Comments on: The Counterintuitive Church (pt. 8, The Impractical Churches Among Us) http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2009/04/09/the-counterintuitive-church-pt-8-the-impractical-churches-among-us/ Let's give the Commission back to the church. Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:47:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Todd http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2009/04/09/the-counterintuitive-church-pt-8-the-impractical-churches-among-us/comment-page-1/#comment-3405 Todd Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:24:49 +0000 http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2009/04/09/the-counterintuitive-church-pt-8-the-impractical-churches-among-us/#comment-3405 Ernest, Thank you for the commendation. I am hopeful there are many more of us who, as my mentor used to day, "put our heads down and do our jobs." I believe one of the contextual issues we face is how to embrace the counter-intuitive to celebrity culture. There may be room for those who have ascended to places of prominence. The real issue comes in how that space is used to speak truth to power(s) in ways that play up the way of Jesus and play down the photo-op. Maybe more of what I am trying to say is, there is a way to live out the way of Jesus that does not demand I also press my agenda, my book, my whatever. Too many should be writing who are working. Contrary to one popular preacher, there are many who can and would do well on television, the radio or the web, who may feel that a bit of self-aggrandizement under the banner of "spreading the gospel." So, they quietly put their heads down and do their jobs. Ernest,
Thank you for the commendation. I am hopeful there are many more of us who, as my mentor used to day, “put our heads down and do our jobs.”

I believe one of the contextual issues we face is how to embrace the counter-intuitive to celebrity culture. There may be room for those who have ascended to places of prominence. The real issue comes in how that space is used to speak truth to power(s) in ways that play up the way of Jesus and play down the photo-op.

Maybe more of what I am trying to say is, there is a way to live out the way of Jesus that does not demand I also press my agenda, my book, my whatever. Too many should be writing who are working. Contrary to one popular preacher, there are many who can and would do well on television, the radio or the web, who may feel that a bit of self-aggrandizement under the banner of “spreading the gospel.” So, they quietly put their heads down and do their jobs.

]]> By: Dave http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2009/04/09/the-counterintuitive-church-pt-8-the-impractical-churches-among-us/comment-page-1/#comment-3387 Dave Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:45:24 +0000 http://missionsmisunderstood.com/2009/04/09/the-counterintuitive-church-pt-8-the-impractical-churches-among-us/#comment-3387 I have heard so much on Christian radio about the problems we are having in America with churches that don't really do much to make a difference in society. Those preaching these messages are in many way themselves Mega-Churches. I don't know much about them or their churches but I am impressed that there are more and more people who are saying that what we are doing "just isn't working." Lots of people come to church but little is seen in the way of a Christ-like impact on society. It is time for more inconvenient churches to hear the call of God and move in the power of his Spirit to do more than just put on a "side show" event for people to come see. Dave I have heard so much on Christian radio about the problems we are having in America with churches that don’t really do much to make a difference in society. Those preaching these messages are in many way themselves Mega-Churches. I don’t know much about them or their churches but I am impressed that there are more and more people who are saying that what we are doing “just isn’t working.” Lots of people come to church but little is seen in the way of a Christ-like impact on society.

It is time for more inconvenient churches to hear the call of God and move in the power of his Spirit to do more than just put on a “side show” event for people to come see.

Dave

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