I’ve been thinking about a lot of “What If” questions lately.  Today sitting in church I was listening to the pastor talk about how this particular church was trying to be different than others.  I got to thinking about this and asked myself the question… “What if the church stopped trying to be the church, what if the church stopped being something different than “other” churches out there, to appeal to a specific group of people? What IF…the church was the church in the sense that we worked as the body…reaching the lost as one body, changing and setting the tone for the culture.  Not letting the culture change us, or a need to appeal to the culture to make church appealing?”

I’ve thought about this a lot over the years and I wonder if we have lost “the plot” – are we more about entertaining and drawing a crowd, or are we desiring a deeper life with Christ, producing disciples, not just converts, are we influencing, perhaps changing the culture around us?  Just some thoughts I had today.

Note: I don’t believe we change this society or culture by expecting or thinking that placing key people in “high” positions, such as the government, will change things.  Sure that helps, but why should we take the lazy approach to expecting a few key people to make the difference.  Are we not all called to a higher road, a higher life? Changing and influencing those around us, showing God’s love and the values and convictions that we hold fast to.  Are we painting a picture of life that is different than those we live by? work with? or even go to church with?

Tags: authenticity, church, just thinking, life, makes ya think, random thoughts

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