I believe the church needs to stop the sales pitch! Many Aussie churches will have over the last couple of weeks talked about vision. It is what we do in February as the year begins and the sun shines!
But as I listen it can seem to fit just as well on Danoz Direct as it does on the platform of a church. Yes I am sure it will be Awesome, Amazing, Powerful, Life Changing, Incredible and I repeat deliberately Awesome! The church needs to find a new word other than awesome! But so will the blender or steam mop!
Jesus asked us to be witnesses, we are called in scripture to Love, we are told that people would know we are disciples of Jesus because we Love One Another!
Jesus called us to Go that is "as we are going" our lives are normal and God is happy with that. I find it difficult to believe God is only happy when it is hyped, purpose driven and of course Awesome.
I think that the church has bought into the view of the world that the only life of value is one that is lived on the edge, adrenalin fuelled, and full of excitement. Yes the bible states that "on that day 3000 were added to their number" but most of those pilgrims in Jerusalem for the Passover went home to their farms and homes to their lives and families, they just took Jesus with them into the normal!
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