What have we done to the church? What was intended to be an earth shaking movement of eternal consequence has been reduced to an event planning corporation of marginal consequence. Jesus described his church as something that the gates of hell could not stop.
In Jesus’ mind, hell cannot stop her.
Everything stops my church. Budget constraints, competition with other churches, lack of people-power, etc. It seems that the local manifestation of the church of which I am a part is a far cry from “all hell can’t stop you now.”
It seems as though the church was a wonderful thing when Jesus first pitched the idea to his followers.
“We are going to change the world, people, we are part of an emerging kingdom that is going to change the way that the universe operates. Hold on, it is going to be one hell of a ride!”
Wooo hoooo!
It is just so different now.
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