June 8th, 2007 — Bible, Church, Jesus Christ
I am a reluctant Christian.
When I was a child, I was a Christian because I had no idea there was a choice in the matter; in my world, one simply was a Christian or one went to Hell. Easy for even a child to make that choice.
Philip Yancy, a Christian author who was the first person I ever heard use the term “reluctant Christian”, recounts seeing a billboard alongside a highway that said, “If you’re looking for a sign from God – maybe this is it!” Continue reading →
June 8th, 2007 — Church, Jesus Christ
Christianity has lost its relevance.
Are you shocked?
Why?
Church attendance is at an all-time low in America. Attendance has been dropping every year for the last 50 years in the U.S. The reason: church was not relevant to the lives of those attending.
Now, before you pick up the phone to see if maybe the Inquisition would like to come pay me a visit and straighten out my thinking, please note: I think Jesus Christ is very relevant today.
But much of Christianity - or maybe we should call it “Churchianity” - has lost its way (or so it seems to me). Continue reading →