Book Byte
Thought I'd share some book bytes from Wild Goose Chase before it releases on August 19. Think of it as a daily dose of Wild Goose.
I wonder if churches do to people what zoos do the animals. We try to tame them in the name of Christ. We remove the risk. We remove the danger. We remove the struggle. And what we end up with is a caged Christian.
Jesus didn't die on the cross to keep us safe. He died to make us dangerous. I would like to think that when I pronounce the benediction at th end of our church services, I am sending dangerous people back into their natural habitat to wreak havoc on the Enemy.
excerpt from Wild Goose Chase
I wonder if churches do to people what zoos do the animals. We try to tame them in the name of Christ. We remove the risk. We remove the danger. We remove the struggle. And what we end up with is a caged Christian.
Jesus didn't die on the cross to keep us safe. He died to make us dangerous. I would like to think that when I pronounce the benediction at th end of our church services, I am sending dangerous people back into their natural habitat to wreak havoc on the Enemy.
excerpt from Wild Goose Chase
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And we are making caged Christians who cower in the corner when trials and struggles come there way.
It's time for the Church to raise a generation of fighters for the Cause!
When the guy who got in the pit with a Lion on a snowy day left Sunday School that morning he was fully challenged to be differant than other kids. Are our church kids fully challenged or do we expect them to just fit in?
"wreak havoc on the enemy"... I can't wait for the book to hit shelves.
Mark this is a great post, and I can't wait to purchase your book. I have linked your post to my blog, and continued the conversation a bit further on this issue. Thanks for always throwing us thought provoking topics. I always find your blog to be a refreshing part of my day.
David Murrow argued sort of the same thing in his book "Why Men Hate Going To Church" as one of the reasons for the 40/60 gender gap that exists in your average American church.
A whole lot of men avoid anything to do with church because it isn't challenging. Instead we have a safe, nice, even feminine "Christian culture" that panders to people's feelings.
This morning I found myself asking the question of what freedom really is and are we (the church) taking freedom out of people by subscribing them the endless list of what they (mostly) can't do.
The idea of animals in zoos and people in churches really resonated with me after thinking that this morning. I love it, and I'm scared by it as a pastor myself!
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