) has got me thinking about how we present the church to the world (my conclusion: we are ’selling’ the wrong thing) and then today I read a great article by another Paul: Paul Williams of the Orchard Group, a church planting organization.
He questions the same things that I’ve [...]
How do we “sell” Jesus?
Posted in Church, Religion on September 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here’s another thought that came up from studying 1 Corinthians 1:18 and the second chapter of 1 Cor.
How should we ’sell’ Jesus in light of Paul’s words? (read the chapters before responding). Should we try to show the world how cool, hip and relevant we Christians are? Should we show the world that Jesus is [...]
The foolishness of the Gospel.
Posted in Church, Insipidity, Religion, tagged culture, foolishness, Gospel, preaching, relevance on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m teaching on 1 Cor. 1:18 through chapter 2, where Paul speaks about the ‘foolishness of the Gospel’ and how God uses the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
Paul was determined to preach not with human wisdom or eloquence but “Christ crucified.”
Oh, come on Paul, couldn’t you preach on the latest [...]
Innovative?
Posted in Church, Religion on September 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Why is it that the most ‘innovative’ churches simply copy what other ‘innovative’ churches are doing?
It’s funny to hear about how cutting-edge a church is when they are simply following the formula of some other church (who is following the formula of another church who is following… you get the point).
I love to hear about [...]
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