Craig Groeschel Nails it - “The Churches that Thrive will be Biblical Churches”
It is really refreshing to see a church that to some people might look like a thouroughly “seeker-sensitive” church have a pastor that writes this.
In an increasingly relativistic society, many churches have and are (scarily) moving away from teaching the Bible as an ultimate source of absolute truth. However, it seems that there is a shift for many other churches to move back to that teaching and promote it hard and hold fast. I want to always be a part of the second church, not one that has moved back, but one that has preached God’s Word from the beginning and never looked back.
I completely agree with Craig that environments can enhance an experience of worship for people, but they are not a necessity at all. What of the worshiper in Honduras who worships on a dirt floor with barely any walls around him? What of the worshiper who worships underground in China, afraid for her life? One thing is the same in America, Honduras, China, anywhere: God’s Word in the Bible will stand, no matter what.
I love these words from Craig:
The churches that thrive will be Biblical churches. God’s Word will be preached. People will feel uncomfortable, challenged, convicted. The future church will be more about preaching and living God’s Word than about attracting people with clever sermon titles, videos, and programs. Sure, we might use those things (or maybe not - GASP!). But only those who preach God’s Word will thrive. The rest will die.
