Learning to Allow Jesus Christ to Live His Life Through Me so that I can Enjoy, in this life, those things that are meaningless in the next.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Unchurched

According to Barna Research the church has left the building or at least leaving the building. I wonder why? That is easy, the modern church has forsaken the Gospel for man made religion. In many ways the American church has become Post Christian. We no longer teach the Gospel but a success gospel the has more in common with Napoleon Hill then Jesus Christ. The other trend seems to be political or something of that nature. When a person leaves church should they not be knowing the love of God toward them. Should they not know the freedom they have in Christ. Should they not know they are forgiven of all sins, past present and future. Should not the focus be upon Jesus Christ and him crucified.
Having said all this when someone leaves a congregation or bible study what happens to that person. Do they, as Judges talks about, become, "and each man did what was right in his own eyes"? Evangelical Christians have left their old churches and gone to Catholic and Orthodox churches. Others have found more liturgical churches to worship in. Churches that have meaning while Evangelical and Charismatic churches are focused upon one person, they guy in the front. What is the next step for those of us who have left the circus that is American Christianity? Something to think about...

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