Yes I realize that i misspelled learning. It's a joke because I have started up at TWU again. I'm reading "Retrieving the Tradition and Renewing Evangelicalism" right now. I just started the book, but something that he said that kind of rang true was that the church of today is beginning to forget about it's history and replacing it with life applications. In other words, we are replacing Theology with Ideology.
Last night I watched a broadcast of Hillsong Church in Australia and I heard the pastor say phrases like, "God says..." a lot, but there was no scriptural backing for those statements. It was odd, but I guess that's the point of a seeker church.
The thing that really kind of makes me question the church and it's motives today is if they want us to know how Jesus is, what about people who don't know where the whole thing started from. I guess what I am saying is that we hear on any given sunday scriptures quoted from various books in the bible, but the average joe who just came off the streets may not know what the significance is, because there is no teaching of what's what in the bible. Maybe some kind of Bible 101 would be a nice addition to the church. People like me who didn't go to church all their lives may not know a lot about the bible, or may have questions about the bible.
Some churches may say that it's not their job and that the person has to own their faith and discover for themselves through personal study and enrichment (i.e. small/cell/home groups)....what?!? Though we have to come off of the teet of the church, they should give us some direction...right?
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ps-learnign about Christopher Columbus right now. It's funny that the banks shut their doors for such an ugly cause.
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