“As a twentysomething, I can say with confidence that when it comes to church, we don’t want cool as much as we want real."
So all of the above "blame" is focused on "what the people want".When I think of the comfortable trendiness, I'm reminded of Isaiah 30:
9 ...this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord:
10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Jeffrey R. Holland said this recently:
"Sadly enough, my young friends, it is a characteristic of our age that if people want any gods at all, they want them to be gods who do not demand much, comfortable gods, smooth gods who not only don’t rock the boat but don’t even row it, gods who pat us on the head, make us giggle, then tell us to run along and pick marigolds."
So all of the above "blame" is focused on "what the people want".
Isnt the actual problem that the trend seems to be that many churches are willing to pander to them?
I can hardly remember twenty-something, and I see no difference in my generation and the one focused on in the article. I dare say, I see little difference in those focused on in the article and what I think I see throughout the world, even here.
Christianity is/has turned itself into a business.
Businesses need new customers and new money to survive and as with most businesses that generaly causes quality to decline.
Sometimes my Christ like inner self of peace, love, and helping others leaks out.
Whenever this happens to me, I go out with friends and spray warm beer on homosexuals and foreigners. I feel better almost immediately.
Whenever this happens to me, I go out with friends and spray warm beer on homosexuals and foreigners. I feel better almost immediately.