Things have changed. Part 1 of 3.
I read Judges 2 this morning. In verse 10 it says this: “After that generation died, another generation grew up who did not acknowledge the Lord or remember the mighty things he had done for Israel.”
The church used to have a cultural monopoly. But not anymore. The church is officially the minority in our country. What does that mean for us? It means that we can’t afford to do church the way it’s always been done. Our tactics must change.
The message is still the same, but methods are not. The minute we decide that our methods are the only correct way to go, is the same minute that we will stop pushing forward into the future and start repeating the past. I want to continue to connect at TCC through creativity and imagination…not out of memory. If we don’t get in touch with the times, the church will end up right where the Israelites found themselves in Judges 2:10. Repeating the same dumb mistakes over and over again.
Too many churches are getting passing grades in Bible study and failing grades in being in touch with people. We may know some Scripture, but we are out of touch with the times. So we unintentionally create a BIG GAP between theology and reality. We NEED to understand our culture so that we can start to close that gap. How can we accomplish Christ’s mission (love God and love people) when we are so out of touch with the people we are supposed to reach?
