Church is always powerful. It can lift spirits to life or pull them down to death. Just because it is called church does not assure it to be a life-giving force. This surely needs our attention.
We are in that ever-threatening position of believing that what makes church click for us is what the unchurched need. Maybe what has been enough for us isn't for others.
Church stagnantism is the result of a religious group subtly shifting from robust theology to numbifying rote lethargy. Pattern---the pattern of course that we like---edges God from His throne and takes over the mind-set of the gatherers for self-pleasing consumption.
It is our ever-constant duty to find the methods which will do two things; align within biblical boundaries and draw the community's hearts. A matter of right and wrong isn't necessarily the issue. Putting together spiritual movement that hooks unbelievers is.
It is possible and probable and even normal to find those things which lift our spirits while drawing others. This post is simply to awaken any who could be stuck in churchianity to the point of neglect should we have forgotten to ponder what we might do differently to win our neighbors.
May we obtain a flow of wisdom from above which pleases God, engages us, and reaches seekers.
2 comments:
Terry, God fills my soul in so many ways through you.
Glory to God!
Jason
I enjoy and agree with this post. I challenge some to awake and get busy. Some of us are getting burned out and tired. I'll admit I've been on both end.
Keep up the good work.
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