I was very, very fascinated by this post at Church Relevance today. (Thanks for giving the heads up!) The thing that intrigued me most was what the atheist in the book had to say about the churches that he visited, in particular, this thought:
What does the way Christianity is practiced today have anything to do with the handful of words and deeds uttered by a man who walked the earth two thousand years ago?
Wow. If those who we are so desperately trying to reach see an inconsistency about how we live and what we believe, we need to start really thinking about how we live.
It was also interesting to hear the thoughts about how the super-polished music and media didn’t do much for him, even distracted him a bit. I’m all for excellency in everything you do in the church, but excellency is different than perfectionism.
I’m definitely going to have to check this book out.
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