“We don’t need novel strategies when it comes to ministry. We just need to get back to the basics. We need to get back to the Bible. Defending truth in the public square is loving your neighbor. Warning against lies that destroy souls is gospel work. The idea that cultural confrontation and gospel proclamation are mutually exclusive is itself a modern invention.”
(J. Chase Davis – American Reformer) To me, John MacArthur was everything I didn’t want to be. To be frank, I found him unbearable. I was a young church planter. I wanted to reach the city and break bread with sinners. The goal was to be able to articulate the gospel in understandable terms to a secular audience without offending them. But this didn’t stay at the level of ideas. It was a lifestyle. While no God-fearing minister would have admitted it, the goal was to fit in and be “cool.”…
What you wore (down to specific brands) was a means to communicate “I belong here, I’m one of you.” To plant a church or minister in a secular context and preach in a suit was seen as ludicrous. No hipster wants to listen to a guy in a suit.
Research: Progressive (Social Justice) ‘Christianity’
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