Just Wondering

The problem that we might have is this.

As christians, we fear our message to be outdated, irrelevant, and even perhaps 'primitive'.

How then do we communicate our message in a meaningful way?

Do we use the ressources of the world? In the name of that which is fashionable, do we invest all our energies in wrapping the gospel in the most seductive apparel? Do we become tolerant of and accomodate ourselves around things which erode our values?

We are called to be in the world, but are not of the world - yes indeed, we are strangers in a strange land.

Surely, assimilation does not bear witness to the revolutionary truth we live for.

Surely, we are not called to "compromise with the world".

So then, how do we communicate our message in a meaningful way?

Should we not be so convinced of the truth and relevance of our message that the how needn't be graphed out in steps and programs but rather be communicated by an encounter so radically different to that which is already in the world, that this alone draws the attention of a broken, bleeding and unwhole world?

Thus, if we "compromise with the world", we become just another indistinguishable voice amidst the hoard of other "gospels" that are preached.

Rather than embrace the world, we are to withstand its influences and stand for the integrity of our message, which we must allow to seep into the very essence of our being.

Is this not the sole medium from which our message should be dispensed?


"The most important commandment," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.' The second is this: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these."

My ears are currently seduced by: the roaring sound of computers

Nothing is sacred anymore; everything is for sale.

Psalm 143:8

My ears are currently seduced by: Chris Tomlin - See The Morning