There’s no doubt that we have complicated and convoluted the simplicity of the Gospel with our attempts to make it ‘cool’ or keep it relevant. And as a result, the Church, rather than being God’s idea, has become our own.

The Church is a virtual vending machine of options presented to the world where all that is required is an appetite.

So,rather than holding to the simple teachings of Christ (the apostle’s teaching), we invent and edit our own. We waver at every whim and wish dream that arises and contort ourselves into a caricature of who we are supposed to be.

We surrender sacred traditions and spiritual disciplines for trends that delight for a season but are as transient as technology.

We abandon grace and community when we disagree with one another, we dilute our strength by dividing ourselves over doctrines that God didn’t intend. We mistake uniformity for unity and miss opportunity for the creative and constructive critique that enables growth and resilience.

We call swelling growth, and call crowds congregations, while neglecting again the simplicity of the Gospel and how we live it out faithfully…

We have the witness of scripture and the gift of the Holy Spirit as our guide… How about we listen?

And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
Acts 2:42

Good Morning, I love you all!

ihs,
just adam