Here's a blog by a guy who visited The Journey for the first time this past Sunday. He's not a Christian, but enjoys visiting different churches from time to time and doing "anthropological observation." While I obviously disagree with the theological take home of his post, I find his thoughts fascinating. I also find it interesting that he picked up on something being very different about the community of folks he experienced Sunday.
BTW, the "Mike" who was leading the music was actually me. And BJ was the accordion player.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Interesting thoughts about The Journey...
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If anybody ever figures out how to reach those kind of people, please let me know. No amount of preaching, argument, debate, or even good ministry seems to turn their head. Their continued stance lends great support for Calvinism, in many ways. His perspective is highly useful, but it still puzzles me why he has any interest in church at all, other than taking opportunity to "critique".
Hey, Bernard. Thanks for your comment. I think the important (and often difficult) thing to remember is that God works in people in his own time and in his own ways. In the end, you are exactly right that no amount of preaching or argument or debate, and certainly no amount of good ministry will result in a transformed heart. We are called to be faithful to the call to proclaim the good news of Jesus in ways that make sense to people around us. The rest is entirely up to the Holy Spirit.
i was interested by the fact that he said: "It occurred to me that I would very much like to be part of a community group like this, one that included so many positive and energetic people."
i mean, how many churches, first off, ache for that kind of endorsement? regardless the source, that's a good thing, for sure. back-patting is not appropriate, however, unless it's the backs of the folks who are excited to be at church early on a sunday morning.
but it sort of, how to say it, gets at least one tenet of churchdom, being "if the people are friendly enough, nonChristians who visit will see Christ." i guess one of the mysteries of faith is that there is no secret recipe or formula. that's both liberating and intimidating.
which leads me to my final point, which is that i have to cross accordion off my list of potential secret magic bullet evangelistic tools. need to test penny whistle next ...
This WAS interesting. Challenging too. You got someone now struggling with why one church seems to have a conscious grasp on the words of the Bible and on the otherhand there's this radical approach. He still didn't like everything he heard and saw and realized The Journey is a regular Bible-based church. So I think the guy tries to make arguments out of everything. I wonder who he talked to about the homosexuality thing.
Joel, how did you grab a hold of his blog in such a short time span?
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