Comments on: The Counterintuitive Church (pt.5, What’s Wrong With Pragmatism?) http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2009/04/02/the-counterintuitive-church-pt5-whats-wrong-with-pragmatism/ Let's give the Commission back to the church. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:48:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dave http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2009/04/02/the-counterintuitive-church-pt5-whats-wrong-with-pragmatism/comment-page-1/#comment-3112 Dave Fri, 03 Apr 2009 09:35:50 +0000 http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2009/04/02/the-counterintuitive-church-pt5-whats-wrong-with-pragmatism/#comment-3112 The scriptures are full of illustrations of God leading his people to do the counterintuitive thing. (The battle of Jericho is my favorite!) The thing that strikes me in all of this is that each church should be a unique body, dealing with the "world" in which it operates. The Holy Spirit is the real administrator and his direction will always put the church in a right position with God. When all churches look alike, I wonder who is really in charge. While all churches should preach, teach, worship, mentor, love, and serve, they should all do those things as God leads uniquely. If all Bible traditional churches look and feel the same, if I can predict the next part of a contemporary service, if every church in every town looks and feels the same, where is the Holy Spirit? Just thinking out loud ... The scriptures are full of illustrations of God leading his people to do the counterintuitive thing. (The battle of Jericho is my favorite!)

The thing that strikes me in all of this is that each church should be a unique body, dealing with the “world” in which it operates. The Holy Spirit is the real administrator and his direction will always put the church in a right position with God. When all churches look alike, I wonder who is really in charge.

While all churches should preach, teach, worship, mentor, love, and serve, they should all do those things as God leads uniquely. If all Bible traditional churches look and feel the same, if I can predict the next part of a contemporary service, if every church in every town looks and feels the same, where is the Holy Spirit?

Just thinking out loud …

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