Do We Look More American than Christian? Part 7

April 8, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Part 7: Spiritual formation is not attractional. The entire model of the contemporary American church is centered upon attraction and motivational appeals. I grew up in this church culture so I know it well. The contemporary churches of today are merely adult versions of the youth groups of yesterday. My “youth group” experience simply followed […]

Do We Look More American than Christian? Part 6

April 1, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

Why have we sacrificed our souls for some earthly version of success?

Do We Look More American than Christian? Part 5

March 25, 2020.Reading time 8 minutes.

Part 5: The Numbers Game We’ve seen a conversation in politics recently around whether the popular vote should matter more than the electoral vote. That debate reveals an ever present desire in our society to focus our attention on high-populated areas as if they are “more significant” than less-populated areas. I think the farmers who […]

Do We Look More American than Christian? Part 4

March 18, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

We typically stake our faith in God on His ability to move quickly. We don’t typically look for how He moves over longer periods of time.

Do We Look More American than Christian? Part 3

March 11, 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

The more comfortable and insulated a pastor becomes, the more comfort seeking and insulated the congregation will be.

Do We Look More American than Christian? Part 2

March 4, 2020.Reading time 9 minutes.

Part 2: Christian Celebrity This past decade the death of cultural Christianity accelerated rapidly. Statistically, the church is in decline, and most of that is evidence of the death of a version of Christianity where people merely attended for social reasons. *see Barna’s statistics on Christianity. While some are concerned by these trends, I think […]