When is it time that we stop attempting to convince those who already are in the church to see the truth and start doing something so daring that it would be reminiscent of Martin Luther's letters pined to the church's door?
I must admit that I am in torment over the typical western church's approach in every side of the Christian faith. The church needs reformation. I see most followers today blatantly ashamed of the term Christian. Even those who do not believe seemed annoyed at the direction of the church today. Jesus will always be fascinating to many but it is odd that His followers hardly bare His radical profile. The church has very little power – that which we boast about to many, it's fingers run deep into politics and most business could only hope to have a budget the size of a small church. What part, when following a homeless Savior, do you believe in when you break ground on a $4 million building? Does “the eye of a needle” mean anything to you or did your pastor attempt to explain that one away? The church is to bring the good news to all and yet it is more content on making sure it supplies the freshest brewed coffee to its members so that they may return the next week. Money rules the western church today. She is creating followers, those that return regularly, instead of disciples who GO and boldly proclaim the truth never fearing the outcome. I see her followers content on being quiet and pay to hear someone else teach rather than being courageous enough to teach a coworker. What we believe is radical and fascinating to many. What we do is moderate and boring to all. I believe what Jesus said and I believe in the works that He and the apostles performed – when is it time to stand up and proclaim it?
posted by Tera @ 2:03 AM
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