Tag Archives: culture

326-Famous Last Words 2- Monkey See Monkey Do

“What do you think it means to be a Christian or to belong to a Church?”

We’re all aware of the stereotype. We’ve all seen their “John 3:16” posters at ball games, and we can all bear witness to the TV and Radio programs that proliferate in our culture. Is all of this what Jesus had in mind when he departed from his disciples?

In today’s podcast and post we continue our exploration of Jesus Last words, with a look at his command to “you also shall do as I have done to you.”

Join me now as we return to a watershed moment which will unravel 2000 years of church history, by redefining what it means to follow Christ.

119- Is the Church a Crutch?

 

Is the Church a Crutch? This is a fair question and worthy of fair and self-critical answer. In this podcast and post I offer both the positive aspects of church as well as some sobering questions that pastors, church planters, and parishioners really should consider. The statistics of church decline within our culture are staggering and I believe something beyond social decline is taking place. I offer a test that you can try to see if the church is in fact a crutch. I’ll also offer a perspective that can illuminate a path forward as well as a new definition of what The Church is and can be.

78-Updating Gods Profile Picture

 

Mainline denominations are in decline. The church’s response is to blame the culture and claim that it no longer has any desire for God. In this podcast and post I will show that modern people are very curious and interested in God, but their consciousness has outgrown a regressive, tribal, and threatening portrait of God. While institutionalized religion needs this image of God to sustain itself, individuals don’t. Faith is ultimately between oneself and God (Rom 14:22), thus the image of God is not some man “up there” somewhere, but the power within us showing up as our very life.