A change is in the air. It’s on the
wind. Yah, I stole that from Tolkien but I can feel it in Earth as much as in
Middle Earth.
Church as
we know it is dying. It is dying out of necessity. It’s dying in order to
donate its organs. Community, Gospel, worship, praying for each other; that's the stuff we'll keep. Fan fair, hoopla, lights, fog machines, fliers; consumer
Christianity—there is no nice what to say it—FTS. This generation is growing a desire
for Acts church. My generation is shaking off the rituals of non-ritualistic
mainstream religion and delving into the authority of God’s Word and His plan
for His body.
It’s not
stemming from Driscoll, Chan, Cole, and Chandler. It’s stemming from Matthew,
Mark, Luke, and John. It’s the Bible. It’s God, Jesus, the Spirit.
The line is
in the sand and we can’t go on much longer. One side will grow while one side
will be swept away. Which side will I be on?
